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May 12, 2024
Harpist Siobhan Kerr hits the right notes in her music and as a mother. During pandemic lockdowns, classically trained harpist Siobhan Kerr played impromptu harp concerts on her front lawn for her neighbours.
Luke Mandato · May 13, 2024
A packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, filled with family, friends and well-wishers, gathered May 11 to see five men become the newest priests for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Cindy Wooden · May 13, 2024
Pilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying for the intentions of the pope can receive an indulgence, but so can inmates in prison and those who work to defend human life or assist migrants and refugees.
Gina Christian · May 13, 2024
The largest Catholic health care system in the U.S. reported it experienced what it called a "cybersecurity incident" May 8, resulting in "a disruption to clinical operations." The cyberattack is part of a rising and dangerous criminal trend targeting the entire health care sector.
Gina Christian · May 14, 2024
As workers complete the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a devastating 2019 fire, LEGO fans can assemble their own model of the iconic medieval structure.
Quinton Amundson · May 14, 2024
Nearly one year ago, on May 29, 2023, York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) trustees voted 6-4 against a proposal to fly the Pride flag outside board headquarters in Aurora, Ont.
Still no bodies found, where millions spent unknown
Anna Farrow · May 14, 2024
The $7.9 million allocated to the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation for “field work” at the alleged site of 215 unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C. is only a small portion of the $110 million allocated to Indigenous communities to help them search and document burial sites at former residential schools.
Catholics lacking when it comes to faith formation
Quinton Amundson · May 15, 2024
Marycia Kruk has taught Bible and Catholic principles to many children over her two years as the Archdiocese of Winnipeg’s associate director for catechetics. While helping these youngsters develop their faith and prepare to receive the sacraments, she has observed many parents being spiritually enriched by the material.
Susan Korah · May 15, 2024
Different kinds of persecution are top of mind in political and media circles, but what receives little attention is Christian persecution, said John McKay.
Grattan Brown · May 16, 2024
Abortion for any reason at any time has become radically normalized. One need look no further than abortion groups' distribution of abortifacients at pop star Olivia Rodrigo's concerts to see how much it pervades our culture.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · May 16, 2024
Worried about climate change? Hold onto your hat for demographic winter.
Pool resources, share expertise
Quinton Amundson · May 16, 2024
To combat modern slavery, the fastest growing and second most profitable criminal enterprise in the world behind the illegal drug trade, anti-trafficking organizations are urgently calling for collaboration.
Cathy Majtenyi · May 16, 2024
Wacko. Liar. Cheater. Predator. Recent headlines shine the spotlight on a growing trend polluting our public spaces.
Saved from scrap heap, parish embraces it once again for sacred use
Luke Mandato · May 16, 2024
Upon visiting a local scrap yard last summer to dispose of some waste, one local man from the Thunder Bay District noticed someone attempting to sell an item - one he knew was too precious to be lost to time.
But God’s graces are transforming survivors and priests alike, in His good timing
Teresa Pitt Green · May 16, 2024
Most Catholics experience the crisis of sexual abuse by clergy in relation to headlines, as stories from around the globe or from the local parish where a trusted priest has been removed.
Quinton Amundson · May 17, 2024
Fr. Pierre Ducharme, O.F.M., is “riding a high” one week after returning from the Parish Priests for the Synod international meeting in Rome.
Anna Farrow · May 18, 2024
Canadian Catholic journalist Laura Ieraci is a bit of a “Jill of all trades” and when she is not editing, writing or shooting a film, she is coaching people to bring their faith and their finances into alignment.
Justin McLellan · May 21, 2024
A preliminary canonical investigation found no evidence of abuse or misconduct committed by Cardinal Gérald Lacroix of Québec, who had been anonymously accused of abuse, the Vatican said.
In face of evidence, question is why it was leaning this way
Luke Mandato · May 21, 2024
As British Columbia throws in the towel on its experiment of decriminalizing hard drugs, admitting defeat in liberalizing its drug laws, the country’s largest city has had its desire to ignore B.C.s evidence and move down the same path quashed by the federal government.
Carol Glatz · May 23, 2024
Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first "millennial" to become a saint.