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Sheila Nonato · October 30, 2025
A year and a half after her stunning Catholic conversion and miraculous healing from terminal cancer, Canadian podcaster Tammy Peterson’s story of faith, hope and transformation continues to inspire.
Catholic Register Staff · October 30, 2025
Text of an Oct. 20 Faith Matters column by Bishop Gerard Bergie of the Diocese of St. Catharines promoting Pope Leo’s first Apostolic Exhortation.
Jonathan Luxmoore · October 30, 2025
As St. John Henry Newman is proclaimed a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, staff and students at his old university will be counting on a boost of confidence for Oxford’s once-excluded Catholics.
Fredrick Nzwili · October 30, 2025
As a paramilitary group announced the capture of el-Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, Catholic Church leaders amplified calls for the protection of "forgotten" civilians -- including thousands of children -- trapped in the western Sudanese city.
Editorial
Jason Adkins · October 30, 2025
A guest editorial by podcaster Jason Adkins argues for restoring the original feast day of Christ the King to publicly demonstrate His Kingship in Catholic lives.
Faith-based programs prepare for increased need as long, cold winter returns
Luke Mandato · October 31, 2025
Blue Door’s Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold program has opened its seasonal housing services across faith-based sites in York Region in the face of a weakening economy and rising homelessness, all while winter looms closer.
John Knebels · October 31, 2025
Each time Toronto Blue Jays first-base coach Mark Budzinski steps onto the field during this year's riveting World Series, he does so as a man who knows that faith, not fame, defines his life.
In Loving Memory prayer service offers reflective, sombre, prayerful experience
Together in Worship Canada’s inaugural In Loving Memory choral prayer service at St. Paul’s Basilica Nov. 4 aims to unite the community in remembrance with hopes of making it an annual tradition of solace and sacred music.
Quinton Amundson · October 31, 2025
The Department of Finance has declined to clearly state whether pro-life non-profits will retain or lose their privileged charitable status in the 2025 federal budget to be tabled Nov. 4.
Jesus knew well the power of narrative
Mary Marrocco · October 31, 2025
A person who’s been through such shattering experiences might well feel broken into unconnected bits and pieces. Not having a narrative that brings the bits together is itself an anguish. We need to know our story, even in an incomplete way; learning and telling that story helps brings beauty and meaning to our lives.
Joseph Woodard · October 31, 2025
Don’t look now, but Advent is already coming around again. And whatever scientists say, time is not linear, not a straight line from birth to death. It’s always looping back to decisive personal moments, the natural calendar, and liturgical seasons such as Advent