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World Youth Cardinal
BY Tim Drake Cardinal George Pell is the reason World Youth Day will be in Australia next year.
October 14-20, 2007 Issue 
As archbishop of Sydney, he invited Pope Benedict XVI to
hold the 10th international celebration “down under.” As he pointed out, it
will give a lot of people who ordinarily would not attend World Youth Day the
chance to do so.
Register senior writer Tim Drake spoke with him at the
chancery... READ MORE
Our Man in Rome
October 7-13, 2007 Issue
FRANCIS ROONEY is keeping his eye on China, Burma and Iran.
And more. The list of countries where religious freedom is imperiled seems to
be growing every year. The U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See discussed religious
freedom, as well as anti-human-trafficking efforts led by Consolata... READ MORE
Hillbilly Thomists
BY Mark Sullivan Flannery O’Connor And the Forgotten Influence of Aquinas On Modern Literature
September 30 - October 6, 2007 Issue
MARION MONTGOMERY knows his Flannery O’Connor — they were
friends, after all.
But he has quite a body of work of his own: He’s the father
of five, a critic, a poet, a novelist, and has been a professor of world
literature and creative writing at the University of Georgia for 33 years.
For... READ MORE
From Moscow to Baghdad
BY Edward Pentin
September 23-29, 2007 Issue
CARDINAL ROGER ETCHEGARAY has brought the Church’s message
to places as diverse as China, Russia, Iraq and Assisi, Italy.
Since he was invited to Rome to head the Pontifical Council
of Justice and Peace in 1984, Cardinal Etchegaray became one of Pope John Paul
II’s closest and most trusted... READ MORE
Mother Didn’t Doubt
BY Edward Pentin Author Explains His Book
September 16-22, 2007 Issue
FATHER BRIAN KOLODIEJCHUK served as principal advocate for
Mother Teresa’s cause of beatification. His new book collects Mother Teresa’s
previously unpublished writings. Called Come Be My Light, its content has been
the topic of much media speculation about Mother Teresa’s faith.
He is also... READ MORE
American Heroes
BY Patrick Novecosky Rome’s Classical Era Inspired Designer of 9/11 Memorial
September 9-15, 2007 Issue
VIGGO RAMBUSCH played a leading role in commemorating the
sacrifice of New York firefighters on Sept. 11, 2001.
After terrorists slammed hijacked airplanes into the city’s World
Trade Center, firefighters saved thousands of lives that day — and 343 members
of the New York Fire Department died... READ MORE
A Light In Darkness
BY Robert and Mary Dirgo Inspired by Mother Teresa to Give It All
September 2-8, 2007 Issue
FR. SEBASTIAN VAZHAKALA has known the truth about Mother
Teresa even before the National Catholic Register broke the story four years
ago.
The Missionaries of Charity priest is a little surprised at
the attention given to the new book Come Be My Light (Weekly Book Pick, page
11). In it, fellow... READ MORE
Catholic ‘Revert’ Silent No More
BY Tom McFeely
August 26 - September 1, 2007 Issue
JANET MORANA says it was “the intersection of Pavone” that
helped restore her Catholic faith — and drew her to fulltime pro-life work.
Now the associate director of Priests for Life and co-founder
of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, Morana was a fallen-away Catholic in
early 1989 when... READ MORE
What Does the Motu Proprio Really Say?
BY Tim Drake
August 19-25, 2007 Issue
FATHER JOHN ZUHLSDORF’s blog has been the go-to point for
people seeking insight into the Pope’s new document extending permission to say
the Old Mass. Pope Benedict XVI’s motu proprio Summorum Pontificum was released
July 7, and its changes take effect Sept. 14.
Father Zuhlsdorf worked as a... READ MORE
Globe-Trotting Archbishop Touches Down In Baltimore
BY Stephen Vincent
August 12-18, 2007 Issue
ARCHBISHOP EDWIN O’BRIEN has circled the globe as head of
the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
On Oct. 1, he will “settle down” as archbishop of Baltimore.
Archbishop O’Brien will succeed Cardinal William Keeler, who
retired due to health reasons at the age of 76. Born in the Bronx,... READ MORE
All’s Not Quiet on The Atheistic Front
BY Edward Pentin
August 5-11, 2007 Issue
ALISTER McGRATH used to be an atheist. Now he’s an Anglican
theologian.
And he’s taking on one of the most aggressive and polemical
atheists of our time, Richard Dawkins, author of the bestselling book The God
Delusion.
Like Dawkins, McGrath is a professor at the University of
Oxford and a... READ MORE
‘We Are Very Happy’
A Lefebvrite Bishop On Benedict’s Motu Proprio
July 22 - August 4, 2007 Issue
BISHOP BERNARD FELLAY was one of four priests illicitly
ordained bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988.
Since 1994, Bishop Fellay has been superior general of the
Society of St. Pius X. He has criticized the Church’s new understanding of
ecumenism and religious freedom since the Second... READ MORE
Helping Accused Priests Is His Calling
BY Sue Ellin Browder
July 15-21, 2007 Issue
JOSEPH MAHER was just minding his business. Then one day, a
falsely accused priest needed help.
It all started in April 2002 when a visiting priest in his
local parish was accused of raping a 40-year-old choir member. Convinced he was
innocent, Maher, two other businessmen and a priest pulled... READ MORE
The Convert Who Became A Bishop
BY Father Raymond J. de Souza
July 8-14, 2007 Issue
Bishop Peter Elliott was ordained a bishop in Melbourne,
Australia, June 15.
A convert to the Catholic faith, he was ordained a priest in
1973.
After studies in Rome, he worked as an official of the
Pontifical Council for the Family from 1987.
As such, he represented the Holy See at the U.N.... READ MORE
A Physician First
BY Legionary Father Nikola Derpich
July 1-7, 2007 Issue
DR. EDMUND PELLEGRINO is chairman of the President’s Council
on Bioethics.
He is also a member of the International Bioethics Committee
of (UNESCO the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and
honorary member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He has been involved in
leading... READ MORE
How the Vatican Tried to Avert War
BY Edward Pentin
June 24-30, 2007 Issue
Cardinal Pio Laghi has lived through historic times.
He was papal nuncio to the United States when the U.S.
established diplomatic ties with the Holy See in 1981. And he tried to
intervene on behalf of Pope John Paul II when America was about to go to war
with Iraq in 2003.
Since he retired in... READ MORE
How to Be a Father
BY Tom McFeely It’s a challenging time to be a father, James Stenson tells the Register. But he also gives advice on how dads can be the leaders of the family.
June 17-23, 2007 Issue
James
Stenson teaches fathers how to do a better job.
Stenson, a teacher who helped
establish two Opus Dei-affiliated boys’ schools in Washington, D.C. and
Chicago, has worked since 1989 as an educational consultant specializing in
family life and family-school relationships. He has also set up a... READ MORE
‘A Dozen Reasons Life Is Winning’
BY Tom McFeely Father Frank Pavone of the Priests for Life comments on Pope Benedict’s recent comments on Catholic politicians and Communion, certain Catholic congressmen’s statements on the Pope, and election outlooks for 2008.
June 10-16, 2007 Issue
FATHER FRANK
PAVONE said these are hopeful
times for American pro-lifers.
The
national director of Priests for Life points to the recent Supreme Court
decision upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion and to Pope
Benedict XVI’s recent comments about Communion and pro-abortion... READ MORE
He Could No Longer Explain Why He Wasn’t Catholic
BY Tim Drake Until a few weeks ago, Francis Beckwith was president of the Evangelical Theological Society, an association of 4,300 Protestant theologians. Now he has returned to the Church of his baptism.
June 3-9, 2007 Issue
Until a few weeks ago, Francis
Beckwith served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society,
an association of 4,300 Protestant theologians.
That
was until he made the announcement on the Right Reason blog of his return to
the Catholic faith of his youth. Beckwith returned to the Church... READ MORE
Soaring on 2 Wings
BY Anthony Flott Priest’s Personal Pentecost Transformation
May 27- June 2, 2007 Issue
FATHER
BOB BEDARD says he used to be a “left-winger.”
But then he had a profound experience of something with “two wings,” the Holy
Spirit.
An
experience of the Catholic charismatic movement taught him how to pray
fervently and deepened his appreciation of authentic Church teaching.... READ MORE
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