World Youth Day 2016

Pope: Without Holy Spirit, dioceses can become worldly businesses

Fri, 10 May 2019 10:17:11 -0400

VATICAN CITY - A diocese that cares more about being an organized workplace rather than announcing the good news can fall prey to clericalism and distance itself from Christ, Pope Francis said.

Mount Cashel opened eyes to world of abuse

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 14:41:16 -0500

As the Catholic Church comes to grips with an appalling past that saw thousands of children and vulnerable people exposed to abuse at the hands of clergy around the world, Canadians can only turn back the clock to remember when the scourge dominated the headlines at home.

Fr. Thomas Rosica apologizes for plagiarism

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:11:11 -0500

WASHINGTON – A long-time Vatican spokesman has admitted to passing off the writing of others as his own, and apologized for plagiarizing.

Harming a child must be 'line in the sand' for removal, Cardinal O'Malley says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:44:08 -0500

VATICAN – For the Catholic Church, there is a "line in the sand," which can never be crossed, and that is to not allow anyone who harms or would harm a child to exercise public ministry, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.

Survivors expose 'cancer' of clerical sex abuse at summit

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:54:48 -0500

VATICAN – "Every time I refused to have sex with him, he would beat me," an abuse survivor from Africa told Pope Francis and bishops attending the Vatican summit on child protection and the abuse crisis.

Marriage, priesthood requires fidelity and unity, Pope Francis says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 08:45:12 -0500

VATICAN – Unity and fidelity are indispensable cornerstones of Christian marriage, Pope Francis said.

Mideast patriarch: There is great need to unite efforts against extremism, terrorism

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:32:13 -0500

BEIRUT – At a gathering of Middle East leaders coinciding with the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Syriac Orthodox patriarch emphasized the need to unify efforts against extremism and terrorism.

Idea of having women deacons is for church 'crying for ministry', not 'power', speaker says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:55:29 -0500

NEW YORK – Ordaining women to the permanent diaconate now, when the church is "crying for ministry," is a logical way to fulfill its obligation to bring the Gospel to all people, according to panelists at a Jan 15 event at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York.

Bishops must be 'blameless' servants of God, not businessmen, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:24:04 -0500

VATICAN – A bishop must be "blameless" and at the service of God, not of cliques, assets and power, especially if he is ever to "set right" what needs to be done for the church, Pope Francis said.

'Young people are tired of Pharisees, we need fathers,' synod observer says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:19:49 -0400

VATICAN – The Catholic Church must be a place of justice and mercy, and its members must be catalysts for change, some young observers said at the Synod of Bishops Oct. 11.