October 2024

‘Wall of silence’ on Christian persecution must fall

Quinton Amundson · October 5, 2024

Dr. Tristan Azbej came to Ottawa determined to recruit allies in the mission to support oppressed followers of Christ around the world.

Project 'Echoes' the positive on palliative care

Luke Mandato · October 5, 2024

A new project from the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research is shining a much-needed light on uplifting palliative care stories across the country.

Medjugorje bears 'spiritual fruits'

It’s not ‘supernatural,’ however, dicastery says

Quinton Amundson · October 6, 2024

Sally Fong is among the thousands upon thousands who say they have received blessings and witnessed dramatic change in others from a pilgrimage to Medjugorge.

Toronto’s Archbishop Leo elevated to College of Cardinals

Catholic Register Staff · October 6, 2024

Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo is among 21 new Cardinals elevated to the College of Cardinals.

Statistically speaking: How pope's choices change College of Cardinals

Cindy Wooden · October 8, 2024

Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals under the age of 80, but Pope Francis is planning to set a record.

Evangelize with simplicity, prayer, dialogue, service, Pope Francis tells Jesuits

Carol Glatz · October 8, 2024

Evangelization does not have to be complicated or "sophisticated," even in highly secularized places, Pope Francis told Jesuits living in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Editorial

Sharing the light

October 9, 2024

Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo’s elevation to Cardinal this week gives added cause for the celebration of Thanksgiving this weekend.

Leo's red hat call came out of the blue

Quinton Amundson · October 9, 2024

Archbishop of Toronto Francis Leo woke up at 6:20 a.m. on Oct.6 to a text-tone chorus.

No Jubilee year if Holy Land still bleeding

Junno Arocho Esteves · October 9, 2024

Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine's ambassador to the Holy See said.

Synod seeks to expand consultations on women's ministry, diaconate

Justin McLellan · October 10, 2024

The Vatican group studying the question of women's ministry, including the ordination of women to the diaconate, will expand its consultative phase to include women who do not serve as consultors to the dicastery in charge of the study group, synod officials announced.

Bloom is off the boom

With fertility rates at record lows, question is, how will Canada repopulate?

Quinton Amundson · October 10, 2024

With fertility rates at record lows, question is, how will Canada repopulate?

Bishop Remi De Roo embodied Vatican II

Glen Argan · October 10, 2024

Remi De Roo named a bishop just as the Second Vatican Council opened in October 1962. He was 38 years old, the youngest bishop in the world. De Roo attended all four sessions of Vatican II, and the experience changed him for life. He gained a new understanding of the Church, one more inclusive than the hierarchical model he had learned in the seminary.

Figure of Speech

Always the right time to give thanks

Gerry Turcotte · October 10, 2024

“Every day is Thanksgiving. That’s what the Eucharist is for."

Archbishop Miller's letter to MPs urging restrictions on youth access to sexually explicit material online

Catholic Register Staff · October 10, 2024

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller’s letter to MPs in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, urging them to support legislation restricting young people’s access to sexually explicit online material. It follows an earlier letter written by Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo.

Winnie’s sins

October 10, 2024

The true story of how Prime Minister Winston Churchill appeased Stalin, and the way his British government abandoned Poland, should be known by everyone, especially since we just commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland.

God is always available through prayer

Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read for week 18: Sunday, October 13 to Saturday, October 19.

Lea Karen Kivi · October 11, 2024

Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read for week 18: Sunday, October 13 to Saturday, October 19.

Culture à la Carte

A practice for making progress in prayer

Sr. Helena Burns · October 11, 2024

Did you ever make an Hour of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament and wonder if there was a more fruitful way?

Know the truth of live birth abortions

Andrea Mrozek · October 11, 2024

Infants born alive after abortion has come up recently. But why discuss this most electric of third rail issues? Babies born alive after an abortion in the second trimester is “common.”

Diaconate is ‘surrender’ to Jesus

Justin McLellan · October 11, 2024

Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church’s unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop.

Vocation directors take on challenge of drawing priests

Quinton Amundson · October 11, 2024

Canadian archdiocesan and diocesan vocation directors assembled at the FCJ Retreat & Conference Centre in Calgary from Oct. 1-4 to contemplate how they can join forces to inspire more calls to the priesthood and consecrated life.