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Sr. Helena Burns · November 6, 2025
Do you remember the number one fear we had when the Digital Revolution began? I do. When we saw our beloved books, indispensable reference tomes, and vital paper documents migrating to online spaces.
Luke Mandato · November 7, 2025
Toronto's St. Helen’s Parish is preparing to celebrate a major anniversary Nov. 9, with a bilingual Mass officially commemorating the church’s century and a half as a pillar of some of Toronto’s oldest Catholic communities.
Junno Arocho Esteves · November 7, 2025
The Diocese of Auchi, Nigeria, announced the death of a young seminarian who, along with two fellow seminarians, was kidnapped by bandits in July.
Catholic Register Staff · November 8, 2025
One City of Vaughan firefighter’s refusal to be vaccinated for COVID on the basis of religion/creed has been validated by an arbitrator, while a second firefighter’s case has been denied.
In this, the 80th year since the cessation of hostilities that brought an end to the Second World War, The Catholic Register goes back to its Nov. 10 and 17, 1945 issues and reprints two pieces to mark Remembrance Day.
Cindy Wooden · November 10, 2025
In many ways, the Catholic Church is always a "construction site" where God is constantly shaping its members who must dig deep and work diligently but patiently, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo XIV chooses St. Francis of Assisi as laundries namesake
Paulina Guzik · November 10, 2025
During the pontificate of Pope Francis, the papal laundries for the poor were traditionally named after the pope. Pope Leo XIV asked that during his pontificate, they be named after St. Francis of Assisi.
The Vatican press office confirmed the Pontifical Swiss Guard is investigating an incident involving one of the guards who has been accused of making an antisemitic gesture.
Quinton Amundson · November 10, 2025
A survey jointly released by the Cardus think tank and the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) on Nov. 6 indicates 18 per cent of 5,000 surveyed Canadians identify as religiously committed, significantly less than the 37 per cent of the 5,000 polled Americans.
Junno Arocho Esteves · November 11, 2025
A new documentary released by the Vatican on Pope Leo XIV's early life is more than just a film about the life of the new pope, but the story of an ordinary person who answered a calling to serve the church, said Vatican News journalist Salvatore Cernuzio.
Star-studded thriller hoping to prompt questions about past and present
Katie Yoder · November 12, 2025
A new thriller about the Nuremberg trials held to prosecute high-ranking Nazi Germany officials following World War II wrestles with the capacity of ordinary men to commit extraordinary evil.
Quinton Amundson · November 12, 2025
A Catholic house of worship is set to remain in the small fishing town of Portugal Cove South forevermore.
Cindy Wooden · November 12, 2025
Being a Christian means recognizing every person as a brother or sister and always being ready to lend a helping hand, Pope Leo XIV said.
Jesus did not appear to a woman in Dozulé, France, in the 1970s, and the messages she claimed to receive, including about Jesus' second coming, are misleading and twist central Christian teachings, said the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Gina Christian · November 12, 2025
Catholic bishops in the Caribbean are calling for dialogue, cooperation and calm amid rising geopolitical tensions that have seen a U.S. military buildup in the region.
Leonard J. DeLorenzo · November 13, 2025
In the Annunciation, Mary becomes the new mercy seat, the throne where God comes to dwell with His people. Her womb is the first throne of the Son of God in this world. Then, by the wondrous exchange effected in God's beautiful love, that same woman who made of herself a throne for the Almighty is, in the end, crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Quinton Amundson · November 13, 2025
Travelling in the company of Cardinal Francis Leo, 108 Catholics from 40 different Archdiocese of Toronto parishes landed in Rome Nov. 11 for a week-long Jubilee pilgrimage.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · November 13, 2025
We’ve done our share of criticizing the federal Liberal government for its miscues, pratfalls and headscratchers over the years. Fairness, decency and Catholic charity demand giving credit where it’s due.
Wilfrid and Jean Guthrie, a couple who will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary in December, were told in advance of their participation in the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Jubilee Pilgrimage that they would be made different by their time in Rome.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · November 13, 2025
Time and time again, Christ asks us to be present; to engage the world and strive for good. He urges us not to judge but to embrace; to honour not to idolize; to welcome not to shun. He asks us to wait for him, to be ready when He calls, but also to be engaged and active in our faith, so that we are worthy when He calls. So, what are you waiting for?