NEWS
Artist shares process behind lifetime dream of Saint John's Bible
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAchieving absolute flawlessness is not on calligrapher Donald Jackson’s mind when he sits down to work in his Welsh studio.
Pieta returned to Red Deer church home after 30 years
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA life-sized pieta of Mary holding Jesus’ body that has spent more than 30 years at the city’s museum has been returned to Sacred Heart Church in Red Deer, Alta
Indigenous, disabled at highest risk of poverty
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCampaign 2000’s annual in-depth look at poverty reveals that being poor in Canada is perfectly predictable. Canada’s poor are overwhelmingly Indigenous or they are disabled.
Bishops condemn human trafficking
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIn a new pastoral letter on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, Canada’s bishops are calling for the continued criminalization of prostitution while also decrying treating sex as work.
Rally mobilizes support for pregnancy care centres
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterCarol Butler does not get into a regular habit of engaging in political demonstrations.
Meeting Cypriot leaders, Pope Francis urges dialogue for peace, care for migrants
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceNICOSIA, Cyprus -- Sympathizing with the Cypriot government and citizens feeling overwhelmed by an influx of migrants and refugees, Pope Francis urged them to remember their history as a crossroads and meeting place of people of different cultures and traditions.
Students hopeful semblance of ‘normal’ will return
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAnnaMaria Amato is hopeful that a normal graduation ceremony might be possible at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
AFN seeking ‘justice’ in papal meeting
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn one hour gathered in a room with Pope Francis, 13 Assembly of First Nations delegates plan to lay down heavy burdens and raise up the hope of nations.
U.S. Supreme Court seems willing to allow Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban
By Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- In the Supreme Court's first major abortion case in decades -- which looked at Mississippi's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy -- the majority of justices Dec. 1 seemed willing to let that ban stay in place.
Database tracks attacks on churches in Canada
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere have been 57 reported attacks on Catholic churches across Canada so far in 2021, the highest number for any single year stretching back to 2010, according to a new database tracking such attacks.
St. Joseph’s year of healing
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIt was a great year for the Year of St. Joseph, but not because it was a great year. It was a year spent in and out of COVID lockdowns, a year of natural disasters fuelled by climate change and a year for Canadians to confront the hard truths of their history in the form of forgotten graves for Indigenous children who died at residential schools.