The Catholic Register

Church urged to take lead in protecting youth online

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:36:40 -0400

Children are in danger and Jesuit Fr. Hans Zollner believes the Catholic Church is uniquely placed to protect them.

Chilean court orders church to pay compensation to abuse survivors

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:08:03 -0400

VATICAN CITY - A Chilean appeals court ruled in favor of three survivors of abuse by former priest Fernando Karadima and ordered the Catholic Church to pay damages.

Abuse crisis a chance to change ‘future of our Church’

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:06:26 -0400

American author and theologian Brian Flanagan believes it is natural that victims of sexual abuse remain suspicious of the Church.

Number of priests down for the first time in a decade, Vatican says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:28:15 -0500

VATICAN – The percentage of Catholics in the world has remained steady, while the number of priests has decreased for the first time in almost a decade, according to Vatican statistics.

It's a 'grave sin' to despise God's gifts to fellow Christians, Pope Francis says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 15:24:46 -0500

ROME – Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to one Christian church or community are not recognized and shared, Pope Francis said.

Filipino bishop tells Catholics to ignore President Duterte's anti-church jabs

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:40:37 -0500

MANILA, Philippines – A former head of the Philippines' Catholic bishop's conference, has called on people to ignore President Rodrigo Duterte's repeated rants against the church.

Francis Campbell: Halifax-Yarmouth diocese going back to its missionary roots

fcampbell@catholicregister.org (Francis Campbell) — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 17:13:02 -0500

It��Ƶapp difficult to equate dynamic evangelization with the reality of shrinking numbers of parishes, priests, parishioners and active churches. But evangelization is exactly what the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth hopes to achieve through a strategy called New Parishes: Stronger Together.

Abuse summit ‘critical’ for Church, Cardinal O'Malley says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:20:58 -0500

VATICAN – The universal Church will face a critical juncture when Pope Francis meets with the world��Ƶapp bishops to address the abuse and protection of minors, said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley as the Vatican named members of the organizing committee for the February conference.

President Duterte tells Filipinos to quit Catholic faith, stop paying Church 'idiots'

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:11:15 -0500

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his attacks on Catholic leaders and urged Filipinos to stop going to church altogether.

Communion must extend beyond church walls, transform societies, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:28:03 -0500

VATICAN – Even in societies increasingly marked by divisions and prejudice, Catholics gather every Sunday "in the Lord's name and acknowledge that they are brothers and sisters," Pope Francis said.