The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:27:22 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Good Friday procession in Toronto makes its return /item/35370-good-friday-procession-in-toronto-makes-its-return /item/35370-good-friday-procession-in-toronto-makes-its-return

The annual Good Friday procession which for seven decades has taken over the streets of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Little Italy neighbourhood is set for a grand return this year after three years of pandemic-induced dormancy. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:15:07 -0400
Papal preacher on Good Friday: Jesus calls everyone to repent, turn swords into plowshares /faith/item/34290-papal-preacher-on-good-friday-jesus-calls-everyone-to-repent-turn-swords-into-plowshares /faith/item/34290-papal-preacher-on-good-friday-jesus-calls-everyone-to-repent-turn-swords-into-plowshares

Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said.

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Faith Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:20:30 -0400
Where do you stand on Good Friday? /faith/columnists/item/34216-where-do-you-stand-on-good-friday /faith/columnists/item/34216-where-do-you-stand-on-good-friday

On Good Fridays, I can find myself shivering in the night with Simon Peter, warming my hands at the charcoal fire.

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marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) Mary Marrocco Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:10:26 -0400
Little Italy Good Friday procession a no-go again /item/34210-little-italy-good-friday-procession-a-no-go-again /item/34210-little-italy-good-friday-procession-a-no-go-again

For the third straight year, the annual Good Friday procession through the streets of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Little Italy neighbourhood is cancelled.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:46:55 -0400
London police halt Good Friday service, say pandemic protocols violated /home/international/item/32940-london-police-halt-good-friday-service-say-pandemic-protocols-violated /home/international/item/32940-london-police-halt-good-friday-service-say-pandemic-protocols-violated

LONDON -- Police halted a Good Friday service after a complaint that pandemic regulations were not being met, leading the parish priest to complain that officers had "brutally exceeded their powers."

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:20:41 -0400
Confronting death: Jesus’ last words open us up to our vulnerability, frailty /item/32890-confronting-death-jesus-last-words-open-us-up-to-our-vulnerability-frailty /item/32890-confronting-death-jesus-last-words-open-us-up-to-our-vulnerability-frailty

Thinking about a horrible death doesn’t come naturally to 21st-century humans, even on Good Friday.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Sat, 27 Mar 2021 07:00:00 -0400
Good Friday procession on hiatus for second year /item/32878-good-friday-procession-on-hiatus-for-second-year /item/32878-good-friday-procession-on-hiatus-for-second-year

The annual Good Friday procession that brings the Stations of the Cross to life in the streets of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Little Italy has been cancelled for the second straight year due to COVID-19.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:42:50 -0400
On Good Friday papal preacher reminds COVID-19 not divine punishment /faith/item/31433-on-good-friday-papal-preacher-reminds-covid-19-not-divine-punishment /faith/item/31433-on-good-friday-papal-preacher-reminds-covid-19-not-divine-punishment

VATICAN CITY -- The coronavirus is not some form of divine punishment but a tragic event that, like all suffering in one's life, is used by God to awaken humanity, said the preacher of the papal household.

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Faith Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:22:37 -0400
Pope Francis moves Good Friday collection for Holy Land to September /faith/item/31381-pope-francis-moves-good-friday-collection-for-holy-land-to-september /faith/item/31381-pope-francis-moves-good-friday-collection-for-holy-land-to-september

VATICAN CITY -- With Holy Week celebrations closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis postponed the traditional Good Friday collection for the Holy Land to September.

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Faith Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:11:56 -0400
Toronto Good Friday procession cancelled in wake of COVID-19 /item/31313-toronto-good-friday-procession-cancelled-in-wake-of-covid-19 /item/31313-toronto-good-friday-procession-cancelled-in-wake-of-covid-19

The annual Good Friday procession through downtown Toronto streets is another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:58:11 -0400