It seems that every day I am reminded of my own mortality. If it’s not news from Haiti, it’s news that someone has died – or has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. No one wants to think about death or about losing a loved one, but death is one of life’s certainties: we will ...read more

One thing is for sure: Mary saw the predicament the wedding party was in. She went to Jesus. “They have no wine”, she said. She is going around today saying to all of us, ‘They don’t have water to drink and food to eat in Port-au-Prince. They don’t have shelter, their houses have been flattened, ...read more

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Ephesians 4:29 Four letter words of the expletive variety have never really been part of my vocabulary. Sure, I knew ...read more

The following article was published in the YSN newsletter, which is sent to the student journalists writing for The Catholic Register’s Youth Speak News section. The article is a response to the question, “How can you cover a religious story as a journalist, while still having a personal spiritual experience?” Though it’s been over a ...read more

After the security breached on Christmas Eve at the Vatican, some are questioning the security at the Vatican. Others are  asking, who is in charge of looking after the Pope? In this week’s Vatican report from Catholic News Service, John Thavis and Carol Glatz discuss Security at the Vatican. Obtenir le lecteur Flash pour voir ...read more

Following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI met with members of the Jewish community at the Great Synagogue of Rome.  Pope John Paul II visited the Synagogue in 1986, the first visit by a Pope to a Synagogue in centuries! The Venerable Pontiff’s name came up a number of times as many ...read more

In 1986 Pope John Paul II became the first Pope to visit the Great Synagogue of Rome. Nearly 24 years later Pope Benedict XVI follows in his predecessor’s footsteps visiting Rome’s synagogue and meeting with leaders of Rome’s Jewish community and the Chief Rabbi of Italy. The Holy Father will also visit the Jewish Museum ...read more

“Once in a while, the Lord takes delight in throwing a curve ball at us.” This is how newly-consecrated Bishop Vincent Nguyen began his final remarks in Toronto’s St. Michael’s Cathedral. It was an apt description of the 43-year-old’s rapid rise as Canada’s youngest bishop, but it also characterizes his family’s dramatic upheaval in Communist ...read more

The whole world has its eyes, once again, on Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas. The courage of the Haitian people has again been tested. As all of you already know, last Tuesday, an earthquake, registering at magnitude seven, hit the island nation – the most violent earthquake to hit the country in 100 ...read more

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Development and Peace are launching an emergency appeal to support humanitarian aid relief in Haiti. CCCB President Bishop Pierre Morissette noted in a letter released on Wednesday, that Pope Benedict made an appeal at his General Audience for the international community to be generous in assisting the suffering ...read more