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Quinton Amundson · October 10, 2025
There is a neat story behind how Alphonsus Carr was bestowed his given name over 80 years ago.
Cindy Wooden · October 10, 2025
The apostolic exhortation "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You") on the Church's love for the poor, "is Pope Leo's document. It is the magisterium of the Church," despite being begun begun by Pope Francis, said Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Judith Sudilovsky · October 10, 2025
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem welcomed "with joy" the announcement of an initial agreement between Hamas and Israel in an Oct. 9 statement, but also stressed the "absolute urgency" for the "immediate" and "unconditional" entry of humanitarian relief and sufficient aid into Gaza.
1960s’ sexual revolution still reverberates
Canada’s total fertility rate (TFR) has sunk to an all-time low for a third year in a row.
Harry McAvoy · October 10, 2025
While performing my duties as Sacristan or ‘altar grandpa’ in St. Joseph’s chapel, at Holy Cross Cemetery, I noticed a woman staring at me. As I was setting up for a funeral Mass, our eyes connected on a few occasions.
Barefoot and Preaching
Be courageous in trusting yourself
Leah Perrault · October 10, 2025
My whole life, I have been a doer. I love to roll up my sleeves. Tackle a big job. Make things happen. I love this about me, and I think it is safe to say that others often appreciate it too. And, there are many times in life where that is neither my job nor what is needed.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · October 10, 2025
What does it mean to be created in God’s image? We know from Genesis 1.27 that people are created in God’s image. However, since God is unseen and unseeable, our response to this question must necessarily be the result of groping in the darkness.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · October 10, 2025
Happy Month of the Holy Rosary! The Holy Rosary is the solution. To what, you ask? To whatever problem you might have.
Benefits, risks to be examined in conversation on ethical and moral leadership
Quinton Amundson · October 11, 2025
St. Mary’s University and the Diocese of Calgary are joining forces to advance the conversation about Catholic ethical and moral leadership on artificial intelligence with an Oct. 17 and 18 symposium titled “AI Is Transforming Society: Are Catholics Ready?”
Paulina Guzik · October 14, 2025
Scenes of joy, relief and tearful welcomes flooded media across the world Oct. 13 as the remaining Israeli hostages were freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.
Kate Scanlon · October 14, 2025
President Donald Trump said during a meeting in Egypt on Oct. 13 that "phase two has started" of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in response to a question from a reporter about when the next stage of negotiations would begin.
Luke Mandato · October 14, 2025
The divine drama of the Toronto Blue Jays' current postseason run isn’t lost on Fr. Terrence “Terry” McKenna, who continues to support his favourite team and find spiritual echoes hidden on baseball's grandest stages.
Quinton Amundson · October 14, 2025
Non-profits raising awareness about human trafficking have pressed Canadian politicians for over a year to implement a renewed national strategy as the previous countrywide plan expired at the end of 2024.
Cindy Wooden · October 14, 2025
Making the first state visit of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV met Italian President Sergio Mattarella and spoke of common concerns, including war, migration, ecology and Italy's declining birthrate.
Carol Glatz · October 15, 2025
Power, possessions and rank do not satisfy the deep desire for real meaning in life, Pope Leo XIV said.
Catholic Register Staff · October 15, 2025
Text of Pope Leo’s Oct. 10 address to a delegation of Aid to the Church in Need.
Quinton Amundson · October 15, 2025
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) president Pierre Goudreault lauds Pope Leo XIV’s maiden apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”) as a “great contribution to the theology of revelation of God” and “the social teaching of the Church.”
Gaza pastor has hope for future, but ‘it will take a long time’
Paulina Guzik · October 15, 2025
Historic momentum is felt across the Middle East as tens of thousands of Palestinians started to make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza Strip.
‘Canada must do better’
Luke Stocking · October 15, 2025
Our mission at Development & Peace - Caritas Canada is to address the root causes of poverty, oppression and inequality by working with partners in the global south and mobilizing Canadians in the common struggle for justice & dignity.
Church on the Street
‘Our story is not just about pain; it’s about rising’
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · October 15, 2025
When we first met in a downtown shelter, she was only sixteen and had been sent to Toronto from northern Canada for treatment at a health clinic. Soon she was on the streets of the city with drug and emotional problems and ended up in the shelter where we met.