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Gina Christian · June 26, 2025
A ceasefire between Israel and Iran is bringing a measure of relief to the Holy Land, but Catholic humanitarians there told OSV News that real and lasting peace must ultimately be achieved.
Dale Gavlak · June 26, 2025
The first funeral services for the victims of a jihadi suicide bombing inside a Damascus church were held as Syrian Christians have been left deeply traumatized by the horrific massacre during Sunday's Divine Liturgy on June 22.
Catholic Register Staff · June 26, 2025
Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, blogs on growing international concern about Canada’s euthanasia laws drawing only shrugs or silence from the federal Liberal government. The Register has edited the text for brevity
Luke Mandato · June 26, 2025
With his newest pastoral letter, That Blessed Upper Room, Toronto's Cardinal Francis Leo takes the archdiocese's Catholic back to the place where the "building blocks" of the faith originated.
Quinton Amundson · June 27, 2025
More than 500 Christians in Nigeria have been murdered by Fulani militants since the start of April, according to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) UK’s Head of Press and Public Affairs John Pontifex.
Luke Mandato · June 27, 2025
As grade schools across Ontario wind down for the year, anticipation for C.Y.O.'s Camp Brébeuf's 84th year of combining faith and outdoor fun is ramping up.
Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre · June 27, 2025
For many reasons, certainly among them challenges that I have been recently called upon to address, I have been reflecting again upon when things in life unexpectedly arise and demand our attention and our focus.
Figure of Speech
Embrace the other, those who are different than us
Gerry Turcotte · June 27, 2025
Both times that I’ve been struck by a careless driver someone came forward to say, “I’ve got your back. I saw what happened.” I felt such gratitude that someone I didn’t know wanted to help. The parable of the Good Samaritan came to mind.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · June 27, 2025
Pope Leo has assumed the Petrine ministry as old ecclesial divisions have reared up anew and as heightened polarization has weakened the Church's unity and mission.
Elsa Eikema · June 27, 2025
While the NATO summit in the Netherlands focused on military preparedness, Christian voices in the country are advocating for peace and justice in a biblical sense, calling on people to pray for peace and aid for victims in the days surrounding the summit.
Carol Glatz · June 27, 2025
Priests are called to be embraced and shaped by God's boundless love, and to realize that there is no place for division and hatred of any kind, Pope Leo XIV said.
It helps overcome the feeling that we live in apocalyptic times
Jason Adkins · June 27, 2025
Canadian writer Michael D. O'Brien is one of the great spiritual writers of our age. Though most of his books are novels, they invite one into a deeper contemplation of the great questions of faith and of what it means to be a disciple.
Lucia Corbea · June 28, 2025
Imagine being a Catholic student on Good Friday, pressured to eat meat by people who don't share your faith. This is a small, but meaningful, example of religious freedom being threatened.
Anna Farrow · June 28, 2025
The Archdiocese of Montreal’s youth office is providing a local alternative for the Jubilee Year by creating a map of pilgrimage for the city of Montreal.
Embrace the faith in your homeland this summer
Quinton Amundson · June 28, 2025
Whether the motivation is a boycott of the United States over its current posturing towards Canada, the ongoing affordability crisis or a host of other reasons, it is clear a greater number of Canadians plan to spend summer in their homeland.
Mickey Conlon · June 30, 2025
The Toronto and Dufferin-Peel Catholic school boards are among four school districts that are now under Ontario government supervision over financial mismanagement concerns.
Carol Glatz · June 30, 2025
Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church needs today, Pope Leo XIV said.
Catholic Register Staff · June 30, 2025
A message for Canada Day, 1 July 2025 by His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto.
Luke Mandato · June 30, 2025
When Fr. Lui Santi was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2020, he turned to personal journaling and deep prayer for added strength and comfort.