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Catholic Register Staff · August 18, 2025
Excerpt from the Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Quinton Amundson · August 18, 2025
Through ShareLife, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto (CCAT) and with the generosity of two anonymous donors, Canada’s largest Catholic community is embarking on its biggest effort yet to tackle the ever-prevalent food insecurity crisis.
Quinton Amundson · August 19, 2025
Coincidentally, three days before the Cardus think tanks’ From Slippery Slope to Sheer Cliff: MAiD's Impact on Canada Aug. 14 webinar event, a major U.S. magazine outlet published an in-depth exposé with the following headline in huge bold text: “Canada is killing itself.”
Kate Scanlon · August 19, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of European leaders Aug. 18 following his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin a few days prior as he seeks a resolution to Russia's war in Ukraine.
OSV News · August 19, 2025
At the start of final submissions in his landmark trial, Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor Aug. 18, after health concerns had delayed proceedings the previous week.
Catholic Register Staff · August 20, 2025
The text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV’s Aug. 20 general audience.
Cindy Wooden · August 20, 2025
Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to observe this Friday, Aug. 22, as a day of prayer and fasting for peace and justice, particularly in Ukraine and in the Holy Land.
Quinton Amundson · August 20, 2025
While noting there “will be many steps and many obstacles” on the path to peace, Fr. Andrew Onuferko said the Aug. 18 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House offers a “glimmer of hope” that an end to the warfare between Russia and Ukraine could be on the horizon.
Hannah Dell · August 20, 2025
Canadians reflecting on Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days say his fostering of friendship and community makes them hopeful about how he might continue to build the faith of the Church worldwide.
Catholic Women’s League of Canada members called on the federal government to create its long-promised Office of Palliative Care, saying too many Canadians — especially seniors and dementia patients — still lack access to the universally recognized health right.
Jonathan Luxmoore · August 21, 2025
Ukrainian religious leaders have rejected demands for Russia's Orthodox Church and language to be guaranteed official status in their country, although a Catholic bishop also warned against a threatened crackdown on Orthodox communities.
Luke Mandato · August 21, 2025
The Archdiocese of Ottawa-Corwall is hosting a tour of two of its oldest and most historic places of worship this weekend, marking a highlight in this year’s Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year celebrations in the nation’s capital.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · August 21, 2025
Have we been scammed by Artificial Intelligence? Or more accurately, have we been scammed by a handful of companies and their powerful CEOs to believe that AI is the answer to all our human limitations?
Cindy Wooden · August 22, 2025
A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon as well as Turkey in late November and early December is being studied, a Vatican official said.
Editorial
Michael Heinlein · August 22, 2025
In an age when the pope has become something of a global celebrity, Pope Leo so far has operated in such a way that distances his new office from his personality. While he speaks at times of his own experience, Leo is much more squarely focused on the Church's life and mission and what his office offers to it.
Eduardo Campos Lima · August 23, 2025
A tourist itinerary connecting dozens of landmarks associated with Pope Leo XIV's decades-long mission in Peru was launched in July by the South American country's government, in a joint effort with the Church and the tourism industry to draw national and international visitors.
Donna Fagan · August 23, 2025
Just a few days after beginning his summer holidays in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Mass for the Care of Creation, a new formulary of the Roman Missal.
Paulina Guzik · August 24, 2025
When you are born in a major pilgrimage destination, you grow up with a treasure — a national shrine and sacred image — within reach every day. I was that child, born in Czestochowa, home of the Black Madonna and a beloved place of spiritual refuge for St. John Paul II.
Cindy Wooden · August 25, 2025
Marking Ukraine's Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV pledged his prayers for the Ukrainian people in a message to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and encouraged Catholics to respond to Ukrainian religious leaders' request for prayers for peace Aug. 24.
OSV News · August 25, 2025
Colombia's bishops expressed their outrage after at least 18 people died and more than 40 were injured after two attacks in Colombia attributed to different dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla group.