November 2025

CNEWA pledges support for Eastern Catholics at Ottawa gala evening

Susan Korah · November 13, 2025

The Light in the East benefit gala held in Ottawa on November 7 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian wing of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) pontifical charity.

From Cardinal Leo’s address at the Cardinal’s Dinner

Catholic Register Staff · November 13, 2025

An excerpt from Cardinal Leo’s Nov. 5 address at the annual Cardinal’s Dinner in Toronto.

St. Michael’s standing with Christians for Red Wednesday

Luke Mandato · November 14, 2025

St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica is set to be illuminated red later this week as Aid to the Church in Need Canada’s Red Wednesday Mass is commemorated in downtown Toronto, signalling the church as a visual testament of support for millions of persecuted Christians around the world.

Modern science meets ancient wisdom

Donna Fagan · November 14, 2025

The story of medieval medicine shares a surprising connection with St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) who as a doctor of the Church is one of the Church’s most remarkable figures. Her life and writings reveal how spiritual insight, natural science and healing wisdom were deeply intertwined long before the modern age.

Turning against parents is breaking down kids

Andrea Mrozek · November 14, 2025

Turning Point (Charlie Kirk). Breaking Point (a new book by John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker). These terms used on the right and the left speak to a need for societal change.

Prayer life must begin in our home life

Elizabeth Scalia · November 14, 2025

Parents, please: Pray with your children, at least the "big three" prayers. Memorized prayers are foundational, giving your kids a starting point — the words with which to begin, when they find themselves really needing and wanting to turn to God.

Toronto pilgrims finding peace, clarity

Quinton Amundson · November 14, 2025

Louie Di Benedetto has made four trips to Rome in his life, and each time has featured visits to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. In fact, during one of his journeys to the City of Seven Hills, he made several visits over two weeks to experience the enormous art collection amassed by the popes over the centuries.

Renew Toronto set to bring hundreds closer to Christ

Luke Mandato · November 15, 2025

The Archdiocese of Toronto’s largest Catholic young adult conference is returning this month, with Renew Toronto 2025 set to draw in crowds of more than 700 across Christ the King weekend for praise, worship and communal fellowship.

Tumult gives way to pilgrims' peace

Quinton Amundson · November 15, 2025

Sharing that it has “been a tumultuous few years,” Paula Ducepec knew she needed restful, rejuvenating experiences.

Pope Leo returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada

Cindy Wooden · November 15, 2025

Pope Leo XIV fulfilled a promise made by the late Pope Francis to return to Canada's Indigenous communities artifacts -- including an Inuit kayak, masks, moccasins and etchings -- that have been held by the Vatican for more than 100 years.

St. Vincent de Paul comes to St. Mary’s U

Students share courage, compassion of French founders 192 years ago

Quinton Amundson · November 16, 2025

It has been 192 years since Frédéric Ozanam and his friends founded the Conference of Charity — which would become the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) — at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1833.

A day of gifts and giving back

Quinton Amundson · November 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV welcomed CCCB representatives to Rome and gifted 62 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican Museums' ethnological collections for transfer to National Indigenous Organizations (NIOs).

Pilgrims' faith deepened in Rome

Quinton Amundson · November 17, 2025

All throughout the Archdiocese of Toronto Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome, sojourners from Canada’s largest Catholic community expressed that the week was grounding and spiritually transformative.

Pregnant mom uncovers late-term abortions

Anna Farrow · November 19, 2025

Two years ago, a visibly pregnant pro-life activist undertook an undercover operation in abortion clinics in several Canadian cities. Her mission was to gather evidence on whether or not late-term abortions are routinely procured by Canadian women regardless of medical justification.

Doctors alarmed by Health Canada’s push for MAiD talks with patients

Terry O'Neill · November 19, 2025

Canadian doctors who oppose euthanasia are sounding the alarm about governmental pressure on health professionals to initiate MAiD discussions with their ailing patients.

Pope's first trip to focus on religious harmony, peacemaking

Cindy Wooden · November 20, 2025

By choosing to make his first trip as Pope to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will shine a huge spotlight on the faith Christians share and on the yearnings for peace and prosperity common to all people.

German Christmas market reopens with 'security,' 'preserving tradition' as main goals

Katarzyna Szalajko · November 20, 2025

Christmas markets, long considered the lively heart of Advent in Germany, are facing new uncertainty this year as towns grapple with tighter security rules and rising public anxiety.

Holy is Mary’s pain of Motherhood

Joseph Woodard · November 20, 2025

The mystery of the Jesus Christ, fully God and Perfect Man, has always been a paradox, a true mystery. How could the Creator of the entire Universe become an infinitesimally tiny piece of the universe He created.

Culture à la Carte

Don’t be fooled by the organ grinder

Sr. Helena Burns · November 20, 2025

In theory, the idea of organ donations is laudable. In current practice, it is condemnable. The demand for organs is insatiable and highly profitable. Injured or ailing individuals and families are pressured mercilessly to not allow themselves or their loved ones the time or resources to heal, but to instantly give up and “be a hero” by choosing to donate their organs.

Halifax church set to get new life

Affordable housing project planned for St. Theresa's

Luke Mandato · November 21, 2025

Hope is slowly building in a project that looks to bring forth a solution to homelessness in Halifax through the renewed rubble of a former Catholic church.