The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:38:19 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Volunteers who ensure safe church openings recognized /item/32372-volunteers-who-ensure-safe-church-openings-recognized /item/32372-volunteers-who-ensure-safe-church-openings-recognized

Cardinal Thomas Collins recognized the thousands of volunteers across the vast Archdiocese of Toronto who have ensured a safe re-opening of churches during the COVID-19 pandemic with a special Mass of gratitude Nov. 4.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:25:52 -0500 Pro-life views deemed problematic for volunteer Ottawa transit post /item/28946-pro-life-views-deemed-problematic-for-volunteer-ottawa-transit-post /item/28946-pro-life-views-deemed-problematic-for-volunteer-ottawa-transit-post

OTTAWA – A pro-life group is calling for the resignation of an Ottawa city councillor who opposed a candidate for OttawaƵapp Transit Commission because of his pro-life beliefs.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:53:44 -0500 As WYD Panama closes, Pope urges volunteers to keep serving /wyd2019/item/28868-as-wyd-panama-closes-pope-urges-volunteers-to-keep-serving /wyd2019/item/28868-as-wyd-panama-closes-pope-urges-volunteers-to-keep-serving PANAMA CITY – Just before leaving the physical and human warmth of Panama Jan. 27, Pope Francis stopped to thank the thousands of official volunteers, young and old, gathered at the capital city's Rommel Fernandez Stadium to tell them that they had just participated in an event similar to one that took place early in Christianity.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) World Youth Day 2019 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:13:49 -0500 U.S. doctors, nurses treat Syrian refugees for free in Jordan /home/international/item/24066-u-s-doctors-nurses-treat-syrian-refugees-for-free-in-jordan /home/international/item/24066-u-s-doctors-nurses-treat-syrian-refugees-for-free-in-jordan

MAFRAQ, Jordan – American doctors and nurses on a medical mission to Jordan are performing badly needed surgeries and other medical treatment free of charge to thousands of Syrian refugees who can no longer afford basic health care.

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SANTIAGO, Chile – Dawn breaks in the city of Santiago de Chile. Amid the hustle and bustle of the waking city, a narrow wooden door welcomes in the “dear brothers of the street,” as they are affectionately called.

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ROME – Faith-based volunteers are joining civil protection teams sifting through the collapsed buildings and debris of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy this week as the search for survivors continues.

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