The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:22:42 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Academics must take back history, Bolen says /item/35954-academics-must-take-back-history-bolen-says /item/35954-academics-must-take-back-history-bolen-says

Archbishop Donald Bolen charged young Canadian academics with a call to action to be critical contributors to the telling of history surrounding CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp past relations with its Indigenous people.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:45:27 -0400
Ireland and its massive influence on the world /features/arts/item/35041-ireland-and-its-massive-influence-on-the-world /features/arts/item/35041-ireland-and-its-massive-influence-on-the-world

The Catholic Church throughout much of the world was shaped by the Irish diaspora, the migration of eight million Irish men and women that took place (mostly) between 1760 and 1960.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Book News Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:54:21 -0500
Diocese helps preserve London slave chapel /item/34506-diocese-helps-preserve-london-slave-chapel /item/34506-diocese-helps-preserve-london-slave-chapel

A fundraising campaign to relocate and restore LondonöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Fugitive Slave Chapel to Fanshawe Pioneer Village (FPV) has received a boost from the Diocese of London. 

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sun, 12 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400
Vatican conference convenes experts to study early Christian history /faith/item/33643-vatican-conference-convenes-experts-to-study-early-christian-history /faith/item/33643-vatican-conference-convenes-experts-to-study-early-christian-history

VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican conference will gather both Christian and non-Christian historians and experts to delve deep into the history of the church in the first centuries of Christianity.

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Vatican Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:18:25 -0400
Medieval prayer comes alive at AGO exhibit /features/arts/item/33385-medieval-prayer-comes-alive-at-ago-exhibit /features/arts/item/33385-medieval-prayer-comes-alive-at-ago-exhibit

A small show full of small items on now at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto opens up a vast world of medieval mystical experience.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts News Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:13:46 -0400
EnglandöÏÓãÊÓƵapp ‘plague village’ offers lesson in humanity /home/international/item/31319-england-s-plague-village-offers-lesson-in-humanity /home/international/item/31319-england-s-plague-village-offers-lesson-in-humanity

Greater love has no one than to lay their life down for their friends, said Jesus. 

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International Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0400
A close encounter with the Shroud of Turin /item/29237-a-close-encounter-with-the-shroud-of-turin /item/29237-a-close-encounter-with-the-shroud-of-turin

VANCOUVER – When Deacon Pete Schumacher began working in image processing and remote sensing — a technology that analyzes images from X-rays, satellites or the ocean floor — he had no idea it would lead him to a personal encounter with Jesus.

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Canada Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:58:10 -0400
Pope Francis urges preservation of Rome's history, spiritual traditions /home/international/item/29234-pope-francis-urges-preservation-of-rome-s-history-spiritual-traditions /home/international/item/29234-pope-francis-urges-preservation-of-rome-s-history-spiritual-traditions VATICAN – As the capital of Italy and center of Catholicism, the city of Rome must work with the Catholic Church to preserve and defend its rich historical and spiritual traditions, Pope Francis said.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:15:19 -0400
Historians welcome archives on Pius XII but caution against finding a ‘smoking gun’ /home/international/item/29180-historians-welcome-archives-on-pius-xii-but-caution-against-finding-a-smoking-gun /home/international/item/29180-historians-welcome-archives-on-pius-xii-but-caution-against-finding-a-smoking-gun

Historian Robert Ventresca is already planning visits to Rome sometime after March 2, 2020, where he will immerse himself in hundreds of thousands of letters, cables and speeches covering the papacy of Pius XII from 1939 to 1958.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) International Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:01:29 -0400
Pope opens up WWII, Pope Pius XII documents in Vatican Secret Archives /home/international/item/29089-pope-opens-up-wwii-pope-pius-xii-documents-in-vatican-secret-archives /home/international/item/29089-pope-opens-up-wwii-pope-pius-xii-documents-in-vatican-secret-archives VATICAN – Declaring that the Catholic Church is unafraid of history, Pope Francis announced that documents in the Vatican Secret Archives relating to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII will be open to scholars in 2020.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:41:27 -0500