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Catholic Register Editorial · November 1, 2024
Following the lead of our august newspaper confreres at the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and possibly the Muncie Morning Tidbit, The Catholic Register will not be endorsing anyone in the election race to succeed Pope Francis.
Catholic Register Staff · November 1, 2024
Text of an “urgent appeal” from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and three Catholic aid groups for the support of the people of Lebanon.
Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 20: Sunday, Nov. 3 to Saturday, Nov 9.
Lea Karen Kivi · November 1, 2024
OSV News · November 1, 2024
A serious, even lugubrious, tone and a top-flight cast add heft to the ecclesiastical melodrama Conclave (Focus). Yet the film is fundamentally a power-struggle potboiler kept roiling by attention-grabbing plot developments — the last and most significant of which Catholic viewers will likely find uncomfortable at best, and which has already drawn the ire of some.
Knights and Dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem were urged at their annual Toronto gala to dig deep and keep moving forward in helping the afflicted of the Holy Land.
'Lacklustre' response to Oct. 7 attack derailed earlier dialogue
Luke Mandato · November 1, 2024
A year after the suspension of discussion between the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, the two parties are expected to resume official communication.
On Oct. 30, the Province of Quebec implemented its highly controversial euthanasia directives that allow certain patients to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), beating any national changes to the current law. Now, patients can request MAiD well before the natural end of life under the guise that the appeal is required before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.
Cindy Wooden · November 4, 2024
Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.
Remembering the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis prayed that after their loving service to the Catholic Church "they may exult in eternal communion with the saints."
Quinton Amundson · November 4, 2024
St. Mary’s University leaders have publicly conveyed an aspiration for their Calgary-based school to emerge as the premier Canadian Catholic postsecondary learning centre.
Cultivating a Culture of Life conference in Calgary
Over 100 of the most impassioned and committed Canadian anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia activists will convene in Calgary for Cultivating a Culture of Life, a Pro-Life Action Conference.
Catholic Register Special · November 4, 2024
Vancouver Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, called the residential school system “deeply flawed” when in 2008 he made an historic apology on behalf of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
Arthur Peters · November 4, 2024
I have always made it a priority to support not only the charity that I have worked with, but also many other charities that serve our greater communities.
Mickey Conlon · November 4, 2024
A gift in kind to your favourite charity is always good for a tax receipt, but arriving at the gift’s fair market value can be difficult.
Your estate is ‘the last message that you leave,’ so do it with an understanding of Biblical stewardship
Luke Mandato · November 4, 2024
Advisors with Purpose is a nonprofit organization helping Christians leave behind a legacy that reflects the lives they have lived through stewardship-based estate planning.
OSV News · November 4, 2024
As Spain mourns the death of over 200 victims of the biggest peacetime disaster in decades, volunteers poured into the country's Valencia region to give a helping hand in cleaning up and to offer support to the devastated community.
As Jesus shed tears for Lazarus, His humanity showed
Luke Mandato · November 5, 2024
At two words, John 11:35 is the shortest verse in the Holy Bible — and yet its significance cannot be overstated. Jesus, the son of God in human flesh, sheds tears through His grief at the death of Lazarus showing His humanity as He sympathizes with our pain and suffering.
Quinton Amundson · November 5, 2024
From Toronto to Vancouver, the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, whether you examine the Daily TV Mass in a nationwide or worldwide context, this institution's 26-year legacy is remarkable and important.
Despite trying times, donors still deliver
Amid an inflationary economy and despite high interest rates, donors to Catholic Missions In Canada (CMIC) determinedly delivered hearty monetary support in 2024.
Quinton Amundson · November 6, 2024
Quebec began accepting advanced requests for assisted suicide on Oct. 30, and the federal government has pledged not to stand in the Francophone province’s way.