The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:30:57 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Charles Lewis: The Catholic writer has a burden of truth /opinion/columnists/item/29175-charles-lewis-the-catholic-writer-has-a-burden-of-truth /opinion/columnists/item/29175-charles-lewis-the-catholic-writer-has-a-burden-of-truth

Years ago I lived in Wakefield, Que., a rural area about 40 minutes north of Ottawa in the Gatineau Hills. Many of the people who lived there plied a trade — carpenter, potter, painter and such. 

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clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) Register Columnists Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:01:12 -0400
Fr. Thomas Rosica apologizes for plagiarism /item/29043-fr-thomas-rosica-apologizes-for-plagiarism /item/29043-fr-thomas-rosica-apologizes-for-plagiarism WASHINGTON – A long-time Vatican spokesman has admitted to passing off the writing of others as his own, and apologized for plagiarizing.
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Canada Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:11:11 -0500
St. MichaelƵapp scandal a humbling experience for Basilian Fathers /item/28511-st-michael-s-scandal-a-humbling-experience-for-basilian-fathers /item/28511-st-michael-s-scandal-a-humbling-experience-for-basilian-fathers

As the Basilian Fathers await announcement of an expert panel to investigate the culture and policies that may be factors in a sexual assault scandal at St. Michael's College School, the priests are praying for the victims, their families and the community they serve.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:03:33 -0500
Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Rosica pulls back curtain on ‘a new dictatorship’ /opinion/columnists/item/27119-fr-raymond-j-de-souza-rosica-pulls-back-curtain-on-a-new-dictatorship /opinion/columnists/item/27119-fr-raymond-j-de-souza-rosica-pulls-back-curtain-on-a-new-dictatorship

Fr. Thomas Rosica, CEO of Salt & Light Catholic Media Foundation, published a blistering assessment of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the pages of a Jesuit magazine, identifying in practice what Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger memorably called the “dictatorship of relativism.”

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fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:59:34 -0400
New national coordinator hopes to build on energy of WYD /item/24549-new-national-coordinator-hopes-to-build-on-energy-of-wyd /item/24549-new-national-coordinator-hopes-to-build-on-energy-of-wyd

World Youth Day is not an isolated event, said newly appointed WYD national coordinator Isabel Correa. Rather, the international event is one opportunity among many for the Church to celebrate with young people.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 09 Mar 2017 04:59:00 -0500
Review of 'The Seven Last Words of Christ: Reflections' by Fr. Rosica /features/arts/item/24440-review-of-the-seven-last-words-of-christ-reflections-by-fr-rosica /features/arts/item/24440-review-of-the-seven-last-words-of-christ-reflections-by-fr-rosica

What do the last phrases of Christ from the cross teach todayƵapp world?

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Book News Sun, 26 Feb 2017 05:58:00 -0500
Fr. Rosica steps down from World Youth Day post /item/24353-fr-rosica-steps-down-from-world-youth-day-post /item/24353-fr-rosica-steps-down-from-world-youth-day-post

Fr. Thomas Rosica is stepping down as national coordinator of the World Youth Day delegations.

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jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 15 Feb 2017 07:30:00 -0500
RosicaƵapp role unchanged as Vatican moves toward lay-run press office /home/international/item/22676-rosica-s-role-unchanged-as-vatican-moves-toward-lay-run-press-office /home/international/item/22676-rosica-s-role-unchanged-as-vatican-moves-toward-lay-run-press-office

The advent of a new, professional, lay-led press office at the Vatican won’t sideline CanadaƵapp Fr. Thomas Rosica, who has acted as a volunteer English-language attaché to the Holy See press office since Pope Benedict resigned.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:00:00 -0400
Contrasts in evangelization /opinion/columnists/item/20200-contrasts-in-evangelization /opinion/columnists/item/20200-contrasts-in-evangelization

WINDSOR, ONT. - Between the feast days of CanadaƵapp newest saints, the archbishop of Quebec City argued for an authentically Canadian approach to the evangelization of native peoples that offers a model for the evangelization of culture today.

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fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Thu, 07 May 2015 06:30:00 -0400
Mixing it up: Synod members turn to metaphor to get message across /faith/item/18958-mixing-it-up-synod-members-turn-to-metaphor-to-get-message-across /faith/item/18958-mixing-it-up-synod-members-turn-to-metaphor-to-get-message-across

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis may be the universal Church's undisputed master of metaphor and analogy, but other members of the Synod of Bishops on the family are showing a willingness to use snappy images to get their points across, too.

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Faith Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:00:00 -0400