Anna Farrow

Mother Marie-Léonie Paradis Canada’s newest saint

October 22, 2024

For the third time, a Canadian has been elevated to sainthood with the Oct. 20 canonization of St. Marie-Léonie Paradis. Canadian Catholics turned up in force to celebrate the canonization of Quebec-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis in St. Peter’s Square, with bishops and priests, members of the congregation Paradis founded and devoted laity made the trip to Rome for the special occasion.

Child’s death certificate muddies Edmonton class-action allegation

May 8, 2024

An alleged murder that is part of a class action suit against the Archdiocese of Edmonton was actually death from meningitis, a government record obtained by The Catholic Register affirms.

Film a glimpse of Benedictines via stranger’s eyes

April 19, 2024

At the heart of the documentary De l’autre côté is the unlikely friendship between the Brazilian-Canadian filmmaker Lessandro Sócrates and the cloistered nuns of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes, Que.

Easter chant gives Filipinos fulfillment

March 27, 2024

For Filipino Catholic Mission of Montreal (FCMM) parishioner Noemi ‘Mimi’ Tuvida, the recitation of Pasyon Mahal is both a welcome beginning to Holy Week and an opportunity to participate in a uniquely Filipino devotion.

The Irish eyes continue to smile

March 26, 2024

Montreal’s Msgr. Francis Coyle shared more with the late Brian Mulroney than having an Irish name.

Ruling threatens diocese’s work

March 21, 2024

The Archdiocese of Montreal argues in a court filing it is being obliged to “assist in what constitutes ‘murder’ ” by being denied a temporary exemption to keep MAiD out of a local palliative care centre. The claim came in an appeal filed March 15 seeking to overturn an earlier ruling by Quebec Superior Court Justice Catherine Piché, which compelled the St. Raphael Palliative Care Home and Day Centre to offer assisted death.

Good and bad: alive, yes, but toll is great

February 22, 2024

‘Purgatory’ for Ukraine as it battles through a decade of Russian onslaught

Mother Paradis welcomed all ‘as if they were God Himself’

February 18, 2024

Rome’s announcement of a third Canadian-born saint answers the prayers of Blessed Mother Marie-Léonie Paradis’ community and friends.

Ceremonies to mark consecrated life

January 31, 2024

A group that Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo calls “a true gift to the entire Family of God” will gather coast-to-coast in Canada Feb. 2-4 to mark the World Day for Consecrated Life.

MAiD expansion delayed, but fight far from over

January 30, 2024

Groups battling the federal government’s expansion of MAiD to the mentally ill say the delay announced Jan. 29 is no cause to claim victory.

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