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Art form is a microcosm of our faith
Luke Mandato · September 19, 2024
A unique retreat combining elements of art, religious history and prayer is making its way to Canada for the first time, giving Catholics in Halifax the opportunity to craft their own "windows to Heaven."
The student, not finances, the key
Quinton Amundson · September 19, 2024
Dr. David Sylvester desires more nuance in the media coverage and public discourse about the 45-per-cent drop in foreign student enrolment at postsecondary institutions in 2024-25 reported by Universities Canada earlier this month.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · September 19, 2024
The Shroud of Turin—venerated as the burial cloth of Jesus for centuries—has been vindicated.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · September 19, 2024
I recently emailed someone and assured them that I would provide a brief summary of the meeting we had attended. As soon as I hit send, I thought, isn’t a summary … brief?
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · September 19, 2024
In the roughly one kabillion words already spent analyzing the American presidential election, Pope Francis has put the preferential option facing voters most starkly – and darkly.
Catholic Register Special · September 19, 2024
An invitation from Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo to pray the Novena for Saint Michael the Archangel, patron saint of the Archdiocese.
Catholic Register Staff · September 20, 2024
The inaugural St. Michael Award is honouring six Catholics in the Archdiocese of Toronto for years of distinguished and faithful service in their parishes and to the Church.
The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 16: Sunday, Sept. 22, to Saturday, Sept 28.
Lea Karen Kivi · September 20, 2024
Quinton Amundson · September 20, 2024
“The Brothers and Sisters of Jesus in the Early Church” will explore the tension between Scripture and tradition around interpretations about the relationship between Jesus and those referred to in Mark 6:3 as His brothers and sisters.
Will Donald Trump or Kamala Harris be inaugurated as the next President of the United States? One should not expect Revelation to provide the answer.
Cathy Majtenyi · September 20, 2024
It’s a scene straight out of a horror movie. A 14-year-old girl douses a 15-year-old girl with “liquid from a black canister” and sets the girl on fire, to the shock of students and teachers at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon.
Fr. Yaw Acheampong · September 20, 2024
Do you know the motto of the Archdiocese of Toronto? Every year on September 29, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Michael and the Archangels, Gabriel and Raphael. In the Archdiocese of Toronto, this Feast is of great importance to us because St. Michael is the patron saint of the Archdiocese.
OSV News · September 20, 2024
Following a multimillion dollar fraud case at Luxembourg's Caritas, the church's aid organization has been forced to stop its international aid projects. Dozens of them will be halted in the most vulnerable regions of the world.
Luke Mandato · September 21, 2024
The annual 40 Days for Life vigil of peaceful prayer and fasting for the protection of the unborn returns to Toronto in coming days.
Mainstay of education system threatened by multi-pronged crisis
Susan Korah · September 21, 2024
A prolonged economic crisis, exacerbated by the spill-over effects of the war in Gaza, is causing an increasing number of Catholic schools, the mainstay of the education system in Lebanon, to close their doors, say officials of Catholic charities and educators battling to help these institutions to survive.
Luke Mandato · September 22, 2024
The Newman Centre is launching its fall 2024 faith studies program at the end of September with a new focus on student-led delivery and participation.
Quinton Amundson · September 23, 2024
The Ottawa Police Service’s (OPS) Arson Unit is investigating a fire that broke out around 3 a.m. on Sept. 18 at the downtown St. Joseph’s Parish.
There was evidence of progress and setbacks on display with the second nationwide 1 Million March 4 Children on Sept. 20.
Portugal Cove Catholics make clear Holy Rossry is their church
Cynthia Power proudly declares that she is a lifelong inhabitant of Portugal Cove South, a quiet coastal town featured along Newfoundland’s famed and scenic Irish Loop, which circles the southeastern portion of the Avalon Peninsula.
Junno Arocho Esteves · September 24, 2024
The director of Caritas in Congo was shot and killed by an armed militant group while approaching a roadblock, Caritas Internationalis announced.