The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:26:16 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Speaking Out: What I learned from Genesis /item/29286-speaking-out-what-i-learned-from-genesis /item/29286-speaking-out-what-i-learned-from-genesis

This year, I decided to read the Bible all the way through, starting at the book of Genesis.

]]> YSN: Speaking Out Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:27:04 -0400 Pray when the world hates you /item/22648-pray-when-the-world-hates-you /item/22648-pray-when-the-world-hates-you

In the UK, a Catholic teenager is suing his former employer and co-workers for religious aggravated assault. The teenager claims he was subjected to a “mock crucifixion,” tying him from a makeshift wooden cross. The court case addresses other indidents in which his co-workers drew crosses and phallic symbols all over the teenagerƵapp body with permanent marker, setting spray deodorant aflame near his head and giving him a forcible wedgie that caused cuts and bruises.

]]> YSN: Speaking Out Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:43:09 -0400 Cardinal Pell: Laypeople a bridge between Church and the world /home/international/item/22319-cardinal-pell-laypeople-a-bridge-between-church-and-the-world /home/international/item/22319-cardinal-pell-laypeople-a-bridge-between-church-and-the-world

VATICAN CITY – Laypeople are called to be a bridge between the Church and the world, particularly in matters of finance where "clerics simply do not have that high level of expertise that can only come from highly competent and dedicated professionals," said Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.

]]> International Fri, 13 May 2016 13:00:23 -0400 Religious freedom deteriorating around the world /home/international/item/22251-religious-freedom-deteriorating-around-the-world /home/international/item/22251-religious-freedom-deteriorating-around-the-world

WASHINGTON (RNS) Religious freedom remains under “serious and sustained assault” around the globe, according to a new annual report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

]]> International Tue, 03 May 2016 15:30:00 -0400 Pope condemns Mali attacks, calls for acts of kindness in broken world /faith/item/21322-pope-condemns-mali-attacks-calls-for-acts-of-kindness-in-broken-world /faith/item/21322-pope-condemns-mali-attacks-calls-for-acts-of-kindness-in-broken-world

VATICAN CITY - Show kindness, understanding and mercy in today's broken and wounded world, Pope Francis said.

]]> Vatican Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:36:04 -0500 Pray for peace, weep for world at war, Pope says /faith/item/21298-pray-for-peace-weep-for-world-at-war-pope-says /faith/item/21298-pray-for-peace-weep-for-world-at-war-pope-says

VATICAN CITY - "Jesus wept." Pope Francis opened his morning homily with those words as he spoke about the wars and violence engulfing numerous parts of the world.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) Vatican Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:08:41 -0500 The Lord weeps for the sins of a world at war /faith/homilies/item/21295-the-lord-weeps-for-the-sins-of-a-world-at-war /faith/homilies/item/21295-the-lord-weeps-for-the-sins-of-a-world-at-war

“The whole world is at war,” and the rejection of the “path of peace” means that God Himself, that Jesus Himself, weeps. This was the message of Pope Francis to the faithful following the readings of the day at Mass on Thursday morning in the Casa Santa Marta.

]]> Reflections Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:50:38 -0500 Nostra Aetate opened Catholics to the world /faith/item/21128-nostra-aetate-opened-catholics-to-the-world /faith/item/21128-nostra-aetate-opened-catholics-to-the-world

In or out? Us or them? Where do we draw the line? Should we draw the line? Once a line is drawn, how do we look beyond our borders?

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Faith Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:00:35 -0400 Lesson for synod seen in joy evident at World Meeting of Families /faith/item/21024-lesson-for-synod-seen-in-joy-evident-at-world-meeting-of-families /faith/item/21024-lesson-for-synod-seen-in-joy-evident-at-world-meeting-of-families

PHILADELPHIA - It's difficult to forget Pope Francis' passionate Sept. 26 speech, his gestures and the tone of his voice when he addressed the value of the family in Philadelphia.

]]> Faith Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:01:45 -0400 Pope Francis chides world powers for failing to push for peace in Syria /home/international/item/20464-pope-francis-chides-world-powers-for-failing-to-push-for-peace-in-syria /home/international/item/20464-pope-francis-chides-world-powers-for-failing-to-push-for-peace-in-syria

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on June 19 criticized world powers for their failure to find a solution to the Syrian conflict, saying the countryƵapp Christians had been united by “the blood of the martyrs” lost in war.

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