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Luke Mandato · August 7, 2025
Across its more than 40 years, Aid to Women has stood firm in its mission of being a compassionate, physical and emotional lifeline for Toronto mothers, counselling abortion- minded women into choosing life for themselves and their babies.
Quinton Amundson · August 7, 2025
Persuading was required to get my mom on board with permitting me to write a column about her influence on my faith life.
Cindy Wooden · August 7, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, like Pope Francis before him, consistently has called on Hamas to release the hostages it kidnapped in Israel almost two years ago and has pleaded with Israel to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto took its mission internationally this summer, offering youth in care opportunities to connect with their faith and heritage.
Catholic Register Staff · August 7, 2025
Excerpt from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pastoral letter on Debt Forgiveness in the Jubilee Year 2025.
Quinton Amundson · August 8, 2025
A recital featuring the talents of Catholic musicians from around the world is expected to be a highlight of Jubilee Marian Week in the Diocese of Calgary.
Barefoot and Preaching
Leah Perrault · August 8, 2025
This spring, I noticed that my rhubarb plant was getting overgrown. I was not going to be able to use it all. That same week in May, as often happens in a world full of grace, someone on social media was asking for a rhubarb plant. I made arrangements for her to pop over to split it so it could be transplanted.
Amid the bustling experience of spiritually accompanying 48 young adults attending the Jubilee of Youth in Rome from July 28 to Aug. 3, Fr. Troy Nguyen video-conferenced with The Catholic Register while walking the streets of the Eternal City.
Terry O'Neill · August 8, 2025
The never-say-die Delta Hospice Society is now looking to Alberta in its efforts to establish a secular, euthanasia-free “sanctuary hospice” and escape the pro-MAiD agenda of the B.C. government.
Love for Christ overtook joy of flying
Luke Mandato · August 9, 2025
Ashley Mills had initially charted a future in the skies as a professional pilot. However, her career path took off toward a higher calling, with faith fuelling her mission in guiding young hearts closer to Christ.
Gina Christian · August 9, 2025
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Catholic Church must renew its commitment to nonviolence, disarmament and lasting peace, said U.S. prelates attending commemoration events in Japan.
Jubilee Year celebrations in the Archdiocese of Toronto will bring faithful from across the Greater Toronto Area together in pilgrimage to Martyrs’ Shrine later this month.
Talk to your children
Lea Karen Kivi · August 9, 2025
Every time there is an election, courageous voices rise up. These voices seek to defend life from conception to natural death and call on governments to limit access to abortion.
Catholic labor advocates heartened by Pope Leo's direction
Kimberley Heatherington · August 10, 2025
When he took the papal name Leo XIV, it was widely suggested by Vatican commentators that the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was sending a message.
Fr. Richard Gribble · August 10, 2025
The feast of the Assumption, possibly the oldest celebration of the Virgin Mary, is rooted in the tradition of Christian practice, supported by magisterial teaching and defined as one of four Marian dogmas.
Nicholas Elbers · August 10, 2025
Circles of Support and Accountability volunteers are helping sex offenders to find a place in society.
Cindy Wooden · August 11, 2025
As U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in Alaska Aug. 15, Pope Leo XIV prayed that world leaders would recognize the impact their actions have on the local population.
OSV News · August 11, 2025
Firefighters saved the historic cathedral in Cordoba, Spain, Aug. 8, after flames and smoke were seen billowing from the iconic mosque-turned-church.
Susan Korah · August 11, 2025
Nearly two years after Azerbaijan’s military assault on the Armenian enclave known to the world as Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh to Armenians), many of the displaced are still yearning for a return to their beloved homeland.
Luke Mandato · August 11, 2025
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Toronto is once again inviting families to participate in this year’s 38th Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed, taking place across seven resting places across the Greater Toronto Area and Barrie.