March 2026

Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem remains closed

Barb Fraze · March 20, 2026

Israeli authorities closed Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre as part of wider closures for security concerns.

Justice Minister to faith groups on Bill C-9: Just trust me

Quinton Amundson · March 20, 2026

Minister Fraser apparently consulted with Canadian faith organizations on multiple occasions in recent months. These meetings were a golden opportunity to dispel concerns, clear up “misinformation,” and gain support. The failure to get these groups on board with the bill’s agenda is on him.

Sisters Poor of Jesus open Toronto mission

Luke Mandato · March 21, 2026

The Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ have officially opened the order's new mission house in Toronto on Feb. 1. The new mission marks the second Canadian house of the community, a Catholic institute initially founded in 2001 in Brazil.

Something's cooking at Mississauga high school

Program gives students tools to succeed in food industry

Luke Mandato · March 21, 2026

In a first for Canada, Puratos is bringing professional-level baking education to high school students with the opening of a dedicated bakery school at Mississauga, Ont.'s Father Michael Goetz Secondary School.

Prayer continues at Holy Sepulchre amid 'time of trial,' restricted access

Paulina Guzik · March 23, 2026

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains a place of continuous prayer despite restricted access to the faithful, according to a statement released March 21 by the Custody of the Holy Land.

Pope Leo: Death and pain caused by wars a scandal for entire human family

Paulina Guzik · March 23, 2026

As the U.S. and Israel-Iran war enters its fourth week, Pope Leo XIV appealed during his Sunday Angelus prayer March 22: "Persevere in prayer, so that hostilities may cease and paths of peace may finally open up."

Nova Scotia hospital losing faith identity

Province ends St. Martha’s ‘Mission Assurance Agreement’

Luke Mandato · March 23, 2026

After 120 years as Nova Scotia’s only Catholic hospital, St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish will no longer carry its distinctive faith-based identity post-Sept. 30.

Report shows Cardinal Wojtyla's actions were 'exemplary' in abuse cases, refuting previous claims

Paulina Guzik · March 23, 2026

In 2023, following a major television documentary claiming that St. John Paul II had covered up clerical sexual abuse when he was leading the Archdiocese of Kraków, Polish experts rejected the claim and urged that archdiocesan records be opened to allow the full context.

New hope dawns for pro-life advocates

Archdiocese of Toronto campaign, Alberta law praised

Quinton Amundson · March 24, 2026

March has gifted Canadian culture of life advocates with hope in the form of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Help Not Harm campaign and the Alberta government’s sweeping euthanasia reform bill.

Jerusalem patriarchate cancels Palm Sunday procession, postpones chrism Mass amid war

OSV News · March 24, 2026

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said wartime restrictions have forced the cancellation or postponement of key Holy Week observances, urging the faithful to remain united in prayer despite the inability to gather for traditional celebrations.

U.S. bishops seek probe of Indian boarding school legacy

OSV News · March 24, 2026

Chairmen of several U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committees wrote in a letter to key House lawmakers that they support a bill that would establish an effort to investigate and document the histories and practices of Indian boarding schools, and their long-term effects on Native American peoples.

New digital bill enshrines same liberty issues

And these can harm religious expression

Quinton Amundson · March 24, 2026

The 11 months since the 2025 federal election have seen the Liberals introduce several bills with significant digital policy implications: Bill C-2, Bill C-8 and, most recently, Bill C-22, tabled on March 12.

National Prayer Breakfast highlights power of faith in divided world

Susan Korah · March 24, 2026

On a cold, crisp Ottawa morning, a crowd of approximately 2,000 packed Rogers Centre in the shadow of Parliament Hill today to celebrate Canada’s Christian heritage and to pray together for unity in a divided world.

Belgian bishop commits to ordain married men

Sets 2028 target

Junno Arocho Esteves · March 24, 2026

A Belgian Catholic bishop said he “will make every effort to ordain married men as priests” and expressed his commitment to doing so by 2028.

Montreal youth embrace Palm Sunday joy

Annual procession shows a surge in faith amongst archdiocese’s young

Luke Mandato · March 25, 2026

On the eve of Palm Sunday, youth from across the Archdiocese of Montreal will turn the city into a living Jerusalem in a five-kilometre procession of song and prayer from St. Joseph’s Oratory to Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to remind us that Holy Week begins with triumphant joy.

Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Sheen to be 'a moment of immense grace'

OSV News · March 25, 2026

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced March 25.

Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, Pope Leo says

Carol Glatz · March 25, 2026

The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world marked by "the madness of war," Pope Leo XIV said.

MP Garnett Genuis explaining "cautious" just war support for U.S.-Israeli intervention in Iran

Catholic Register Staff · March 25, 2026

The newsletter of Alberta Conservative MP Garnett Genuis explaining "cautious" just war support for U.S.-Israeli intervention in Iran.

Revelation video series offers hopeful message

Luke Mandato · March 25, 2026

Eight years have passed since Monsignor Robert Nusca’s book The Christ of the Apocalypse first unpacked the Book of Revelation with a focus on its less-common portrayal as a hope-filled portrait of Christ.

Saskatoon's Via Dolorosa - the Lenten 40

Quinton Amundson · March 25, 2026

Dominic Montpetit fondly recollects running the 42-kilometre marathon at the Great Canadian Death Race near Grand Cache, Alta., alongside his brothers and Bishop Mark Hagemoen of Saskatoon in 2022.