October 2025

Persecuted Nigerian Christians seek world's prayers

Quinton Amundson · October 1, 2025

Fr. Oliver Ortese has a message for Catholics and Christians around the world who stand in solidarity with persecuted Nigerian Christians.

God never gives up on his children, even when they fail, Pope Leo says

Carol Glatz · October 1, 2025

Sharing the joy of being loved by God despite one's human flaws is the mission of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV said.

World must recommit to peace, justice, truth, Vatican diplomat tells UN

Gina Christian · October 1, 2025

As the world grapples with "mounting challenges," the global community must "recommit to the foundational pillars" of peace, justice and truth, learning from history and building a more equitable future, a top Vatican diplomat told the United Nations.

Prayer group connects men in God’s oneness

Overarching aim is to be more like Jesus

Luke Mandato · October 1, 2025

Freshly-brewed coffee awaited a group of Christian men from different denominations, tired in body but alive in spirit, as they funnelled in to join in Iris Ministries’ inaugural Men’s Breakfast gathering.

Cardinal Leo’s message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Catholic Register Staff · October 1, 2025

Cardinal Archbishop Frank Leo’s message for the Oct. 5 World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Rescuing Catholic education from Progressive politics

Free our young from the State’s lust for power

Joe Woodard · October 2, 2025

Reading classics such as Anne of Green Gables, Farmer Boy, or To Kill a Mockingbird, some parents meditate on the adolescents portrayed—teenagers eager to master the virtues of free, responsible citizens. We wonder if our schools are getting it wrong.

‘Feed on this bread of angels’

Donna Fagan · October 2, 2025

The debate of ideas has always been part of the human exchange whether it is over a good cup of coffee, a beer or a drink of scotch. Whatever it is, wherever it is, the luxury of speaking openly seems to have shifted a little in this year of 2025.

An unlikely meeting of minds: Leonard Cohen and St. Paul

Quinton Amundson · October 2, 2025

Dr. Matthew Anderson is drawn to uncovering unlikely connections.

Camino pilgrimage renews B.C. Catholic school leaders in hope

Canadian Catholic News · October 2, 2025

At the Spanish hostel called St. Alba, a simple, unmistakable moment crystallized Camino pilgrim Brenda Krivuzoff’s purpose as an educator and as principal of St. Mary’s Elementary School in Vancouver during the Jubilee Year of Hope.

Migrants, refugees are models of hope, faith, Pope says

Cindy Wooden · October 2, 2025

Migrants and refugees often are "privileged witnesses of hope through their resilience and trust in God," Pope Leo XIV said.

Charities already feeling squeeze of postal strike

Luke Mandato · October 2, 2025

Catholic charities are once again bracing for another extended Canada Post strike, with the current action lining up rather inconveniently with the upcoming charitable giving season.

U.S. strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats raise just war concerns

Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News · October 2, 2025

Onscreen, the small and visibly speedy boat plows its way through the waves, while a glowing green title at the top of the frame reads "unclassified." Seconds later, the image — and the vessel with it — explode in a brilliant flash.

Editorial

Contempt for Christians

October 3, 2025

There is unquestionably some comfort in the federal justice department’s reassurance that, as the Register reports this week, churches and places of worship will be protected under Ottawa’s amped up anti-hate legislation.

Faith in the Skies. Men's Gatherings. The Football Field

Catholic Register Staff · October 3, 2025

Register staff discuss the dangerous skies in Africa for missionaries as well as the ongoing persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Also, a mens' prayer breakfast starts up as well as some faith and rivalry on the football field.

Stouffville cafe serves up Christian community

‘We make sure our hospitality is what Jesus would give people’

Luke Mandato · October 3, 2025

In the heart of downtown Stouffville, Ont., lies Saints on Main, a new Filipino-Canadian restaurant and bakery whose vibrant dishes and Christian hospitality have created a community living room where coffee, pizza and faith merge in uniting the community.

Pope Leo XIV prays for victims of deadly Philippines earthquake

Simone Orendain, OSV News · October 3, 2025

Pope Leo XIV said prayers for victims of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the central part of the Philippines that killed at least 72 people late Sept. 30, according to Archbishop Alberto Uy of Cebu.

British cardinal shocked by Manchester synagogue attack

OSV News · October 3, 2025

As England mourned an Oct. 2 terror attack on a Manchester synagogue, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of England and Wales bishops' conference, expressed his shock, assuring the Jewish community of his prayers.

Catholic schools must also bear the Cross

Miles Smit · October 4, 2025

As students have bid farewell to summer and settled back to school, Catholic education in Ontario may be at a crossroads.

Mission pilot flies not-so-friendly skies

But Dominic Villeneuve knows God has his back in dangerous undertaking

Quinton Amundson · October 4, 2025

Each day, Dominic Villeneuve extols God for accompanying him as he steps into a Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) plane to conduct humanitarian missions within the Democratic Republic of Congo.

All creatures reflect Creator's beauty

Annual Blessing of the Pets honours all creation

Luke Mandato · October 4, 2025

On Oct. 4, faithful from around the world recall the spirit of one of the faith’s most beloved saints, St. Francis of Assisi, who saw every creature as a reflection of divine goodness.