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Gina Christian, Paulina Guzik · November 21, 2025
As media reports spread that the new peace proposal for Ukraine drafted by the Trump administration could envision the country ceding territory and limiting the size of its military in exchange for security guarantees from the United States, a Ukrainian bishop said the immediate reaction of his people was that it was "fake news" and that "they could not believe it."
Paulina Guzik and Jonathan Luxmoore · November 21, 2025
Two Belarusian Catholic priests listed as political prisoners of the regime were freed Nov. 20, following the October visit of papal envoy to the country.
Catholic Register Staff · November 21, 2025
Bishop Stephen Hero has been named the new Archbishop of Edmonton.
Message from Cardinal Frank Leo for World Youth Day Nov. 23 including an invitation to the Renew Toronto Conference November 21-23
Luke Mandato · November 21, 2025
With more than two decades of service supporting a mixture of human rights and environmental justice in her native Brazil, Sister Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso has become the voice of the Canadian Jesuits International’s Women at the Heart of Justice campaign
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · November 21, 2025
This week, 100-plus Jubilee pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Toronto return to their home lives after seven faith filled days accompanying Cardinal Frank Leo to Rome.
Billed as an event to help connect the dots for those facing life-limiting illness and death in an effort to better navigate health care and community services, Compassionate Hamilton leaned into its triple-threat mission of raising awareness, educating and connecting existing resources to fill gaps in Hamilton’s support network for those in need.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · November 21, 2025
The poor are our brothers and sisters. While we talk about seeing Christ in the poor, we can also see the poor as estranged family members.
Nicholas Elbers · November 21, 2025
By any standard, the VANSPEC Alumni Association’s rainy pilgrimage to Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral wasn’t lengthy — a total of 30 minutes if everything went well: five wet blocks to the bus stop, 10 minutes on transit and another five damp blocks to the cathedral.
Rome pilgrimage was lots of walking, little sleep, and deepening Catholic faith
Quinton Amundson · November 22, 2025
From Nov. 10 to 17, Cardinal Frank Leo, with helping hands from Connaissance Travel, guided 108 Catholics from the Archdiocese of Toronto on a Jubilee Pilgrimage to the Eternal City. The Catholic Register’s Quinton Amundson accompanied the expectant travellers from the departure gate in Pearson Airport to their faith-renewed return flight home.
Fr. Prakash Anthony Lohale · November 22, 2025
In a world increasingly defined by metrics and algorithms, the human person can easily be reduced to a data point. This is perhaps most tragically true for the poor, who are often discussed in terms of statistics, poverty lines, and percentages.
Gina Christian · November 22, 2025
Artificial intelligence can provide both "great opportunities" and "great dangers" —as well as "an evangelical opportunity" for the church, a moral theologian and ethicist advised the nation's Catholic bishops.
Caroline de Sury · November 23, 2025
At just 29, Sr. Albertine Debacker is proving that habit and hashtag can go hand in hand.
New program marks first year of healing
Sheila Nonato, Catholic Register Special · November 23, 2025
The Be Sober mission, a groundbreaking grassroots Catholic sobriety program run by the Institute of the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ at St. Ann’s Parish in Hamilton, Ont., celebrated its first year anniversary this fall.
Cindy Wooden · November 24, 2025
When Christians recite the Creed, it should prompt an examination of conscience about what they truly believe and what kind of example of faith in God they give to others, Pope Leo XIV wrote.
Ngala Killian Chimton · November 24, 2025
During the Nov. 23 Angelus prayer, Pope Leo XIV appealed for the release of over 300 children and teachers abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria.
Cindy Wooden · November 25, 2025
The foundation of sacramental marriage is the unity of the spouses, a bond so intense and grace-filled that it is exclusive and indissoluble, said a document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Pastoral letter calls for solidarity with those in need
Quinton Amundson · November 25, 2025
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (CCCB) Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace is striving to chart a promising path forward with its release of a pastoral letter on Nov. 16, the World Day of the Poor.
Catholic Register Staff · November 25, 2025
The Quebec government will be expanding its secularism rules across public institutions in a new bill that is expected to be tabled Thursday.
Cindy Wooden · November 27, 2025
Pope Leo XIV began his first papal trip speaking of dialogue, peace and thanksgiving -- referring to both the holiday and his own gratitude.