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Quinton Amundson · April 1, 2026
The Alberta government’s new Bill 18, the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act, has received a seal of approval from the province’s Catholic bishops.
Noah got drunk. David had an affair. Thomas was a doubter. Paul was a murderer. Moses had a stutter.
An Easter message from CCCB President Bishop Pierre Goudreault
Catholic Register Staff · April 1, 2026
The Easter message from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Promise of new beginning
Students at Our Lady of Assumption School in Calgary are gifting blessing bags this Easter to homeless men and women staying at the Mustard Seed emergency shelter.
An act of love that ‘transcends death’
Canadian Catholic News · April 1, 2026
When Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin recently described organ donation as an act of love that “transcends death,” the words landed close to home for Michelle Pereira of Sacred Heart Parish in Delta.
In a brief five minutes, Phil Horgan summed up Canada's bishops feelings on Quebec's Bill 21: it spurns God and imposes an anti-religious ideology in the province, and that goes well beyond Quebec's jurisdiction.
Junno Arocho Esteves · April 1, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has called on Catholics to pray for priests who find themselves in crisis and to "support those who so often support us."
Josephine Peterson · April 1, 2026
Laypeople are not passive members but active participants in the Church's mission, called to live and spread the Gospel in everyday life, Pope Leo XIV said.
Word of God the ‘seed which falls into our hearts’
Laura Bedingfeld, the author of the newly-released Arise: A 50-Day Journey into the Mystery of the Resurrection, never originally set out to write a book delving into Christianity’s most glorious event.
An Easter message from Cardinal Frank Leo
Catholic Register Staff · April 2, 2026
Luke Mandato · April 2, 2026
A culmination of a project started long ago, and the continuation of another, has seen Regina Catholic school students and staff quietly transform Lenten spirits into stories of real hope.
Barefoot and Preaching
‘I never walk alone’
Leah Perrault · April 2, 2026
In these last months, I have been walking alongside some big transitions that are more adjacent to me than truly mine.
Church on the Street
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · April 2, 2026
I crossed over to a small plaza that is often the arena for dispute resolution among waring parties. It was unusually quiet and as I approached, the man walking towards me shouted out.
‘Wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranate, olives and honey’
Donna Fagan · April 2, 2026
The microbes in your gut are unseen, but these invisible players are key contributors to your well-being.
Courtney Mares · April 2, 2026
Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in his first Easter Triduum liturgy as pope, saying that Jesus taught us how to love like he loves during the Last Supper.
Sagrada Familia’s architect was a giant of faith
Katarzyna Szalajko · April 2, 2026
As Barcelona prepares for the centenary of Antoni Gaudí’s death in 2026, renewed attention is focusing not only on the famed Spanish architect’s genius but also on the deep Catholic faith that shaped his life and work.
Présence · April 2, 2026
The judge's verdict in a Canadian defamation suit brought by Cardinal Marc Ouellet against Paméla Groleau, a former lay pastoral worker in the Archdiocese of Québec, who accused the prelate of sexual misconduct, is not expected for some months.
Questioning Faith
Mary Marrocco · April 3, 2026
We’re poor, we humans walking the earth. We’re nothing in the vast universe, and can keep nothing. If God forgot us, even for a micro-second, we wouldn’t exist.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · April 3, 2026
Even if you only met her briefly, you would never forget the encounter with our dear Sr. Mary Thecla Paolini, FSP, who recently passed at 92.
Paulina Guzik · April 3, 2026
Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful.