The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:17:34 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb ‘Invaluable’ Group of Seven works lost in church blaze /item/36858-invaluable-group-of-seven-works-lost-in-church-blaze /item/36858-invaluable-group-of-seven-works-lost-in-church-blaze

The only church to feature artwork by members of the famed Group of Seven Canadian artists burned to the ground, taking with it the “stunning” murals on its walls and dome.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:30:57 -0400
Database tracks persecution of Christians /item/36345-database-tracks-persecution-of-christians /item/36345-database-tracks-persecution-of-christians

Global Christian Relief (GCR) has launched a new searchable violent incidents database (VID) that chronicles all the violent attacks on Christians and people of faith around the world.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:50:04 -0500
Mission church on Alberta First Nation destroyed by fire /item/36269-mission-church-on-alberta-first-nation-destroyed-by-fire /item/36269-mission-church-on-alberta-first-nation-destroyed-by-fire

The RCMPƵapp Wood Buffalo detachment in Alberta is investigating a fire that devastated the former St. Gabriel Catholic Mission Church Dec. 15 in Janvier, a hamlet neighbouring the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:53:06 -0500
Torched churchƵapp parishioners look forward /item/36141-torched-church-s-parishioners-look-forward /item/36141-torched-church-s-parishioners-look-forward

More than two years since a suspicious fire destroyed St. Jean Baptiste Parish in Morinville, Alta., the criminal investigation has borne no suspects or arrests.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500
Trial date set for alleged Alberta church arsonists /item/36078-trial-date-set-for-alleged-alberta-church-arsonists /item/36078-trial-date-set-for-alleged-alberta-church-arsonists

Two men from High Prairie, Alta., charged for setting fire to St. BernardƵapp Church in Grouard, Alta., on May 22 are slated for trial almost a year to the day later.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:25:22 -0400
Greek Orthodox church in Gaza damaged in blast /home/international/item/36030-greek-orthodox-church-in-gaza-damaged-in-blast /home/international/item/36030-greek-orthodox-church-in-gaza-damaged-in-blast

An explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least 17 people dead, though numbers have not yet been officially confirmed.

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International Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:33:07 -0400
Arson claims historic Alberta church /item/35589-arson-claims-historic-alberta-church /item/35589-arson-claims-historic-alberta-church

Two High Prairie, Alta., men are facing charges of arson and break and enter to commit theft after fire destroyed St. Bernard Church, built in 1901, in Grouard, Alta., on May 22.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 31 May 2023 10:29:30 -0400
Burned church symbol of hope in Attawapiskat /item/35466-burned-church-symbol-of-hope-in-attawapiskat /item/35466-burned-church-symbol-of-hope-in-attawapiskat

Although St. Francis Xavier Church in Attawapiskat in northern Ontario tragically burned to the ground in April 2021, it remains the centre of faith and devotion in the mostly First Nation town.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0400
Repairs to historic P.E.I. church in motion /item/34979-repairs-to-historic-p-e-i-church-in-motion /item/34979-repairs-to-historic-p-e-i-church-in-motion

A distressing dispatch greeted the parishioners of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Cumberland, P.E.I., in the days following the post-tropical storm FionaƵapp devastation on Sept. 24. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 23 Nov 2022 13:47:05 -0500
Rights league looks for more media responsibility /item/34251-rights-league-looks-for-more-media-responsibility /item/34251-rights-league-looks-for-more-media-responsibility

The executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League is urging media to be responsibile in its reporting in the wake of the historic meetings at the Vatican between Pope Francis and representatives of CanadaƵapp First Nations.

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Canada Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:18:10 -0400