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Cindy Wooden · June 20, 2025
The Holy Year 2025 can have a lasting impact on the world's poorest countries if governments and international institutions embrace a key element of the biblical concept of jubilee by forgiving, restructuring or pausing foreign debt repayments, said a report commissioned by Pope Francis.
Catholic Register Staff · June 20, 2025
A statement by the CCCB marking National Indigenous Peoples Day, which is observed June 21.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · June 20, 2025
One big temptation for religious types when it comes to “Evolution,” is the belief that soul/spirit/the spiritual is also evolving (meaning, automatically becoming better and even transforming into some great unknown). I never bought this, even as a kid.
Seek the truth, no matter where it leads
Cheryl-Ann Smith · June 20, 2025
God is infinite, omnipotent, omniscient, so far beyond us. And yet, He is also simplicity. He is love.
Luke Mandato · June 20, 2025
The streets of downtown Toronto surrounding St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica will become a visual testament of Catholic devotion to the Eucharist as the annual Corpus Christi procession takes place Sunday.
Numbers returning to pre-COVID levels
Luke Mandato · June 21, 2025
Canada’s East Coast is expecting another sizable gathering at next month's Steubenville Atlantic conference at Dalhousie University in Halifax, the only one to be held in Canada this year.
Quinton Amundson · June 21, 2025
Lori Vaanholt has learned much in her over 35 years with L'Arche Canada. Now the national vice-executive director, she started as a 19-year-old placement student.
Luke Mandato · June 23, 2025
It is always an emotional, somewhat eerie experience for Kevin Morrison, the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s vice chair and trustee, when he drives past St. Paul Catholic Elementary School in the city's downtown.
John Longhurst · June 23, 2025
For St. Boniface Archbishop Albert LeGatt, the Grandfather Rock is just a “small symbol” of reconciliation — even if it stands over 1.5 metres tall.
Quinton Amundson · June 23, 2025
The criminal sentencing for a man who admitted he set ablaze St. Bernard Church in Grouard, Alta., on May 22, 2023 has been indefinitely delayed as the confessed perpetrator failed to show up at the Court of King’s Bench in Peace River on June 12.
Susan Korah · June 23, 2025
Bill C-5, passed on the final day of the House of Commons’ first sitting under Prime Minister Mark Carney, has drawn mixed reaction from First Nations leaders, some who argue vehemently against it, and others who take a more sanguine view, saying it would benefit their communities in the long term.
Gina Christian · June 23, 2025
Christians in Syria are reeling after a suicide bombing struck a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus during a June 22 Divine Liturgy.
Cindy Wooden · June 23, 2025
In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said.
Dale Gavlak · June 23, 2025
An Islamist suicide bombing at a packed Damascus church that killed at least 20 and injured dozens of worshippers June 22 has sparked international outrage. Sectarian violence continues to plague Syria's new leadership seven months after toppling Bashar Assad's regime.
Quinton Amundson · June 24, 2025
Participants at the Journey of Encounter: Pilgrims of Hope Embracing Synodality summit have committed to embracing the values of inclusion, interculturality and listening as they promote the synodal pathway nationwide.
Catholic Register Staff · June 24, 2025
Clergy changes for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Summit was about more than Mideast conflict, Ukraine
To say the least, much has transpired in the days following the Group of Seven Leaders (G7) signing a joint statement on June 16 in support of Israel’s right to defend itself and in opposition to Iran ever possessing a nuclear weapon.
Yet support remains strong among Canadians
Luke Mandato · June 24, 2025
Despite 74 per cent of Canadians supporting refugees’ right to seek safety, a lack of understanding about immigration nuances looks to be fuelling skepticism and threatening Canada’s humanitarian spirit, according to a new Ipsos survey released on World Refugee Day.
Carol Glatz · June 25, 2025
Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus church, calling it "a cowardly terrorist attack" as he appealed to the international community not to give up on Syria.
Kate Scanlon · June 25, 2025
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran seemed to be holding after President Donald Trump expressed frustration June 24 with both countries, telling reporters at the White House that initially Iran violated the deal but "Israel violated it too."