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Lea Karen Kivi · March 7, 2025
The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, March 9 to Saturday, March 15, 2025.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · March 7, 2025
Whether or not we’ve already figured out what we’re “giving up” for Lent, we can always do a little more, can’t we?
Justin McLellan · March 7, 2025
The Vatican has formally suppressed Miles Christi, an Argentine religious order active in the United States, following years of investigations into abuse and misconduct among its ranks.
Susan Korah recognized for promoting human rights
Luke Mandato · March 7, 2025
The Catholic Register's Ottawa Correspondent Susan Korah has been recognized with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, a national acknowledgement for decades worth of human rights activism through ink.
Quinton Amundson · March 7, 2025
With the Lenten season just barely underway, the Canadian bishops' 'Journey Through Lent' video series is already drawing thousands of Catholic viewers.
Junno Arocho Esteves · March 7, 2025
A Catholic pastoral centre in northern Myanmar is among the latest Christian sites bombed by the country's governing military junta.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · March 7, 2025
I was praying this psalm about six months ago when these lines jumped out at me as they never had before. What an astonishing proclamation of faith. Even in the face of war, the psalmist would continue to trust in the Lord. I could only ask myself, “Am I up to this?”
Andrea Mrozek · March 8, 2025
The second Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference happened in London, UK, February 17–19. It’s best known for having Jordan Peterson at the helm. This year roughly 4000 conservatives from countries across the globe gathered in the docklands of East London.
Anna Farrow · March 8, 2025
Young men are bucking the seemingly relentless trend of religious disaffiliation in North America and Catholic evangelists are stepping up to meet them.
Sacred Heart remains an active, vibrant parish
Luke Mandato · March 8, 2025
For 160 years Catholics in the small town of Uxbridge northeast of Toronto could always count on Sacred Heart Parish being there for them.
The walls of Oshawa, Ont.'s Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery are lined with close to 200 pieces of artwork created by students from across the Durham Catholic District School Board as part of this year’s Into the Horizon exhibit.
Carol Glatz · March 10, 2025
As Pope Francis' condition remains stable, which is a sign of continued improvement, he followed the start of the Lenten retreat for the Roman Curia by video linkup and met again with two top Vatican officials to stay abreast of current events, the Vatican press office said.
The world needs the "miracle of tenderness" brought by people who accompany those experiencing illness or adversity, Pope Francis wrote.
Paulina Guzik · March 10, 2025
Poland's day of prayer for victims of clerical sexual abuse, scheduled each year for the first Friday in Lent, was overshadowed March 7 by a controversial opinion from the legal council of the Polish bishops' conference regarding an independent commission for the investigation of abuse cases that has been under development for the past two years.
Holy Week focus as season five launches
Luke Mandato · March 10, 2025
As season five of the hit television series The Chosen launches, Noah James said audiences are in for a surreal experience as the story approaches Holy Week.
Dale Gavlak · March 10, 2025
Syria's top Christian leaders have condemned the killing and wounding of hundreds of Alawites, many of them civilians, by security forces and gunmen linked to the country's new Islamist rulers.
Kate Scanlon · March 10, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said March 10 that just 18% of programs of the now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development will remain intact, and those will now fall under his purview at the State Department.
Justin McLellan · March 11, 2025
Pope Francis is no longer considered in imminent danger from his lung infection, but he will remain in Rome's Gemelli hospital for several more days to continue receiving medical treatment, the Vatican said.
Cindy Wooden · March 11, 2025
As Pope Francis prepared to spend the 12th anniversary of his election at Rome's Gemelli hospital, people at the Vatican and around the world were responding to his most frequent personal request.
Susan Korah · March 11, 2025
The fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria in December was viewed by the country’s minorities with a mixture of cautious optimism and apprehension. Just three months later, a wave of violence has made their worst nightmares come true.