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Judith Sudilovsky, OSV News · October 4, 2025
The last time peace activist and social entrepreneur Maoz Inon spoke to his father was at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2023, after he posted on the family chat about missiles falling and sounds of war all around them in Netiv Ha'asara, the Israeli farming community closest to the Gaza border.
Humble school a refuge and means of evangelization in war-torn country
OSV News · October 5, 2025
The Central African Republic is one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world. For years, it has been ravaged by civil war, tribal conflicts and a lack of prospects for young people. It was here that a Capuchin priest decided to start something that might have sounded too crazy to many — a music school.
Luke Mandato · October 5, 2025
Bishop Joseph Dabrowski has officially launched his newest vision for the Diocese of Charlottetown, with opportunities for prayer, a missionary spirit and evangelization at the forefront of the Catholic community's latest plan for pastoral renewal.
Quinton Amundson · October 6, 2025
Hundreds of pro-life champions in Calgary convened on Oct. 5 for the annual Life Chain public witness and prayer demonstration, one of 350 such one-hour sidewalk gatherings staged across Canada.
Judith Sudilovsky · October 6, 2025
As indirect ceasefire talks began in Egypt between Israel and Hamas Oct. 6 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt — aimed at finalizing a ceasefire deal based on a proposal from U.S. President Donald Trump — the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem lauded it as an "important and long-awaited first step."
Cindy Wooden · October 6, 2025
The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago "was inhuman and indefensible," the Vatican secretary of state said, and Israel's two-year-long war on Gaza has had "disastrous and inhuman consequences."
Quinton Amundson · October 7, 2025
A piece of legislation drawing concern from various civil liberty groups and online rights organizations over the potential threats it poses to individual Canadians’ telephone and Internet access passed second reading in the House of Commons on Oct. 3.
Cindy Wooden · October 7, 2025
Pope Leo XIV's first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, the Vatican press office announced.
Luke Mandato · October 7, 2025
As Catholics joined Canadians nationwide in marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Sept. 30, and the following weekend in supporting the Church's Indigenous Reconciliation Fund (IRF) collection, many are seeing how Pope Francis' penitential pilgrimage continues to resonate.
Mickey Conlon · October 8, 2025
Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list soon include Donald Trump?
Carol Glatz · October 8, 2025
Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious their journey, Pope Leo XIV said.
Canadian Catholic News · October 8, 2025
Kevin Keech never expected a detour into the Catholic Church when he first pursued a career in policing, let alone a call to serve at the altar.
Sr. Teresita Kambeitz, OSU · October 8, 2025
“When I grow up, I want to have 500 kids,” announced five-year-old Celeste Goulet. “Then you’ll have to become a Sister,” answered her mother.
For 45 years, she’s dedicated her life in aid of refugees
Luke Mandato · October 8, 2025
Even 45 years later, Diane Dicks can still remember exactly where she was when the Lord called to her and cemented her firmly on a path toward a lifetime of service.
Gina Christian · October 9, 2025
In his first apostolic exhortation, Pope Leo XIV has taken up the call of Pope Francis for Christians to see in the poor the very face of Christ — and to be a Church that "walks poor with the poor" in order to authentically live out the Gospel.
Kate Scanlon · October 9, 2025
Israel and Hamas "have both signed off" on the first phase of a White House peace proposal for Gaza, U.S. President Donald Trump said late Oct. 8 in a social media post.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · October 9, 2025
Eman Badah, 31, gave birth a few days ago and while her premature son lies in an intensive care unit, she and her husband live in a bombed-out Gaza building with an insect-infested tent for a toilet.
Luke Mandato · October 9, 2025
Raised on a history of mission in Africa, Fidei Donum priests are one of the global Church's best-kept secrets.
Catholic Register Staff · October 9, 2025
Excerpt from Pope Leo’s message delivered Oct. 5 in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of the Missionary World and the Jubilee of Migrants.
Register staff explore the breaking news of a potential ceasefire in Gaza, Conlon’s latest column on the Nobel Peace Prize, and Amundson unpacks Canada’s plummeting fertility rates and the contradiction of federal policies funding abortion and MAiD while chasing population growth.