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Canadian Physicians for Life takes doctors "to the trenches" to make a difference
Quinton Amundson · October 16, 2025
Each day in her role as executive director of Canadian Physicians for Life (CPL), Nicole Scheidl is energized and inspired by “seeing the impact of the education we’re doing” and “talking to physicians in the trenches actually making a difference.”
Leonard J. Delorenzo · October 16, 2025
Why do we suffer? How does God allow it? Where is God when we hurt? These are typical questions of theodicy: the attempt to account for God's goodness in the midst of evil.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · October 16, 2025
I have been a fan of the CBC TV show Still Standing since I first stumbled on it several years ago while channel surfing. I lingered, admittedly, because I recognized the host, Jonny Harris, from Murdoch Mysteries, and even though I planned to move on I found that I couldn’t turn away.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · October 16, 2025
Fyodor Dostoevsky never said or wrote the words attributed to him that “Beauty will save the world” but the thought contains such hope that it seems suited to a writer of his genius.
Cindy Wooden · October 16, 2025
"Allowing millions of human beings to live—and die—as victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical fault," Pope Leo XIV said on World Food Day.
Kate Scanlon · October 16, 2025
Immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in the U.S. are among those impacted by immigration enforcement policy, advocates and analysts told OSV News.
Seeker to Sent eases burden of RCIA planning
Nicholas Elbers · October 16, 2025
For years, the unsung heroes who accompany newcomers in the Catholic faith — parish coordinators of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) — have wrestled with the dense, official manual known as the “blue book.”
OSV News · October 16, 2025
Patriarchs and heads of the churches in Jerusalem said in a joint Oct. 14 statement they "rejoice at the recent enactment of the ceasefire in Gaza, and the release of those held captive," which they hailed as "auspicious moment," noting "the work of peacebuilding has only just begun."
Catholic Register Staff · October 17, 2025
Explore the newest peace deal in the Middle East, the Pope's first exhortation Dilexi Te, and the Blue Jays' spiritual battle.
Luke Mandato · October 17, 2025
Salt and Light Media is preparing to air a short documentary film capturing the humble "yes" of Cardinal Francis Leo.
But esteemed Catholic ethicist vows to stay active in the field
Quinton Amundson · October 17, 2025
After 21 years of leadership, Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute (CCBI) executive director Dr. Moira McQueen has decided to step down.
Archdiocese of Toronto remains committed to developing relations
For 50 years, the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto (CJDT) has been on the forefront in strengthening interfaith relations through unity and ongoing discussion.
Despite cost uncertainty, changing plans
Luke Mandato · October 18, 2025
Despite years of compounding, soaring costs, St. Patrick’s Parish in Brampton, Ont., is pressing on with its Loaves and Fishes Campaign to fulfill dreams for a vibrant Catholic future for the parish.
Quinton Amundson · October 18, 2025
A Grow Hope program in Saskatchewan seemed like a natural idea after observing the early, budding success of the initiative in neighbouring Manitoba in 2015, which was started by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Manitoba in partnership with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Artel Farms.
Carol Glatz · October 20, 2025
Canonizing seven new saints on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said God is present wherever the innocent suffer, and his form of justice is forgiveness.
Quinton Amundson · October 20, 2025
Calgary Bishop William McGrattan said the Church cannot ignore the profound implications of the rapidly advancing technological revolution that is artificial intelligence.
Anna Farrow · October 20, 2025
Montreal’s Our Lady of Consolata Church was filled on Saturday, Oct. 18 by parishioners, priests, religious sisters and many bishops for the funeral of Francesco Leo, father of Toronto’s Cardinal Francis Leo.
“The danger isn’t that AI will suddenly wake up, it’s that we’ll forget that it hasn’t.”
Religious freedom eroded in subtle ways states Aid to Church in Need
Susan Korah · October 21, 2025
In a world marked by instability, political polarization, violence and economic hardship, religious persecution is on the rise in scale and intensity, and Canada is not immune, says the latest report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).
Quinton Amundson · October 21, 2025
Liberal MP Karina Gould, the chair of the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance, is signalling the charitable status of faith-driven non-profits will not be revoked in the budget her party’s government is set to unveil on Nov. 4.