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Catholic Register Staff · July 17, 2025
A special gathering of Canadian youth will be celebrated July 29 in Rome, part of the Jubilee of Youth organized as part of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year celebrations, said to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Matthew Marquardt · July 17, 2025
Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney has publicly acknowledged that he professes Catholicism. It is also true that he has openly declared his unreserved support for abortion rights. Do these things give us enough ground to at least try to start a respectful conversation?
Carol Glatz · July 17, 2025
After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the region.
Judith Sudilovsky · July 17, 2025
Three people were confirmed dead and nine were injured, including a parish pastor, following what initial reports say was a mid-morning Israeli tank attack on the Holy Family Parish Church in Gaza on July 17.
Soon-to-be saint's influence spreads
Quinton Amundson · July 18, 2025
Carlo Acutis’ awaited canonization as the first millennial saint is poised to occur in just over a month on Sept. 7.
Quinton Amundson · July 19, 2025
An Alberta flight school with over 30 years of experience training pilots who support Catholic and Christian humanitarian missions is poised to enter a new state-of-the-art realm.
Carol Glatz · July 21, 2025
The "barbarity of war" and forced displacement of people have to end, and civilians and places of worship have to be protected, Pope Leo XIV implored.
OSV News · July 21, 2025
Father Gabriel Romanelli, lightly injured in the leg during the Israeli military strike on the Holy Family Parish compound in the Gaza Strip July 17 told L'Osservatore Romano that what happened in the parish was "terrible" and that "the situation continues to be very serious."
The humanitarian tragedy in the Gaza Strip and the need for urgent assistance were part of discussions between Pope Leo XVI and Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority.
Gina Christian · July 22, 2025
A Nigerian priest kidnapped by Boko Haram in June has been released, OSV News has learned.
Bill takes aim at expanding physician-assisted death for mental health
Quinton Amundson · July 22, 2025
Tamara Jansen can sense the growing momentum around Bill C-218, the Right to Recover Act, in the short time since holding a July 9 press conference to raise the public profile of legislation to stop the expansion of assisted suicide to those with mental illness.
The universal Church is now a few weeks into an 18-month process for dioceses and parishes to begin effecting the trajectories that will conceivably engender more synodal congregations.
Anna Farrow · July 22, 2025
In a sudden reversal, the pro-life news site LifeSiteNews.com has reinstated the CEO and Editor-in-Chief to his leadership role less than two weeks following his removal from the board and position at the helm of the organization.
Judith Sudilovsky · July 23, 2025
Amid the destruction witnessed during their July 18–20 pastoral visit to Gaza, following the Israeli shelling of the Holy Family Parish church compound that killed three people and injured 10, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III said they found something more enduring — "the dignity of the human spirit."
OSV News · July 24, 2025
The United Nations’ founding principles of promoting peace and international cooperation, protecting human rights and advancing social and economic progress are “as vital today” as when the UN first rose out of the Second World War, said the Vatican’s permanent observer to the UN.
Anna Farrow · July 24, 2025
Just in time for the lazy summer reading season, British Catholic author Simon P. Caldwell has released a second novel that combines the genres of modern thriller with, what one might call, sacramental or Catholic realism.
Ceremony quashed by COVID at last comes around for Benedictine institution
Quinton Amundson · July 24, 2025
On July 26 and 27, a long-awaited party will finally take place to commemorate the 100-plus years of St. Peter’s College in Muenster, Sask.
Judith Sudilovsky · July 24, 2025
An Israel Defense Forces investigation concluded that the strike on the Holy Family Parish compound on July 17 was the result of an accidental mortar round that veered off course during "operational activity" by IDF troops in the area of Gaza City, the IDF said in a July 23 statement.
God’s covenant with the Jewish people is unbreakable
Robert George · July 24, 2025
We are today witnessing an alarming resurgence of antisemitic beliefs and attitudes, including among people who claim to be faithful Christians—from celebrity influencers and political commentators to legions of anonymous social media users.
Catholic Register Staff · July 24, 2025
A submission from the “True Story Contest” sponsored by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.