Catholic Register Staff
Some of St. Augustine’s Seminary’s leading lights
In 100 years St. Augustine's Seminary has prepared some 2,000 men for priesthood. They're all memorable, but here are four who for different reasons are more remembered.
Antigonish diocese action plan could see more churches close
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A further 62 Catholic churches in Antigonish, N.S., are under review as the diocese tries to get its buildings in line with the number of people attending Mass and the number of priests available to preside.
The reformers
The eight cardinals Pope Francis chose to advise him on Vatican reform in general have reputations as strong leaders of the Church in their own countries and on their own continents.
Vincentians do their part for Lac Mégantic
Ontario Vincentians have sent more than their sympathy to citizens of Lac Mégantic, Que.
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
TORONTO - In Toronto and around the world people commemorated the 68th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons ever used against a civilian population — the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945.
Bishop Valois ran Saint-Jerome diocese for two decades
OTTAWA - Bishop Charles Valois, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, died on Aug. 4 at the age of 89.
July 24, 2013 Homily by Pope Francis
Below is the homily of Pope Francis during Mass July 24 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida.
DENVER - The Catholic Register has won the prestigious John P. Foley Award for excellence in Catholic journalism.
Former Charlottetown bishop passes away at 71
CHARLOTTETOWN - Bishop J. Vernon Fougere, the former bishop of the Prince Edward Island diocese of Charlottetown, passed away in a Charlottetown hospital June 18. He was 71.
Survey finds homeless in Toronto Catholic hospital
More than 5,000 people in Toronto on an average night sleep outdoors, in church basements, on buses, in shelters and in coffee shops. But staff at St. Michael’s Hospital didn’t have to go that far to find the homeless.