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Cindy Wooden · January 7, 2025
Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Court rules insurance company won't have to cover archdiocese's liability
Quinton Amundson · January 8, 2025
The Archdiocese of St. John’s has lost its legal effort to compel its insurance company to help cover some of its mammoth $105-million settlement with nearly 300 clergy sexual abuse survivors.
A grace-filled opportunity, says Cardinal Leo, to encounter the Lord
Canadian Catholic News · January 8, 2025
Catholics across Canada welcomed Jubilee Year 2025 at churches and cathedrals nationwide with Masses celebrating the historic event as well as the Feast of the Holy Family.
Justin McLellan · January 8, 2025
While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to protect the dignity of the vulnerable, especially children exploited by the "scourge of child labor," Pope Francis said.
Pablo Kay · January 9, 2025
A church in Pacific Palisades appeared to be destroyed and more than 60 Catholic schools were closed as several major fires in the Los Angeles area burned overnight into Jan.8.
Anna Farrow · January 9, 2025
Canadian Catholic Indigenous faithful have been gathering online each month to pray the Rosary in the different Indigenous languages
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · January 9, 2025
For the first 100 years of Canada’s existence, our country’s leaders mostly held to the belief that Canada had to protect itself from the power of our American neighbours.
Andrea Mrozek · January 9, 2025
Volumes have been written on the consequences associated with unconstrained sexual freedom. Few would contest a breakdown of the relationship between the sexes. Apps intended to facilitate dating do anything but.
In the early days of Pope Francis’ pontificate, Mary Ann Glendon unexpectedly encountered the Holy Father at Casa Marta on her way down to breakfast.
Catholic author’s latest reminds us of what we owe our fallen soldiers
Quinton Amundson · January 9, 2025
In the year of our Lord 2025 there is a particular historical event that should be on hearts and minds of all: the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
Catholic Register Staff · January 10, 2025
Fr. Alan Campeau has been named by Pope Francis as the new Bishop of Thunder Bay in northern Ontario.
The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week: Sunday, January 12 to Saturday, January 18, 2025.
Lea Karen Kivi · January 10, 2025
Culture à la Carte
‘Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done’
Sr. Helena Burns · January 10, 2025
Can you really know the will of God? I mean, can you really know the will of God for your life, for your day-to-day life? Indubitably. And it’s not as hard as you might think.
Excerpt from Pope Francis’ homily at Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.
Carol Glatz · January 13, 2025
When children are baptized, their parents and the church are giving them the greatest gift ever: the gift of faith, Pope Francis said before baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel.
Cindy Wooden · January 13, 2025
"It's quite an honour for her to be here with the likes of St. Oscar Romero," Tom Stang said after a relic of his sister was placed on an altar in Rome alongside a relic of the martyred archbishop from El Salvador.
Kate Scanlon · January 13, 2025
President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honour, the White House said Jan. 11.
Caroline de Sury · January 14, 2025
After Notre Dame Cathedral's splendid reopening, the attention of Paris Catholics turned to the nearby Church of Notre Dame de Boulogne Jan. 12 as it was solemnly elevated to the rank of minor basilica, following a decree from Pope Francis, signed June 29.
Justin McLellan · January 14, 2025
The Vatican's top diplomat met with papal representatives to various Middle Eastern countries to discuss possible avenues toward peace in the region and the state of the Catholic Church there.
A resilient Church thriving in hostile territories
Quinton Amundson · January 15, 2025
International Christian Concern’s (ICC) 2025 Global Persecution Index outlines how authoritarianism, religious nationalism, mass surveillance, displacement and acts of terror are imperilling believers of Christ around the world.