Mickey Conlon

Lesson learned

And a life-long admiration for ShareLife

March 11, 2026

It didn’t take long for a young Mickey Conlon to get the who, what and why of ShareLife. And as in so many of my early lessons, it was a hard one to learn.

2025: the year of Pope Leo XIV

December 30, 2025

When Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica to officially launch Jubilee Year 2025, little did anyone know that when it would close just over a year later, it would be at the hands of his successor on the See of Peter.

Christmas Drawing Contest winners 2025

'For to us a child is born, to us a son is given...'

December 18, 2025

What would Christmas be like at The Catholic Register without the joy of seeing so many children who understand the true meaning of Christmas?

Donald Trump for Nobel? How about Pope Francis?

October 8, 2025

Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list soon include Donald Trump?

Media animosity made evangelist a household name

September 6, 2025

Has Sean Feucht left Canada yet? I suppose the bigger question is: Would anyone have known he was even here if CBC hadn’t launched an all-out crusade against the Christian singer?

Toronto, Dufferin-Peel Catholic school boards placed under provincial supervision

June 30, 2025

The Toronto and Dufferin-Peel Catholic school boards are among four school districts that are now under Ontario government supervision over financial mismanagement concerns.

Orphans no more: Canadian cardinals on choosing a new Pope

May 11, 2025

For Toronto’s Cardinal Francis Leo, he came to Rome “like an orphan,” and as he and the other 132 cardinal lectors prepare to leave for their home dioceses, they do so with a new head of the family.

Analysis

You had your chance Canada: you blew it!

April 29, 2025

I write this with a heavy heart, something I never, ever, would have thought I would have to put in print.

A year of living hopefully despite petty political bullying

A look back at 2024 and the events that defined a year in the Canadian Catholic Church

December 30, 2024

A look back at 2024 and the events that defined a year in the Canadian Catholic Church

More than a few good men

December 6, 2024

For the most part, we can say the Catholic Church has done its share to make this a better world, and done this very well despite a few hiccups here and there.