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The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan
In earlier times, American military action in Venezuela and abduction of the country’s dictator might have been seen as just another takeover of a decrepit country that has something the U.S. wants – in many cases, oil. However, President Donald Trump has changed everything. The thin veil of bringing democracy and supposed prosperity to oppressed people is now nowhere to be found.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns
Fr. Yaw Acheampong
On Sept. 30, 2019 — the Memorial of St. Jerome, Bishop and Doctor of the Church — Pope Francis established that “the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God.” In establishing “Sunday of the Word of God,” the late Holy Father reminded us of the importance of reading the Bible as part of our faith practice.
In his final catechesis, given on December 20, Pope Leo focused on the generative nature of hope. That is, hope offers life instead of death. “Without hope, we are dead; with hope, we come to the light.”
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte
Church on the Street
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn
Elizabeth Scalia
Questioning Faith
Mary Marrocco
Leah Perrault
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial
The familiar claim that war solves nothing must be balanced off with the acknowledged wisdom that peace is not the mere absence of war.
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It delights us to affirm that whether readers who engage with the Register through our website or traditional newspaper in 2026, they will join the ranks of the trendy and uber cool.
In his “Theological-Aesthetical Manifesto,” Catholic literary scholar, novelist, short story writer and poet, Joshua Hren, makes a claim that might startle even the devout of Holy Mother Church.
