July 2025

Villa Charities' Tribute personal for Cardinal Leo

Luke Mandato · July 2, 2025

Italian Heritage Month was capped off in spiritual style as Cardinal Francis Leo blessed Villa Charities' Italian Canadian Immigrant Tribute installation in Toronto.

Mexican priest shot, gravely injured in the Diocese of Tabasco

David Agren · July 2, 2025

A Mexican priest remains in serious condition after being shot four times while traveling to minister to a sick person—an attack reinforcing Mexico's reputation as one of the world's most dangerous for clergy, despite its large Catholic population.

Damascus church attack could be last straw for Syria’s Christians, warn activists

Susan Korah · July 2, 2025

The horrific attack on a Syrian church that claimed the lives of more than 25 and injured more than 60 others should raise a red flag on the internal situation in Syria, say activists close to victims of the tragedy.

Children bear 'heaviest toll' in growing global conflicts, says Vatican diplomat at UN

Gina Christian · July 2, 2025

Children are among those who bear "the heaviest toll" in the global rise of armed conflict and "the increasing acceptance of force as a means of resolving disputes," a Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.

With Pope Leo's support, Vatican to publish document on synod's final phase

Justin McLellan · July 2, 2025

Almost four years after Pope Francis opened the Catholic Church's path toward synodality—a term many in the church had never heard before—his successor has thrown his support behind the last leg of the church's' synodal journey.

Church adds Mass 'for care of creation' to missal

Justin McLellan · July 3, 2025

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical readings for the Mass will be added to the Roman Missal.

Vatican officially names panel of judges for canonical trial of Father Rupnik

Paulina Guzik · July 3, 2025

The Vatican has officially named the judges who will oversee the canonical trial of Father Marko Rupnik, the disgraced Slovenian priest and artist accused of sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing more than two dozen women.

Ukraine leaves its mark on Canada's military ordinariate

Luke Mandato · July 3, 2025

As Bishop Scott McCaig finds himself back home after leading last month’s spiritual retreat for military chaplains in Ukraine, the weight of what he witnessed during his week in Lviv still looms large in his mind.

Simeon Summit launches project to fight anti-Semitism

Anna Farrow · July 4, 2025

A late June conference that brought together more than 70 Jewish and Christian leaders launched a multi-year project to combat the dramatic rise of anti-Semitism in Canada.

Cardinal Leo appointed to Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Catholic Register Staff · July 4, 2025

Toronto’s Cardinal Francis Leo has been appointed a member of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

After 12 years, locals welcome pope back to his summer home

Justin McLellan · July 7, 2025

After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope among its summer residents.

Inclusivity sparks Molloy's appointment to the Order of Canada

Luke Mandato · July 7, 2025

As Dr. Ashleigh Molloy learned he would be appointed to the prestigious Order of Canada, the lifelong Catholic educator felt a quiet surge of gratitude, not for the spotlight, rather for the ability to amplify his mission born from a father’s love and faith-based conviction.

Schmalz connects Rome pilgrims through his art

Jubilee initiative takes you on spiritual journey of Eternal City

Quinton Amundson · July 7, 2025

Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz is promoting timeless Gospel values with a new interactive urban pilgrimage in Rome.

U.S. abortion cuts give hope to Canadian pro-lifers

Quinton Amundson · July 8, 2025

Canadian pro-life organizations are rejoicing that Planned Parenthood appears poised to lose at least $500 million in taxpayer dollars thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” becoming the law of the land on July 4.

Anti-Christian violence on the rise in Colombia

Eduardo Campos Lima · July 9, 2025

For almost three weeks, Colombian authorities have been searching for Fr. Carlos Jaimes Guerrero, a 30-year-old Augustinian friar who went missing on June 17, and they still have not identified potential reasons for his disappearance.

ShareLife surpasses 60 per cent of its goal

Quinton Amundson · July 9, 2025

As summer gets into full swing, the ShareLife parish campaign has amassed $8.83 million, 60 per cent of its record-high $14.5 million target.

Vatican remains ready to host Ukraine, Russia peace talks

Carol Glatz · July 9, 2025

Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for peace negotiations.

French archbishop appoints chancellor convicted of abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves · July 10, 2025

French Archbishop Guy de Kerimel of Toulouse defended his appointment of a priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor as diocesan chancellor, saying that he had "chosen the path of mercy."

California diocese suspends Mass obligation for those with 'genuine fear' of ICE raids

Kate Scanlon · July 10, 2025

Amid concern over immigration enforcement raids in the area, the Bishop of San Bernardino, California, on July 8 issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for the faithful if they fear for their well-being.

Editorial

That blessed room was real

July 10, 2025

A key to Cardinal Francis Leo’s second pastoral letter for the Archdiocese of Toronto comes, fittingly, in the fifth paragraph of the introduction to the document’s nine segments.