Susan Korah is an Ottawa correspondent for The Catholic Register.
September 1, 2026
Four years into a relentless war that has largely faded from news headlines, Ukraine is still facing a massive humanitarian crisis.
Groups coordinating emergency aid
August 13, 2026
The earthquake that shook Colombia Aug. 10 registered 7.4 on the Richter scale, but the damage it caused was far more severe than the number would indicate, say eyewitnesses.
June 25, 2026
The federal government has eliminated the human rights watchdog overseeing corporate responsibility.
Canada can help build a more peaceful world with increased aid
June 8, 2026
Melissa Torres is an immigrant from Honduras. Now living in Montreal where she leads a non-profit organization dedicated to art and language education, and an art therapy program for children with physical and psychological challenges, she keeps in close touch with the extended family she left behind.
Iran war, foreign aid cuts deepen crises
May 28, 2026
Ethiopia adopted Christianity as its state religion in 330. It is now home to 77.5 million Christians, about 67 per cent of its total population.
After a two-year battle with cancer, Carl Hétu passed away surrounded by family in the early hours of May 27. He was 66.
Plight of minorities post-Assad remains dire, activists say
May 21, 2026
The situation of Syria’s remaining Christians and other minorities continues to deteriorate despite the passing grade that Canadian ambassador Gregory Galligan recently gave the post-Assad government.
April 24, 2026
As the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) marks 100 years of humanitarian service this year, its national teams continue working in partnership with Eastern churches and local charities in the Middle East, Ethiopia, India, Ukraine and Armenia to bring the light of love, hope and healing to communities ravaged by war, genocide, natural disasters and economic hardship.
‘He belonged to the world’
April 18, 2026
As choral and instrumental music, accompanied by the soaring voice of a Polish soprano, filled the flower-decorated interior of Ottawa’s Notre Dame Basilica and wafted to its sky blue, star-studded ceiling, Maria Knapik sat at one of the pews, listening with rapt attention.
March 24, 2026
On a cold, crisp Ottawa morning, a crowd of approximately 2,000 packed Rogers Centre in the shadow of Parliament Hill today to celebrate Canada’s Christian heritage and to pray together for unity in a divided world.
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