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Gina Christian · August 12, 2025
Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to Russian foster and adoption families.
Kiply Lukan Yaworski · August 12, 2025
Two young men from the Archdiocese of Vancouver were among the six-member team that completed this year’s Canadian Death Race alongside Saskatoon Bishop Mark Hagemoen, raising funds for the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund.
Luke Stocking · August 13, 2025
Essentially the churches in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean have raised their voice ahead of COP30, the UN Climate Conference to take place in Belem, Brazil this November. We should listen.
Junno Arocho Esteves · August 13, 2025
The Spanish bishops' conference was criticized by the head of Spain's far-right VOX party after the Church expressed religious concerns following a local council's measure that would effectively ban Muslims from holding religious events in certain areas.
Diaa Ostaz · August 13, 2025
The streets of Gaza are quieter than they used to be — not because peace has returned. The deep silence of hunger has replaced the noise of daily life.
Quinton Amundson · August 13, 2025
Based on a bevy of metrics — box office, online streaming performance and audience surveys — 2025 has thus far been a banner year for Christian film and television content.
Catholic Register Staff · August 14, 2025
St. Michael’s College School will induct its latest distinguished members into the Order of St. Michael Sept. 17.
Cindy Wooden · August 14, 2025
As the Israeli-Hamas conflict continues, three more children arrived in Italy on a military transport plane late Aug. 13 for treatment at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital.
Catholic News Service · August 14, 2025
Arriving in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can find a way to reach a ceasefire in Russia's war on Ukraine when they meet in Alaska.
David Agren · August 14, 2025
Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without proof that it had operated a "torture" centre during past protests and renaming the education facility for a slain partisan.
Gina Christian · August 15, 2025
Pope Leo XIV's dissertation — which he defended in 1987 for his doctoral degree in canon law — will soon be widely available through The Catholic University of America Press in Washington.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · August 15, 2025
The history of Alberta politicians provoking resentment against Eastern Canada goes back at least to William Aberhart, who was the province’s premier from 1935 until he died in 1943.
New film portrays Kolbe's time in Auschwitz starvation cell
Katarzyna Szalajko · August 16, 2025
Rather than beginning with St. Maximilian Kolbe's early life or missionary work, the new film Triumph of the Heart opens at the moment many accounts conclude: his entry into the starvation cell.
New Pope adjusting nicely as head of the universal Church
Cindy Wooden · August 16, 2025
Aug. 16 marks the 100th day since Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica May 8 as the new Pope.
Nicholas Elbers · August 16, 2025
The Catholic Charities Men’s Shelter has many success stories, and in spite of his relatively short stay at the shelter — around two weeks in 2023 — Danny Bale is one of them.
Luke Mandato · August 17, 2025
An official self-guided audio tour has been released for Charlottetown, PEI’s St. Dunstan's Basilica, inviting locals and visiting pilgrims of hope to better understand the history of the church’s spiritual life and historical richness during this Jubilee year.
Gina Christian · August 18, 2025
The Alaska summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has ultimately failed to address the "fundamental moral and geopolitical questions" of Russia's multiyear war on Ukraine, said Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
Cindy Wooden · August 18, 2025
Spending the day with the poor, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Catholics would make sure their parishes are welcoming of all people and would be "on fire" with God's love.
Catholic Register Staff · August 18, 2025
Toronto’s Cardinal Francis Leo has been honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · August 18, 2025
It was an odd experience of growing up with a father who didn’t speak English and a mother who didn’t speak French. When things got heated, when my parents argued, I had a strange power: I could misinterpret diplomatically.