The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:03:51 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Ghana's bishops seek prayer as nation celebrates independence, Lent /home/international/item/29099-ghana-s-bishops-seek-prayer-as-nation-celebrates-independence-lent /home/international/item/29099-ghana-s-bishops-seek-prayer-as-nation-celebrates-independence-lent ACCRA, Ghana – This year's Lent has special significance because Ash Wednesday, March 6, marks the celebration of Ghana's 62nd anniversary of independence, said the Ghana Bishops' Conference.
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Staying connected to my faith has always been easy for me. During my high school years at Holy Name of Mary College School, I attended mandatory Mass once a month, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and participated in faith-related reflections for class.

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Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) for 44 tumultuous years, has been decreed by the Vatican to be worthy of sainthood, needing only an approved miracle for him to be beatified.

]]> fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Thu, 30 Jul 2015 06:30:00 -0400 Ukrainian bishops seek to be heard over the din of rhetoric /home/international/item/19740-ukrainian-bishops-seek-to-be-heard-over-the-din-of-rhetoric /home/international/item/19740-ukrainian-bishops-seek-to-be-heard-over-the-din-of-rhetoric

VATICAN CITY - As the Ukrainian Catholic bishops met in a private audience with Pope Francis Feb. 20, Ukraine was marking its first Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, commemorating those who died in the Euromaidan movement one year earlier.

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MANCHESTER, England - The Catholic bishops of Scotland said they accept the results of referendum in which Scot voters rejected independence.

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MANCHESTER, England - Scotland's archbishops have encouraged Catholics to vote in the forthcoming referendum on independence — and to pay attention to the issue of religious freedom.

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