Faith

Charles Lewis: Finding fellowship in uncertainty

clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:54:18 -0400

We all feel the uncertainty in the air; we all hear that low-grade anxiety buzzing in the background.

Church on the Street: Friends stand by with help and prayers

robert.kinghorn@ekinghorn.com (Robert Kinghorn) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:17:49 -0500

“I’m going down east to try to be reconciled with my father.”

First formal synod reports focus on sex abuse, sexuality, friendship, mission

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:52:24 -0400

VATICAN – In their first formal reports to the entire Synod of Bishops, many of the gathering's working groups reported that they had discussed the clerical sexual abuse crisis and, especially, its impact on young Catholics.

Speaking out: Thank God for my community

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:41:54 -0400

Two years ago, I started volunteering at my church��Ƶapp youth group. My role was to teach the students, mentor them and listen to them.

Speaking Out: Growing my faith through friendship

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:08:36 -0400

For the last year and a half, a friend and I have run a small faith-sharing group for young women. It has turned out to be a far more important experience to my faith than I ever imagined.

Comment: Meet 'Mary' ... my friend

robert.kinghorn@ekinghorn.com (Robert Kinghorn) — Fri, 19 May 2017 04:57:00 -0400

The request was simple: “I’m going south for a week, could you give me a ride to the airport and pick me up on my way back?”

Pope to Egyptians: Let papal visit be sign of friendship, peace

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:30:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – Praying that God would protect Egypt from all evil, Pope Francis told the nation's people that a world torn apart by indiscriminate violence needs courageous builders of peace, dialogue and justice.

Toronto gains a bishop and a friend in Robert Kasun

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 19:00:00 -0400

TORONTO – Bishop Robert Kasun has been to Rome to buy a pectoral cross, mitre, ring — all the gear you need to be a bishop. But Kasun, ordained on Sept. 12 in Edmonton to serve as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto, didn’t really have time — and he was a bit put off by the prices — to pick up a new crozier.

Getting personal with Pope Francis

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:00:46 -0400

In two wide-ranging new interviews, Pope Francis discusses matters both weighty and personal, including the perils of his popularity.

Periphery pope: Bosnia trip aims to build bridges in divided nation

Thu, 14 May 2015 10:30:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' concern for those suffering on the margins and for small Catholic communities that have kept the faith alive through war or repression will take him to Bosnia-Herzegovina in early June.