Opinion

Speaking Out: Catechism lessons begin at home

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:42:58 -0500

Monkey see, monkey do. It is an idiom simply meaning children will learn their behaviour by copying what they see happening around them.

Sr. Prejean wages constant fight for lives on death row

mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:26:23 -0500

While some might say Sr. Helen Prejean has experienced great success in her fight to abolish the death penalty, she believes she��Ƶapp only helped make some strides in the battle.

Faith is a gift passed on at home, Pope tells parents at baptism

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:46:32 -0500

VATICAN – Faith isn't something learned just by studying the catechism but rather is a gift passed on to children by the example of their parents, Pope Francis said.

Hysterectomy can be morally acceptable in limited situations, Vatican says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:32:29 -0500

VATICAN – The Catholic Church teaches that sterilization is morally unacceptable, but a hysterectomy could be morally acceptable if the uterus could not sustain a pregnancy, said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Children are embracing hands-on Catechism

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:01:56 -0400

VANCOUVER – An innovative program has revamped religious education at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Vancouver.

Editorial: Killing is never right

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:58:09 -0400

By categorically rejecting the death penalty, the Church has finally removed an unsettling contradiction to its teaching that all human life is sacred from conception to natural death.

Myanmar's Cardinal Bo backs Pope's opposition to death penalty

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:19:19 -0400

MANDALAY, Myanmar – Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, hailed Pope Francis' admonition that imposing the death penalty is always inadmissible.

Marijuana use will still be a sin after becoming legal, bishops say

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:47:38 -0400

OTTAWA – Marijuana use across Canada may soon be legal in the eyes of the law, but it will remain a sin in the eyes of the Church, warn Canada��Ƶapp bishops.

Comment: Writings of St. Augustine can lead us to City of God

herman.goodden@catholicregister.org (Herman Goodden) — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 06:28:16 -0400

One of the sweetest attractions of off-the-grid summertime breaks is the opportunity to push out the parameters of your usual reading routines. This summer I decided it was time to finally immerse myself in the writings of St. Augustine (354-430 AD) and read the two works for which he is best known, Confessions and The City of God.

Catechism is not enough to know Jesus, we need prayer

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 08:48:33 -0400

Pope Francis said the catechism on its own is not sufficient to truly know Jesus and we need prayer, worship and to recognize ourselves as sinners. His words came during his morning Mass celebrated on Thursday in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence.