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Sr. Helena Burns · December 5, 2025
Have you ever wondered what Christmas is like in the convent? Grab a cup of hot chocolate and I’ll give you a peek into the inner be-jingled sanctum!
The Mustard Seed
The force that unifies truth, goodness
Glen Argan · December 5, 2025
The root of the Church’s inability to adequately evangelize the Western world is that we are so full of truth and goodness that we have forgotten beauty. In that, we resemble the modern world we sometimes criticize. Beauty has been sacrificed to function and efficiency in architecture, ritual and thought.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · December 5, 2025
Compos mentis Canadians will intellectually and instinctively agree that efforts to counter willful promotion of hatred – though outright elimination might prove impossible – deserve country-wide support.
Gary Langen looks to provide for son even when he’s passed
Luke Mandato · December 6, 2025
Tyler lives with severe cerebral palsy and a seizure disorder he was diagnosed with shortly after his birth. Now 40 years old, there has never been a moment in his life when his father was not there to look after him.
Questioning Faith
We are all in need of mercy
Mary Marrocco · December 6, 2025
Human dignity is restored to someone shattered. A dead relationship comes to life. A broken person is made whole. How does it happen?
Quinton Amundson · December 7, 2025
Calls to the Canadian Human Trafficking hotline have nearly doubled from 2,600 in 2020 to 5,100 in 2024, according to new research released by the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT).
Peter Stockland · December 8, 2025
A deeply prayerful celebration greeted the return of 62 Indigenous artifacts to Canada from the Vatican at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport Dec. 6.
Cindy Wooden · December 8, 2025
Preparing the way of the Lord means taking concrete steps to help usher in God's kingdom of peace, Pope Leo XIV said on his first Advent Sunday back at the Vatican after his trip to Turkey and Lebanon.
Caroline de Sury · December 8, 2025
Notre Dame de Paris celebrated the first anniversary of its reopening Dec. 7 with a major milestone: more than 11 million people have visited the iconic cathedral in the past 12 months.
Quinton Amundson · December 8, 2025
The Archdiocese of St. John’s ongoing insolvency restructuring will undergo multiple significant developments in the second half of December.
Quinton Amundson · December 9, 2025
Remarks made by multiple Liberal MPs and a Bloc Québécois representative in the House of Commons signal the two federal parties are poised to vote against Bill C-218, which aims to stop approval of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness starting on March 17, 2027.
Luke Mandato · December 9, 2025
Dr. David Deane offers a reminder that Advent is not a mere warm-up act before Christmas, but rather the Church’s annual rebellion against a world that has forgotten how to wait for Christ.
Judith Sudilovsky · December 9, 2025
Bethlehem rejoiced with the festive celebration of lighting of a 20-metre Christmas tree at the edge of Manger Square Dec. 6 for the first time since December 2022 and the start of Israel-Hamas war 10 months later.
Carol Glatz · December 9, 2025
Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated the importance of dialogue and his hopes for a just and lasting peace in the region.
Kate Scanlon · December 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with Politico published Dec. 9 that he would be open to meeting with Pope Leo XIV and responded to the pontiff's pushback to his immigration policy.
Fr. Andrew Onuferko beheld the terrible sounds, sights and pervasive climate of fear of the Russo-Ukrainian war during his visit to Lviv, the largest city in the key Lviv Oblast region of western Ukraine.
Quinton Amundson · December 10, 2025
Liberal MPs on the justice and human rights committee voted Tuesday evening to approve a controversial Bloc Québécois amendment to Bill C-9 that removes the religious speech defence from Canada’s hate speech law.
Fredrick Nzwili · December 11, 2025
A Catholic bishop in South Sudan appealed for peace, respect of human life and the protection of civilians in Sudan, as the town of Kalogi, South Kordofan region, reeled from the deaths of over 100 people killed in drone strikes.
Catholic Register Staff · December 11, 2025
Excerpt from Cardinal Francis Leo’s letter of support for the CCCB’s concern about federal Bill C-9, and an edited text of the CCCB letter.
Luke Mandato · December 11, 2025
Even before Ontario’s Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act, was officially passed Nov. 20, the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association had voiced concerns about the problems it could cause and the lack of input from its members.