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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul IIƵapp intense pastoral ministry, “but even more, the Calvary of agony and the serene death of our beloved pope let all people of our age know that Jesus Christ really was his everything,” Pope Benedict XVI said.
Archbishop Ncube is ZimbabweƵapp only answer to oppose Mugabe
By Catholic News Service
As Zimbabwe suffers another round of brutal repression at the hands of President Robert Mugabe and his henchmen, everybody is offering solutions.
Caritas telethon airs on April 29
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO - Caritas is hosting its 13th annual telethon on April 29. The telethon will be aired on the TLN Telelatino Television Network.
Jantzi index keeps up with the big boys
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO - The social responsibility and environmental sustainability driven Jantzi Social Index continues to run neck-and-neck with conventional stock market indexes despite its underexposure in the energy sector.
Catalyst rewarded for environmental sensibility
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - The guys who control the mill jobs in several small towns on Vancouver Island, who cut down swaths of rainforest to make paper for phone books and catalogues and who deal in pulp for paper mills up and down the west coast of North America are now officially good guys of CanadaƵapp forest products industry.
MP seeks to honour John Paul II
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO - A member of OntarioƵapp provincial legislature wants the province to recognize April 2 as Pope John Paul II Day. On that very day, Conservative MPP Frank Klees planned to introduce into the legislature a private memberƵapp bill to commemorate the day the late pope died two years ago.
Smith appointed archbishop of Edmonton
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA - Pembroke Bishop Richard Smith said he was surprised to be appointed as archbishop of Edmonton, but he trusts that God will give him the grace to serve where he is called.
Northern Ireland power-sharing deal welcomed
By Catholic News Service
DUBLIN, Ireland - Irish and British church officials welcomed the announcement that political parties in Northern Ireland have agreed to share power again.
Merton workshop comes to town
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO - The Thomas Merton Society of Canada is offering an opportunity to get to know the 20th centuryƵapp most famous American monk.
Interfaith prayer for Afghan peace
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO - A peace prayer will unite Christians of every stripe at St. James Anglican Cathedral in downtown Toronto April 22 at 4:30 p.m.
New director for Sheptytsky Institute
By Natalie Guadagnoli, The Catholic Register
Fr. Stephen Wojcichowsky began a three-year term as the new director of the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies on Feb. 1.