A Toronto parish known for regularly offering the pre-conciliar form of the Mass, commonly referred to as the traditional Latin Mass (TLM), has been instructed to replace one of those Masses each month with the post-conciliar Novus Ordo Mass.
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Since Bill C-3 passed last December, Canadian Catholic archivists have arguably never been busier, more visible or more relied upon than they were in the first nine months of 2026.
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On Oct. 12 from noon to 2:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Ministries — a dual-provider of emergency shelter and daily community meals — will once again serve its full sit-down turkey meal with all the trimmings at the centre at 412 Queen St. E. in downtown Toronto.
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Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão told the Vatican bishops' meeting on the family Oct. 8 about the success a parish in his archdiocese in India has had with pastoral family visits and phone-free family evenings.
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The Government of Canada is heeding the unanimous recommendation of a joint parliamentary committee to indefinitely pause access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD) from broadening to individuals solely living with a mental illness.
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'Little poor man' of Assisi has left a legacy that has endured eight centuries
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Serving as a reporter for The Catholic Register is a “cup runneth over with blessings” experience, to borrow a passage from Psalm 23, week in and week out.
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The Vatican announced Oct. 9 that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected as the new dean of the College of Cardinals upon the retirement of 92-year-old Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.
The Pontifical Swiss Guard is preparing a commemorative year to mark the 500th anniversary of the Sack of Rome, in which 147 Swiss Guards lost their lives protecting the pope.
Pope Leo XIV opened a Vatican meeting of the world's bishops' conference presidents and the heads of Eastern Catholic churches marking the 10th anniversary of "Amoris Laetitia" Oct. 7, saying "the beauty and fragility of families" today will be at the heart of the week's discussions.
Former Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See (2008-12) Anne Leahy can be counted among those with misgivings about the term “artificial intelligence,” let alone the technology itself.
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Pursuing a higher education that values human intelligence can help counter the many "false teachers" exploiting people's deep yearning for truth, faith and meaning, Pope Leo XIV said.
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October is the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary, yet for many Catholics the annual dedication passes almost unnoticed. A one-time defining practice of the faith, the Rosary now seemingly struggles for attention.
Theopolis is launching its inaugural Gaudí Lecture at the University of Toronto on Oct. 24, bringing along liturgical artist Jonathan Pageau to help examine the place of the Christian imagination in contemporary art.
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The new Fathom Entertainment docudrama Adore Him hopes to inspire Catholics and seekers of faith to embrace the transcendence of Eucharistic Adoration.
Nearly six months since it debuted on March 21 with a long-form conversation featuring then Archdiocese of Toronto vocations director Fr. Matthew McCarthy, The Collar podcast has emerged as a significant success story.
Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) mark the globally popular saint’s own journey from life to death, his “Transitus” as it is known in Latin, through special community commemorations.
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When Fr. Dan Gurnick thinks about St. Francis of Assisi, he doesn’t think of birds, flowers or sentimental images of the beloved saint. He begins with Christ.