October 2024

Rosary exhibit pays tribute to a spiritual past

‘Like the believers... shine by their diversity and the uniqueness, while being united by the same devotion’

Anna Farrow · October 18, 2024

‘Like the believers... shine by their diversity and the uniqueness, while being united by the same devotion’

Let God take the lead in conversation

Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read for week 19: Sunday, October 20 to Saturday, October 26

Lea Karen Kivi · October 18, 2024

Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read for week 19: Sunday, October 20 to Saturday, October 26

Editorial

God’s love never fails

Fr. Patrick Briscoe, OP · October 18, 2024

As the long days of summer fade and autumn’s cool, crisp air starts to settle in, it’s hard not to feel a shift in our spirits, too. But there’s so much to praise about fall.

Two letters from Pope Francis to cardinals

Catholic Register Staff · October 18, 2024

Two letters from Pope Francis: one welcoming 21 new cardinals, including Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo; one to the College of Cardinals concerning financial reform.

Niagara IceDogs don't disappoint on Faith Night

Luke Mandato · October 18, 2024

While no one can say for sure whether or not divine intervention played a role in the Niagara IceDogs' improbable Oct. 17 comeback victory against the Ottawa 67’s, the demographics of the fans in attendance certainly couldn't have hurt.

Northern homecoming for 'The One Called Jesus'

Luke Mandato · October 18, 2024

A longstanding art exhibit that portrays Jesus Christ and his journey throughout the Gospels has returned to the home of its creator with Northern Ontario housing the artwork's latest tour in Canada.

Discussion of family back on the table

Author says having fewer children begets hostility to family life

Charlie Camosy · October 18, 2024

Discussions of family size have increased in political and religious discourse as North American birth rates hit historic lows. Catherine Pakaluk, an economist and associate professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., recently authored Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth.

100 simple years for St. Teresa’s Parish

Luke Mandato · October 19, 2024

Last Sunday marked a major milestone for St. Teresa’s in Etobicoke as the church community gathered together for a Mass celebrating the parish’s centennial anniversary.

Physicians, heal thyselves: Society seeks to heal, renew profession

Quinton Amundson · October 21, 2024

Dr. Farr Curlin aligned with fellow U.S. physicians over the past several years to form The Hippocratic Society, a group aiming to restore moral formation and conscientious clinical judgment as cherished ideals in practising good medicine.

St. Joseph's Centre celebrates life

Luke Mandato · October 21, 2024

Like many others making their way through Toronto’s bustling morning rush hour, Frank E. D’Angelo starts his day like he has for years, with a simple cup of coffee. Instead of sipping on it at home, in gridlocked traffic or at his desk, he prefers to enjoy it on the landing steps of his crisis pregnancy centre: St. Joseph's Centre of Hope for Women in downtown Toronto.

Taking the Word to Toronto streets

Luke Mandato · October 21, 2024

The Archdiocese of Toronto is hosting three days of continuous, public Bible reading in an effort to unite Christians of various traditions and cultures.

Gird your loins for gruelling politics

Lea Karen Kivi · October 21, 2024

The duty to engage in politics is not negotiable in John McKay’s view. “You have the absolute right not to vote”, the Scarborough-Guildwood MP asserts with this warning to those politically asleep at the wheel, “and I have the absolute right to impose a $100 fine on your tax return.”

Structural sin is both apples and oranges

Fruit of many sins

Luke Stocking · October 21, 2024

“The game is over. Everyone repeat after me now, the game is over.” I speak with authority in a commanding voice. 40 high school students at the Catholic Leadership Camp in Huntsville repeat after me, “the game is over.” They calm down and we begin to debrief together the chaos of the last hour.

Cardinal calls for communion, continued action as synod nears end

Justin McLellan · October 21, 2024

As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod's secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of "covetousness" -- the desire "to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close."

Saints served generously, creatively, Pope Francis says at canonization Mass

Carol Glatz · October 21, 2024

Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.

Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women's roles

Cindy Wooden · October 21, 2024

Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women's ministries not to explore the matter, according to the Vatican's doctrinal chief.

Priest shot dead in Mexico's increasingly violent Chiapas state

David Agren · October 21, 2024

An Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, where the Catholic Church has denounced government inaction in the face of rising violence.

Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women's roles

October 21, 2024

Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women's ministries not to explore the matter, according to the Vatican's doctrinal chief.

Halifax experiences Eucharist's power

October 22, 2024

Halifax-Yarmouth's first Eucharistic Congress wrapped up Oct. 20, drawing local faithful to numerous events over four days for prayer, reflection and worship. The climax, according to Aurea Sadi, a project coordinator of adult faith within the Office of Pastoral Life & New Evangelization, was a five-km procession Oct. 19 from St. Agnes Church to downtown Halifax's St. Mary Cathedral Basilica. The numbers that joined for this procession surprised even organizers.

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.