February 2025

Student essays inspire unity

Annual Friars' Student Writing Contest sees three Toronto high school students take top prizes

Catholic Register Staff · February 11, 2025

The annual Friars Student Writing Contest, a partnership for many years between the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor and the Register, has seen three Toronto high school students honoured for their take on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Catholics take flight on Jubilee year sojourns

Quinton Amundson · February 12, 2025

Canadian Catholic travel agencies know Jubilee 2025 is momentous and are adjusting pilgrimage slates for the year accordingly.

For Sugarcane, the horror is in the telling

Oscar-nominated documentary’s integrity questioned

Anna Farrow · February 12, 2025

Though much lauded, can what is documented in the Oscar-nominated film Sugarcane actually be believed?

Charges laid in attack on priest at Winnipeg parish

Quinton Amundson · February 12, 2025

A 50-year-old Winnipeg man has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon and disturbing an assemblage of persons after disrupting a Feb. 9 evening Mass at Holy Ghost Parish where he attempted to stab the parish pastor during Mass.

Editorial

Call evil what it is

February 12, 2025

No one would ever mistake Donald Trump for a theologian, but he does share a trait of the worst theology in making the clear incomprehensible at the best of times.

New government, ceasefire give Lebanon hope

Catholic charities cautiously optimistic

Susan Korah · February 13, 2025

The election of Joseph Aoun, a Maronite (Eastern-rite Catholic), as the 14th president of Lebanon and a fragile ceasefire have raised hopes that the war-ravaged and crisis-ridden country will finally reverse its steep descent into chaos.

Composer looks to reverse sacred music’s decline

Quinton Amundson · February 13, 2025

A celebrated Italian Catholic composer and conductor is dismayed with the “very strong decline of the standard of sacred music”.

A post by Daniel Torchia, managing director of Torchia Communications

Catholic Register Staff · February 13, 2025

A blog by Daniel Torchia, managing director of Torchia Communications, recently published in The Catholic Journalist, a publication of the Catholic Media Association.

Tuscan bishop laments passage of right-to-die law in Italy, calls it a 'defeat for everyone'

Junno Arocho Esteves · February 13, 2025

The head of the Tuscan Bishops' Conference said the passage of a new law in Italy allowing medically assisted suicide was "not an achievement, but a defeat for everyone."

Protection at Conception theme for this year's March for Life

Quinton Amundson · February 13, 2025

Campaign Life Coalition has chosen as the theme for the 2025 March for Life Protection at Conception.

Prose pushes interfaith peace

Event marks 60 years since *Nostra Aetate*

Luke Mandato · February 14, 2025

Peace will be the common theme when the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Mosaic Interfaith gathers together seven faith groups in hopes of reigniting a culture of encounter.

The Catholic vote

Faithful need to look beyond just one or two issues in upcoming elections

Quinton Amundson · February 14, 2025

Canadians do not yet know the timing nor the circumstances that will cause a federal election to be officially called. Still, it is time for the voters of this land, Catholics specifically, to reflect upon how they intend to help chart a course for the future.

Run to God, not away from Him

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week Sunday, February 16 to Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Lea Karen Kivi · February 14, 2025

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week Sunday, February 16 to Saturday, February 22, 2025.

'The Chosen' actor chooses a leap of faith

Role in TV drama has been a life-changing experience for Giavani Cairo

Jack Figge · February 14, 2025

In the past four years, the TV show "The Chosen" has taken the Catholic world by storm, as thousands eagerly await the debut of the fifth season.

Pope Francis hospitalized for tests, bronchitis treatment

Cindy Wooden · February 14, 2025

After suffering from bronchitis for more than a week and having obvious difficulty breathing, the 88-year-old Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital Feb. 14.

Strength, hope marked at African Heritage Mass

Celebration of Black History Month

Luke Mandato · February 15, 2025

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish will once again host its annual Black History Month/African Heritage Mass, a celebration of African, Caribbean and Afro-Canadian culture within the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Coadjutor named for Grouard-McLennan

Catholic Register Staff · February 17, 2025

Fr. Charles Duval, C.Ss.R., has been named Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in northwestern Alberta.

Latest MAiD survey biased, pro-lifers claim

Quinton Amundson · February 17, 2025

Concerns have been raised about how Health Canada implemented its two-month national consultation on advanced requests for euthanasia that concluded Feb. 14.

Pope Francis' therapy adjusted again after tests reveal 'polymicrobial infection'

Cindy Wooden · February 17, 2025

Pope Francis is suffering from a "polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract," test results revealed Feb. 17, "which required a further modification of his therapy," a Vatican medical bulletin said.

Jubilee call goes out for debt cancellation

Luke Mandato · February 17, 2025

As the Global South struggles with a devastating debt crisis, Kairos Canada’s Jubilee 2025 campaign is calling for creditors to turn debt into hope through systemic financial reform and overall debt cancellation.