FREE access to the digital edition and archives until September 2. Click here. →
Browse › 2026 › January
Quinton Amundson · January 21, 2026
Upon Mark Carney’s formal entry into the Liberal Party leadership race almost exactly a year ago, supporters endorsed the eventual prime minister as a cosmopolitan man of the world.
Junno Arocho Esteves · January 21, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is currently evaluating an invitation by U.S. President Donald Trump to join his "Board of Peace," an international body chaired by the president to oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state said.
Kate Scanlon · January 22, 2026
The head of the U.S. military archdiocese said in a Jan. 18 radio interview that U.S. soldiers could in good conscience disobey orders to participate in an invasion of Greenland.
President Donald Trump ruled out the use of force to acquire Greenland in a Jan. 21 speech to the World Economic Forum, but he said the U.S. would still seek ownership of the country.
Cool as that seems, it’s not necessarily a good thing, says Randy Boyagoda
Luke Mandato · January 22, 2026
Randy Boyagoda has examined why Catholicism at large seems to have shifted in fashion — it's "cool again" as per a recent column he wrote — and why that isn’t automatically a “good” thing.
Catholic Register Staff · January 22, 2026
Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith’s January 8 letter to parishioners urging support for a bill to protect those with mental illness from medical assistance in dying.
Luke Stocking · January 22, 2026
“Peace is no longer sought as a gift and a desirable good in itself, or in the pursuit of the establishment of the ordered universe willed by God, with a more perfect form of justice among men and women. Instead, peace is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one’s own dominion. This gravely threatens the rule of law, which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence.”
Andrea Mrozek · January 22, 2026
Why do civilizations rise, flourish and fall? Is the decline and fall of the west inevitable? These are the central questions asked in a recently released documentary called Truth Rising.
'When freedom happens, people find Christ'
Quinton Amundson · January 23, 2026
Iran is home to the fastest-growing Christian movement in the world. Religious watchdogs, on-the-ground charitable organizations and even Reza Pahlavi, the exiled and dissident crown prince of Iran, have uttered this proclamation.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · January 23, 2026
Amid the global gore and Greenlandization of our current moment, fears about the image generator known as Grok offered by Elon Musk’s X might seem genuinely gratuitous.
Barefoot and Preaching
Leah Perrault · January 23, 2026
I work in a retreat centre, where people come to find space for quiet, for reflection, for rest. It’s an extraordinarily peaceful (and beautiful!) place.
Luke Mandato · January 23, 2026
With growth and fullness on the back of full parishes, rising vocations and a newly expanded mission in Quebec, the Ottawa-based Companions of the Cross enter the 2026 General Assembly not only to elect the order’s newest General Superior, but to discern how God continues its call to keep the Church explosively alive.
One parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto is taking step to relight the torch for Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga.
Quinton Amundson · January 24, 2026
More and more it's recognized in the mainstream that the Catholic Church across the world is experiencing a renaissance, with young adults driving the resurgence.
Dawn and Clayton MacArthur of Brooks, Alta., received more blessings than they ever expected through the Diocese of Calgary’s Sacred Grace - Church Wedding for Civilly Married Couples program.
Luke Mandato · January 24, 2026
While many around the world mark 81 years since the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Catholics, fellow Christians and Jews will gather at Toronto’s Darchei Noam Congregation to remember the Shoah not as mere history, but as a continued living call to action to turn past tragedy into present solidarity against hatred in its many forms.
OSV News · January 24, 2026
The Archdiocese of Paris is launching a major churchwide council in response to a surge in adult and youth conversions across France.
Junno Arocho Esteves · January 25, 2026
As the world prepares for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Catholic Church in the host city has launched an initiative to ensure that amid the competitions and stress, athletes can find a place to pray and reflect.
Carol Glatz · January 26, 2026
All Christians are called to invite everyone to trust in Christ, who enlightens and consoles, Pope Leo XIV said.
Peace is built on respect for all people, Pope Leo XIV said after praying the Angelus with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square Jan. 25.