Faith

Family��Ƶapp crucifix collection has new home

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:40:40 -0400

VANCOUVER - Redemptorist Fr. Babu Mathew is hoping his parishioners feel the love this Easter season.

Crucifix evicted from City Hall

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 14:06:00 -0400

A crucifix that has hung on the wall of Montreal��Ƶapp City Hall since 1937, reminding city officials to let God guide their decisions, will be taken down for a renovation project, never to be put back.

Proposed law to ban religious symbols in Quebec violates religious freedom, Catholic leaders say

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:23:43 -0400

OTTAWA – A proposed law by Quebec��Ƶapp new government that would ban religious symbols is a clear violation of fundamental rights, said Montreal��Ƶapp archbishop and Canada��Ƶapp former Ambassador of Religious Freedom.

Pope on Good Friday: Jesus' church offers truth, comfort despite efforts to discredit it

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:01:14 -0400

ROME – Leading a prayer to God for the grace to feel ashamed and repentant for so many sins in the world, Pope Francis highlighted the hope that always comes from Jesus.

The crucifix is for contemplation, not decoration, says Pope

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:09:59 -0400

VATICAN – On Sunday Pope Francis said that the crucifix is not just something decorative to hang on the wall or wear, it is an important sign of our beliefs – and should be truly looked at and prayed before as the source of our salvation.

Pope's homily: Ask the Lord for the courage to follow Jesus

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:29:35 -0400

VATICAN – Speaking on Tuesday morning during the homily at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on Jesus��Ƶapp journey to Jerusalem as the moment of His crucifixion drew near.

Pope's homily: 'The Cross is not a badge of belonging'

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:45:00 -0400

Pope Francis on Tuesday told Christians not to wear the crucifix only as a symbol of belonging but to look to Jesus on the Cross as He who died for our salvation.

A blasphemous gift

fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:00:00 -0400

KRAKOW, POLAND - Was the “crucifix” given to Pope Francis by Bolivian President Evo Morales — a corpus hanging on the hammer-and-sickle — blasphemous?

Pope Francis not amused by 'communist crucifix'

Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:00:00 -0400

La Paz, Bolivia - Pope Francis shook his head no and told Bolivia's president, "this is not okay," after being presented with a “communist crucifix” — a carving of Christ crucified on the hammer of a hammer and sickle.

Beware sleight of hand

peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:00:00 -0400

There��Ƶapp a moment in Al Pacino��Ƶapp new film Danny Collins when the eponymous character, alone in his dressing room, touches the ornate Cross nested in his ancient rock star chest hair. The gesture is cinematic sleight of hand.
In the next frame, Collins uncaps the crucifix and pours out a few lines of cocaine to put up his nose so his show can go on. The sign of our faith, in the fingers of a pop icon, turns into yet another clever cache for the pursuit of becoming comfortably numb.