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St. Mary’s Health @ Home meets changing needs in community
Luke Mandato · June 5, 2025
St. Joseph’s Health System has launched St. Mary’s Health and its first service, St. Mary’s Health @ Home, an initiative designed to renew Catholic care in the Region of Waterloo while aiming to meet the changing needs of the community for generations to come.
Finding a balance between potential and protection is key, prof says
Quinton Amundson · June 5, 2025
World leaders attending the G7 Summit June 15-17 in Kananaskis, Alta., are expected to contemplate how to navigate the line between unleashing the manifest potential of artificial intelligence and instituting proper governance standards.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · June 5, 2025
If The Catholic Register were written by nattering nit pickers of negativism, we would find two unfortunate things to say about Cardinal Leo’s recent meditation about June being dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · June 6, 2025
Sufficient information, motivation and self-discipline go into both foregoing and using media intentionally, humanly and optimally at any age.
Archbishop Smith receives Indigenous welcome
Nicholas Elbers · June 6, 2025
In a ceremony steeped in tradition, drumbeats and booming voices filled the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver ballroom as Squamish First Nation drummers brought an Indigenous welcome at a reception for Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith.
100 years since Canadian Martyrs were beatified
Luke Mandato · June 7, 2025
It was 100 years ago this month that the eight men who dedicated their lives in honouring God and their neighbour throughout their missionary work and would become known as the Canadian Martyrs were beatified, setting the stage for their canonization five years later.
Catholic Register Staff · June 9, 2025
One month beyond hitting the century mark in age, Archbishop James MacDonald, C.S.C., passed on May 30.
St. Aloysius gets new ball diamond
Luke Mandato · June 9, 2025
As the Toronto Blue Jays defended their home turf in style with a dominant 9-1 win for a series victory over the Philadelphia Phillies June 5, the team’s charity arm achieved a unique victory of its own just two hours east of the Rogers Centre in Stratford, Ont.
A former captive of ISIS, Mourad sees calm ‘but there is still a lot of fear’
Susan Korah · June 9, 2025
From being kidnapped and held hostage by Islamic terrorists, miraculously liberated and now ministering to a dwindling Christian community in Syria, Archbishop Jacques Mourad exemplifies the suffering and resilience of his people during the darkest days of a brutal civil war and the reign of terror by ISIS.
Cindy Wooden · June 9, 2025
Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the issues that continue to separate them, Pope Leo XIV said.
Caroline de Sury · June 9, 2025
A record 19,000 pilgrims are set to walk from Paris to Chartres this Pentecost weekend, June 7–9, in the annual traditional pilgrimage organized by Notre-Dame de Chrétienté.
Carol Glatz · June 9, 2025
In a world marked by wars and where people are disconnected and numb with indifference, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would "open borders, break down walls" and dissolve hatred so everyone can live as children of one human family.
Those serving the Holy See can serve its mission best by striving to live a holy life in conformity to Christ, Pope Leo XIV said.
Paulina Guzik · June 10, 2025
In a quiet but powerful move, Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Fr. Marko Rupnik, the once-renowned mosaicist now accused of abusing over two dozen women, from its website.
Gina Christian · June 10, 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa has replaced Europe as the locus for the world’s Christians, due to both higher birthrates and Western Europe’s “widespread Christian disaffiliation” — with Christians declining as a share of the world’s population due to adherents leaving the faith, according to new research by the Pew Research Center.
Angelica Vecchiato · June 10, 2025
On his way to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto made a quick pit stop in downtown Toronto Monday evening to preview a “challenge” he will be presenting to world leaders ahead of the G7 summit being held in Kananaskis, Alta.
Counter-protesters inflitrate, then disrupt pro-life march in Quebec City
Anna Farrow · June 10, 2025
Quebec-based antifascist groups played a key role in the disruption of the May 31 March for Life organized by Campagne Québec-Vie (CQV).
Barb Fraze · June 11, 2025
Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which also damaged the historic Holy Wisdom Cathedral, also known as St. Sophia Cathedral.
Quinton Amundson · June 11, 2025
The several hundred Calgary-area Catholics attending the second annual diocesan vocations rally June 8 were encouraged to embrace the pathway God has in store for them.
Carol Glatz · June 11, 2025
Pope Leo XIV met with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres during a private audience at the Vatican June 11.