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Luke Mandato · September 15, 2025
The Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Catholic Youth is seeing a broad surge in youth engagement across the archdiocese, evident in the more than 540 participants for workshops at its recent Elevate training days.
Quinton Amundson · September 16, 2025
Though Canadians have long supported a robust immigration system, cracks in that support have been growing over at least the past year.
Safeguards for vulnerable populations never came to fruition, service expanded, Cardus study finds
Packed with statistical data points, a new research report from the non-partisan Cardus think tank starkly suggests the reality of the Canadian medical assistance in dying (MAiD) regime for vulnerable populations has been significantly more outsized than predicted in the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that decriminalized euthanasia.
New book gives insights into Leo XIV’s thoughts on papacy, the world around him
Carol Glatz · September 16, 2025
Humanity has the potential to overcome the violence and hatred that is increasingly dividing people, Pope Leo XIV said in an excerpt from his first interview as Pope.
Carol Glatz · September 17, 2025
Great spiritual traditions and mature critical thinking enable humanity to go beyond ethnicities, clans and cliques, which recognize only those who are similar and reject those who are different, Pope Leo XIV said.
Canadian Catholic News · September 17, 2025
In the spirit of the Jubilee Year of Hope, 25 young adults from across the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s West Deanery walked over 14 kilometres to visit five parishes, joining a larger trend of urban pilgrimages.
Quinton Amundson · September 17, 2025
Discerning that “the sleeping giant of men, especially in the Catholic Church, are being awakened to their noble calling in God,” Devin Schadt has authored a book to help these men live out their commission as honourable husbands and fathers.
Catholic Register Staff · September 17, 2025
An excerpt from Cardinal Francis Leo’s messages for the Sept. 29 Solemnity of St. Michael Archangel and the Novena to St. Michael from September 20 to September 28.
Catholic News Service · September 17, 2025
The text from Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 17, 2025 general audience given in St. Peter's Square.
OSV News · September 17, 2025
The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need expressed its "deep concern and solidarity" with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on the night of Sept. 8-9 in Ntoyo in the area of St. Joseph of Manguredjipa Catholic Parish, which is in the Congolese province of North Kivu.
As tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing their homes as Israel launched a major new ground offensive in Gaza City, Pope Leo XIV expressed his "profound closeness to the Palestinian people in Gaza."
Cindy Wooden · September 18, 2025
Clerical sexual abuse continues to be "a real crisis," one that the Catholic Church still must learn to deal with, particularly in improving the way it helps survivors while also ensuring the rights of the accused are respected, Pope Leo XIV said.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · September 18, 2025
There’s a well-known joke about a reckless taxi driver and an overzealous priest arriving at the gates of Heaven. They are greeted by St. Peter who grants the driver immediate access, while only a conditional acceptance of the priest.
Andrea Mrozek · September 18, 2025
Screens were in two waiting rooms at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario during a recent appointment for my daughter.
Church on the Street
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · September 18, 2025
I have often wondered as I walk on the streets of downtown Toronto on Thursday evenings what memories the streets would leave with someone who is experiencing this area of the city for the first time as darkness descends.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · September 18, 2025
Utah Governor Spencer Cox deserves credit for courage and honesty in calling for “moral clarity” following the spine-chilling cheering of activist Charlie Kirk’s cold-blooded murder.
Barefoot and Preaching
Living into the joy makes it easier to find in difficult time
Leah Perrault · September 19, 2025
Harvest is stretching into September on the Prairies. The labour is long awaited, bringing home what is hoped for and sustaining life for another year. This weekend, I surprised my daughter with a trip to one of her favourite places – the airport.
Luke Mandato · September 19, 2025
St. Basil’s Parish in Ottawa, for the UN international Day of Peace Sept. 21, is hosting an exhibit that depicts the bleak aftermath of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a remindier of the need for a peaceful future.
Catholic Register Staff · September 19, 2025
Register staff take a closer look at the homelessness crisis across Canada as well as the recent report by Cardus on MAiD.
Gina Christian · September 19, 2025
An independent United Nations inquiry commission has concluded Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, but a "serious weakness" in the UN's Security Council could prevent taking action in accord with the Genocide Convention, said Fr. Elias D. Mallon.