March 2025

Editorial

Carney beware

March 12, 2025

Mark Carney will soon be sworn in as Canada’s prime minister based on 129,000 votes cast by 100 per cent Liberal party delegates who represent .322 per cent of Canadians.

Synod takes root across Canada

Quinton Amundson · March 12, 2025

Valleyfield Bishop Alain Faubert senses enthusiasm for the synodal cause “is brewing” in dioceses and archdioceses across the country.

Pope Francis' chest x-ray confirms his improvement, doctors say

Cindy Wooden · March 12, 2025

Pope Francis' condition continues to be stable and a chest x-ray "confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days," his doctors said, but without saying his double pneumonia had cleared up completely.

St. Patrick’s spectacle takes over Montreal

For 200 years, annual parade has been woven into fabric of the city

Anna Farrow · March 12, 2025

Montreal is home to one of the largest and oldest St. Patrick’s Day parades in North America and for the 200th time organizers are celebrating the annual spectacle.

“Canada at a Crossroads” abridged text

Catholic Register Staff · March 13, 2025

An abridged text of the reflection “Canada at a Crossroads” released on Ash Wednesday 2025 by the leadership of the Canadian Council of Churches.

Figure of Speech

Five letter word for reading a Cross

Gerry Turcotte · March 13, 2025

Despite being a word nerd, I was never drawn to crossword puzzles—until recently. My daughter introduced me to The New York Times Wordle game, which in turn led me to what was, I hoped, a healthy interest in their apparently famous crossword.

Lenten reading leading to Good Friday

Charles Lewis · March 13, 2025

The sorrowful mysteries of the Holy Rosary is the perfect place to understand Good Friday. They reflect on Christ’s spiritual crisis in the garden as He awaits His arrest and crucifixion.

Mexican bishops decry 'cruelest' expression of violence as cartel extermination camp discovered

David Agren · March 13, 2025

The Mexican bishops' conference expressed outrage over the discovery of an extermination camp operated by a drug cartel, calling it "one of the cruelest expressions of evil and human misery that we've seen in the country," and alleging such sites exist in other parts of Mexico.

Change coming to Dufferin-Peel school chaplaincy

Job losses not in the equation, board says

Luke Mandato · March 13, 2025

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is promising significant enhancements to its chaplaincy operations by the start of the next school year, envisioning a more united community of faith.

On the ground at UN women’s conference

Anna Farrow · March 13, 2025

Every March thousands of government officials, activists and policy makers descend on the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York City for two weeks of both high-level meetings and side-events at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

An opus to our steadfast patron

Timing is right as Carlos Foggin’s Litany of St. Joseph premieres in Calgary

Quinton Amundson · March 13, 2025

Anyone exposed to music understands the paramount importance of a troupe of instrumentalists and vocalists being utterly harmonious as they tackle pieces in 2/2, 4/4 or 12/8 rhythm.

Seek the courage to do God’s will

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

Lea Karen Kivi · March 14, 2025

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

Education vision honoured

Luke Mandato · March 14, 2025

It's been five years since John Crocco walked the corridors of the Niagara Catholic District School Board, but his influence is still felt every day.

A need for 'big-hearted' pro-life message

Human dignity is at the heart of creating life

Quinton Amundson · March 14, 2025

The keynote speaker for the Rose Dinner Gala at this year's Canadian March for Life week (May 6-9) plans to accentuate the “dignity and strength of the human person” and why life must be cherished and protected starting at conception.

We must make time to follow Jesus

Harry McAvoy · March 14, 2025

On a recent snowy morning, I was outside with Millie, my companion dog. I didn’t want to be outside in the cold, and Millie was in a hurry. Ninety pounds of energy is hard to control when there is ice under foot. Suddenly I was on the ground.

As ceasefire talk continues, Zelenskyy says he spoke with Cardinal Parolin

Cindy Wooden · March 14, 2025

As the United States continues to attempt to broker a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke with the Vatican secretary of state.

Toronto bans Vatican flag on JPII day

Luke Mandato · March 14, 2025

The flag of Vatican City will not fly over Toronto City Hall to mark the annual St. John Paul II Day for the first time in nearly two decades.

Let Lent soften our hardness of heart

We’re all in need of our own ‘spiritual cardiologist’

Jaymie Stuart Wolfe · March 14, 2025

I know it's part of getting older, but when my husband was told to go to the ER because a clinical trial EKG had revealed an irregular heartbeat, I was startled almost into one of my own.

Making a fast break from social media

Sister Nancy Usselmann · March 15, 2025

Like many people, I find myself absorbed by social media reels and algorithm-generated content.

Ordinandi Dinner honours five set for priesthood

Quinton Amundson · March 15, 2025

The esteemed Ordinandi Dinner will celebrate 35 years of honouring men set to embark on a religious life as ordained priests in 2025.