November 2024

Editorial

Breaking: fools chase wind

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.

"Urgent appeal" from CCCB and Catholic aid groups for Lebanon

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.

Focus on life’s mountains, not just valleys

Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 20: Sunday, Nov. 3 to Saturday, Nov 9.

Lea Karen Kivi · November 1, 2024

Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) for week 20: Sunday, Nov. 3 to Saturday, Nov 9.

Conclave ‘makes a mockery of our faith’

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.

Toronto Equestrian Order continues to support the Holy Land

Catholic Register Staff · November 1, 2024

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.

Talks with rabbinic council to resume

'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.

Achtman brings out humanity in end-of-life stories

Luke Mandato · November 1, 2024

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.

On All Souls, pope prays at graves of children, miscarried infants

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.

Pope Francis offers Mass for cardinals and bishops who died in past year

Cindy Wooden · November 4, 2024

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."

Reaching for the top

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.

Pro-life opportunity knocking

Cultivating a Culture of Life conference in Calgary

Quinton Amundson · November 4, 2024

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.

A ‘deeply flawed system’: B.C. reconciliation

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.

Making a plan that gives back in gratitude

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.

Gifts in kind offer a ‘fair’ challenge

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.

Estate planning with women in mind

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.

Thousands of volunteers arrive to help with cleaning, other tasks after tragic flood in Spain

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.

Bereaved called to find God in their grief

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.

Daily TV Mass a community of prayer

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.

A gift to Catholic Missions leaves a legacy of faith

Despite trying times, donors still deliver

Quinton Amundson · November 5, 2024

Amid an inflationary economy and despite high interest rates, donors to Catholic Missions In Canada (CMIC) determinedly delivered hearty monetary support in 2024.

Quebec defies Canadian law on MAiD directives

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.