May 2025

Questioning Faith

Needing the Spirit to name Jesus Lord

Mary Marrocco · May 22, 2025

We all face the challenge of finding our place. But the most serious task anyone will ever have is to find one’s place in the Church.

Bishop, cardinal call for prayer after deadly DC anti-Semitic attack

Gina Christian · May 22, 2025

Catholic bishops are calling for prayer after two Israeli Embassy staff members were slain late May 21 outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

Editorial

The spirit prevails

May 22, 2025

Our Holy Mother the Church has once again proven, as if proof were needed, that the “rates of yell” will not prevail against her.

Address of Pope Leo XIV to representatives of other churches

Catholic Register Staff · May 22, 2025

Text of the address of Pope Leo XIV to representatives of other churches, ecclesia communities and other religions.

Miller forever a priest

Nicholas Elbers · May 22, 2025

Vancouver Catholics celebrated their last Eucharist with Archbishop J. Michael Miller.

Hong Kong cardinal hopeful new pope will continue dialogue with China

Junno Arocho Esteves · May 22, 2025

Reflecting on the conclave that saw the election of Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong says he is hopeful the new pontiff will continue along the same path of dialogue and engagement with China as his predecessor—a deal that had prominent and outspoken critics.

Prime Minister reflects on faith, service after Pope’s inaugural Mass

Paul Schratz · May 22, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney took time during his visit to Rome for the Pope’s inaugural Mass to speak with reporters, and his Catholic faith was a topic that came up in their questions.

Once lost, now found — again and again

Cheryl-Ann Smith · May 23, 2025

We are never truly lost: God knows where we are, and He creatively uses any interior place to draw us deeper into His heart.

European, African bishops demand end to land grabs and exploitation

Jonathan Luxmoore · May 23, 2025

Catholic bishops from Europe and Africa have issued a strong joint statement warning that Africa is once again becoming a "battleground for external interests"—particularly over land, resources and Europe's climate agenda.

French bishops launch unprecedented campaign to oppose 'assisted dying' bill

Caroline de Sury · May 23, 2025

With France poised to vote on a controversial "assisted dying" bill, the country's Catholic bishops have launched an unprecedented public campaign urging Catholics to speak out.

Rejoice in the life, call God gives us

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, May 25 to Saturday, May 31, 2025.

Lea Karen Kivi · May 23, 2025

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, May 25 to Saturday, May 31, 2025.

Toronto bylaw protects places of worship, schools from protest

Luke Mandato · May 23, 2025

As Toronto City Council approved a bylaw restricting protests near places of worship, day cares and schools over a day-long debate, some were left questioning the delay in passing a seemingly straightforward measure, as well as its specifics.

Unravelling mystery around consecrated virgins

Anna Farrow · May 23, 2025

Most Catholics could tell you more about the Vestal virgins than the Order of Virgins. Indeed, the majority might assume that this ancient form of consecrated life is a thing of the past like desert monks or stylites.

King's Coronation Medal for choir school conductor

Quinton Amundson · May 23, 2025

Longtime Catholic conductor and countertenor Peter Mahon experienced a crescendo of joyous surprise on May 3 while leading the Tallis Choir of Toronto through a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil” at St. Patrick’s Church.

What is truth?

Anna Farrow · May 23, 2025

On the fourth anniversary of the Kamloops announcement, it is the Pontius Pilate question that echoes through Canada. But if Canadians cannot agree on the meaning of “truth” as it applies to residential schools, how does reconciliation take place?

Alasdair MacIntyre, renowned Catholic moral philosopher who wrote 'After Virtue,' dies at 96

Kimberley Heatherington · May 23, 2025

In the Flannery O'Connor short story "Good Country People," a mother ruefully wishes her offspring had chosen another career path than philosophy because, "You could not say, 'My daughter is a philosopher.' That was something that had ended with the Greeks and Romans."

Four years of service leads to Loran scholarship

Henry Carr student one of only 35 Canadians honoured with award

Luke Mandato · May 24, 2025

Ashionyedue JoyGold Goodluck, a Grade 12 student at Toronto's Father Henry Carr Secondary School, is one of 35 Canadian high schoolers named a 2025 Loran Scholar.

Out of the shadows: the real Cuthbert Tunstall

'Intellectual flexibility and theological humility' fuelled bishop's integrity

Quinton Amundson · May 24, 2025

Sinister conversations in hushed tones behind gold-plated Gothic columns faintly illumined by flickering torchlight.

Gratitude and solemnity mark Archbishop Smith’s installation

Nicholas Elbers and Paul Schratz · May 26, 2025

Archbishop Richard Smith’s May 23 installation Mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral was resplendent in pageantry, flawless in organization, and liturgically solemn, and with thunderous applause, the faithful who filled Holy Rosary Cathedral welcomed Vancouver’s new Archbishop.

Russia rejects Vatican offer to host peace talks on Ukraine

Gina Christian · May 26, 2025

Russia has rejected the Vatican's offer to host talks for ending the war in Ukraine, despite international support for the idea.