The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:31:06 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Editorial: Pick a faith lane, Your Holiness /columns/item/34546-editorial-pick-a-faith-lane-your-holiness /columns/item/34546-editorial-pick-a-faith-lane-your-holiness

Pope Francis last week issued a welcome call for Catholic theologians to transmit the truths of the faith in a way that will help those of faith live the faith in their daily lives.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:17:26 -0400 Academy for Life encourages Catholic parents to vaccinate children /home/international/item/29215-academy-for-life-encourages-catholic-parents-to-vaccinate-children /home/international/item/29215-academy-for-life-encourages-catholic-parents-to-vaccinate-children VATICAN – Catholic parents should vaccinate their children for the good of their children and the community, and they can do so with a "clear conscience" that "the use of such vaccines does not signify some sort of cooperation in voluntary abortion," said the Pontifical Academy for Life.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:55:29 -0400 Robotics needs ethical guidelines, speakers say at Vatican meeting /home/international/item/29088-robotics-needs-ethical-guidelines-speakers-say-at-vatican-meeting /home/international/item/29088-robotics-needs-ethical-guidelines-speakers-say-at-vatican-meeting VATICAN – As robotics play an increasingly greater role in today's world, their technological capabilities must not outpace ethical concerns, said a number of speakers at the Pontifical Academy for Life's workshop on "Robo-ethics: Humans, Machines and Health."
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:32:27 -0500 Speaking Out: Homilies that attract youth /item/29027-speaking-out-homilies-that-attract-youth /item/29027-speaking-out-homilies-that-attract-youth

ItƵapp no secret that the Catholic Church is not a “young kids’ game.” 

]]> YSN: Speaking Out Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:17:55 -0500 Catholic groups pledge to make church's voice heard at U.N. climate conference /home/international/item/28506-catholic-groups-pledge-to-make-church-s-voice-heard-at-u-n-climate-conference /home/international/item/28506-catholic-groups-pledge-to-make-church-s-voice-heard-at-u-n-climate-conference WARSAW, Poland – As government delegations from across the globe prepare for a Dec. 2-14 U.N. conference on climate change, Catholic organizations are pledging to make the church's voice heard.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:25:20 -0500 'Synodality' in the synod's final document confuses some people /home/international/item/28329-synodality-in-the-synod-s-final-document-confuses-some-people /home/international/item/28329-synodality-in-the-synod-s-final-document-confuses-some-people VATICAN – "Synodality," a key concept of Pope Francis' papacy, was used repeatedly in the final document of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocation discernment.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:37:12 -0400 Pope closes synod with apology to young people who felt ignored by the Church /faith/homilies/item/28300-pope-closes-synod-with-apology-to-young-people-who-felt-ignored-by-the-church /faith/homilies/item/28300-pope-closes-synod-with-apology-to-young-people-who-felt-ignored-by-the-church VATICAN – Speaking on behalf of all adult Catholics, Pope Francis formally closed the Synod of Bishops by asking young people for forgiveness.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Reflections Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:42:13 -0400 Missions accomplished: After 100 years, Scarboro Missions in Toronto is closing its doors /item/28282-missions-accomplished-after-100-years-scarboro-missions-in-toronto-is-closing-its-doors /item/28282-missions-accomplished-after-100-years-scarboro-missions-in-toronto-is-closing-its-doors

At 60, Fr. Ron MacDonell is the youngest of the Scarboro Missions priests. Even as his fellow priests back home in Toronto move into a seniors’ residence, MacDonell is working today in the upper reaches of the Amazon basin among BrazilƵapp Makushi people, bringing together village elders and young people to recover their vanishing language and culture.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:23:51 -0400 Synod members walk to 'share the journey' with migrants, refugees /home/international/item/28250-synod-members-walk-to-share-the-journey-with-migrants-refugees /home/international/item/28250-synod-members-walk-to-share-the-journey-with-migrants-refugees VATICAN – Honduran Bishop Jose Antonio Canales of Danli said that, given what is going on in his country and throughout Central America, he had to walk in the "Share the Journey" campaign of Caritas Internationalis.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:33:53 -0400 Young people, clerics, need better formation on sexuality, Cardinal Lacroix says /home/international/item/28169-young-people-clerics-need-better-formation-on-sexuality-cardinal-lacroix-says /home/international/item/28169-young-people-clerics-need-better-formation-on-sexuality-cardinal-lacroix-says VATICAN – Young Catholics, particularly clerics, need better formation on sexuality, affectivity, and the body, Canada's Cardinal Gérald Lacroix told reporters Tuesday, speaking about the 2018 Synod of Bishops.]]> International Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:17:30 -0400