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And reluctant to do anything about it
Terry O'Neill · August 1, 2025
A B.C. Catholic investigation has uncovered systemic failures in British Columbia’s euthanasia program, including thousands of paperwork errors among the 2,767 MAiD (medical assistance in dying) deaths recorded in 2023, a lack of public reporting of violations and an oversight unit led by the same health official responsible for delivering MAiD in the province.
Luke Mandato · August 1, 2025
St. Joseph’s Centre of Hope for Women has officially moved in just one door down from its previous location, taking up the space previously held by Cabbagetown Women's Clinic, an abortion clinic the centre shared a wall with since early 2023.
Gina Christian · August 2, 2025
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts, several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a "Pilgrimage of Peace."
OSV News · August 3, 2025
In the city where the Prince of Peace was born, peace feels heartbreakingly distant, especially for children.
Luke Mandato · August 4, 2025
Upwards of 450 Catholic women from across Canada are gathering in Toronto Aug. 10 to 13 for the 105th Catholic Women’s League National Convention.
Junno Arocho Esteves · August 5, 2025
Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ rather than ephemeral online connections that can reduce individuals to a commodity.
Carol Glatz · August 5, 2025
Pope Leo XIV visited a Spanish teenager who had to be hospitalized during the Jubilee of Youth and prayed with and spoke to the family.
Gina Christian · August 5, 2025
A longtime Irish missionary in Haiti has been kidnapped in what may be a targeted attack amid that nation's long-running armed gang violence and instability.
Cindy Wooden · August 5, 2025
A solo traveler, even using Google maps and ChatGPT, cannot safely and happily complete the journey of life or the journey of faith, Pope Leo XIV told thousands of young pilgrims meeting at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Quinton Amundson · August 5, 2025
Defenders of religious expression in the Canadian public square are fighting back following the cancellation of a number of concerts by an American faith-based musician.
Katarzyna Szalajko · August 6, 2025
Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.
One million attend closing Mass for youth Jubilee
Carol Glatz · August 6, 2025
The fullness of life depends on how much one joyfully welcomes and shares in life while also living with a constant yearning for those things that only come from God, Pope Leo XIV told young people.
Harry McAvoy · August 6, 2025
I recently received an invitation that sadly I had to decline. August 6th was the date for Marlena Loughheed to make her Perpetual Profession of Faith as a Sister of Life, taking on the name of Sister Beata Victoria. This wonderful expression of faith and God’s goodness occurred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan was the Celebrant and Homilist; not bad company to keep.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · August 6, 2025
Ceaseless news of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, inundations of reporting on bloodshed in Ukraine, dialogues of the deaf over climate change, the unstoppable unfurling of AI, feed a spirit of defeat about continued human existence.
Cindy Wooden · August 6, 2025
The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities' streets and buildings are a plea to pursue peace and disarmament, Pope Leo XIV said.
Degree of Merger revoked for Newfoundland parish
Quinton Amundson · August 6, 2025
For the second time in 15 months, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has overturned St. John's Archbishop Peter Hundt’s 2022 decision to close Holy Rosary Parish in Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Nfld., and merge it with Holy Trinity Parish in Torbay, Nfld.
UCA News · August 6, 2025
Two Catholic nuns and an Indigenous youth jailed for alleged human trafficking and forced conversion in central India have been released on bail under strict conditions by a special court dealing with terror cases.
Laura Ieraci · August 6, 2025
A public panel Aug. 14 will feature several award-winning veteran journalists who will discuss the state of religion journalism today, its needfulness for society and its pertinence in the current media landscape.
Catholic News Service · August 6, 2025
The text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV’s Aug. 6 general audience given in St. Peter’s Square.
Andrea Mrozek · August 7, 2025
Is it insulting to say marriage civilizes men? More importantly, is it true?