So Long, Comfort Zone

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

When the going gets tough, the determined step out of their comfort zones and try new things. I’m determined to do all I can to help the Register through the rough financial patch it’s in, so look for me on NCRegister.com doing something well outside my comfort zone: appealing directly to... READ MORE

Letters 09.20.2009

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Kennedy, Good and Bad

Regarding “Edward Kennedy’s Catholic Legacy: America’s Culture Wars” (Sept. 6):

Sen. Kennedy’s eminently privileged life was dedicated to serving the underprivileged. He skipped the first stone that had a ripple effect upon many of his Catholic colleagues’... READ MORE

Back to School and ‘We Cannot Live Without Sunday’

BY The Editors

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Back to School

Some folks are naturally wary when a new teacher comes into class to speak to their children. That was certainly the case when President Obama announced he would speak to the nation’s school children. Conservatives cautioned that the back-to-school speech would constitute... READ MORE

Campus Catholicity Counts

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Each year, together with our sister publication, Faith & Family magazine, the Register invites Catholic colleges and universities to participate in Circle Media’s Catholic Identity College Guide.

The results — which we publish in both print publications, plus online at NCRegister.com... READ MORE

Letters 09.06.09

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

Health-Care Factions

You are correct that we cannot achieve a good health-care system without the proper goal/vision (“Benedict on Health Care,” Aug. 9). I think many have long forgotten that the modern health-care system started with Christ’s command to “heal the sick” by dedicated... READ MORE

Letters 09.13.09

September 13-19, 2009 Issue

Lives in the Balance 

We commend the National Catholic Register and Paul Kengor for quite correctly pointing out that George W. Bush deserves full credit for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (“Bush Quietly Saved a Million African Lives,” Aug. 9). Better known as Pepfar,... READ MORE

Revolt!

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 13-19, 2009 Issue

There was a time when the word counterculture called to mind images of scruffy hippies, outlaw bikers and other conspicuous nonconformists going about the highways and byways of America doing their “own thing.” These groups varied in their particular interests, causes and activities, but they... READ MORE

Bishops Offer Principles

BY The Editors

September 13-19, 2009 Issue

The U.S. bishops stand strongly in support of the principle of health-care reform.

And equally strongly, they reject any reform initiative that would involve taxpayer funding of abortion.

The Register’s coverage of the health-care reform debate so far has focused primarily on the second aspect of... READ MORE

A Tale of Two Kennedys

BY The Editors

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

God rest his soul.

That is the Catholic and charitable thing to say in response to the news of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s death.

Kennedy died Aug. 25, a little over a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. His death brought forth encomiums from people high and low, nostalgic looks back at... READ MORE

‘Opporthreats’

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

Business gurus have coined the word “opporthreat” to describe a change that could go either way: a threat or an opportunity. The Register was presented with an opporthreat a few weeks ago when our longtime executive editor, Tom Hoopes, told me he’d accepted a position with Benedictine College... READ MORE

Health Care at Both Ends

BY Editorial

August 23-September 5, 2009 Issue

Proponents of the health-care reform bill now moving through Congress try to assure critics that neither abortion nor euthanasia are part of it.

There was a crack in that wall Aug. 10 when a Democratic congresswoman from California admitted that abortion will be part of the... READ MORE

August 23-September 5, 2009 Letters

August 23-September 5, 2009 Issue

Good Luck, Tom!

Regarding “The Register and Me” (Aug. 9): It is with such joy and sadness I read this news! Benedictine (and all of Kansas) will benefit from the arrival of the Hoopeses, while Circle Media will be at a loss to replace both of them.

Tom’s commitment to the Register has given... READ MORE

Spread the Word

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

August 23-September 5, 2009 Issue

The health-care reform debate is making headlines, including ours. In this issue, as always, we continue to cover the topics that matter to you, all from a Catholic perspective.  

We will never compromise our commitment to our mission to inform and form Catholics so they can engage the secular... READ MORE

Benedict on Health Care

BY The Editors

August 9-22, 2009 Issue

The health-care debate is a perfect example of why Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the economy is called Caritas in Veritate — Charity and Truth.

Think of it this way: Psychologists who have attempted to care for people’s mental health without regard to the reality of sin end up leaving... READ MORE

Letters 08.09.2009

August 9-22, 2009 Issue

Thanks for the Gift!

My name is Father Maurer; I am one of the newly ordained priests of 2009. I was very pleasantly surprised to receive your gift subscription for my ordination. I have enjoyed reading the Register’s articles and look forward to continuing to follow the solid reporting and... READ MORE

Online Innovation

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

August 9-22, 2009 Issue

Circle Media has for years been a pioneer in Catholic periodical publishing. Now, we’re also pioneers in online publishing.

Register readers are generally aware of what is happening at NCRegister.com. We are breaking new stories and drawing your attention to key Catholic news in our daily updates... READ MORE

Letters 07.26.2009

July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue

Obviously a Priest

I read your article about Father Timothy Vakoc (“At Start of Year for Priests, a Chaplain Dies,” July 12). The article alone was very well-written, but the full-color picture of Father Vakoc, obviously handicapped and so obviously a priest, was so blessed I had to write a... READ MORE

To Resist the Thriller

BY The Editors

July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue

Two events captured the attention of a worldwide audience on July 7. One was the publication of Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI’s Augustinian encyclical on economics. The other was the memorial of Michael Jackson, marking a life that seemed to shriek the Augustinian lesson: “Our hearts... READ MORE

Clergy Summer School

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue

When you receive this issue, I’ll be in northern Italy giving conferences to diocesan and various religious seminary formators from around the world. This has become a yearly commitment of mine. About 80 attend every year, from Africa, South America, Asia, Europe and North America.

For me, these... READ MORE

At the White House

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

July 12-25, 2009 Issue

President Obama invited several members of the Catholic press to a conversation at the White House July 2 in preparation for his upcoming visit to Benedict XVI. The Register was represented by yours truly.

More details can be found on our blog at NCRegister.com and in the next print edition of the... READ MORE

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