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Poverty factors too often driving MAiD requests
Luke Mandato · May 7, 2026
Right to Live Canada, a Canadian start-up non-profit seeking a solution to economic, poverty-driven euthanasia.
Our Lady of the Cape to visit Toronto, Hamilton parishes
Luke Mandato · May 8, 2026
Faithful across Toronto and Hamilton can undertake a powerful expression of Marian devotion during this month of Mary as Canada’s Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape tours parishes across both dioceses from May 9 to 17.
Pope Leo's first words were a roadmap for his first year
Courtney Mares · May 8, 2026
When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica one year ago, his first speech was, in ways that would only become clear over the year that followed, a preview of what was to come.
Canadian Catholic News · May 8, 2026
Monica Roddis and her husband showed up at a baby shower at St. Matthew’s in Surrey, B.C., one day to find no expectant parents, no bassinets and no ultrasound photos.
Catholic Register Staff · May 8, 2026
Gordon Friesen, president of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, on Quebec as a surprising stage for some good news about critiques of medical homicide.
Quinton Amundson · May 8, 2026
Isn’t it just fitting how the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) National Family and Life Week (NFLW) — May 10-17 — starts on Mother’s Day?
Michelle Iurman · May 8, 2026
In 1928, Patrick Peyton had convinced his older brother Tom to move with him to Scranton, Penn., since their three older sisters — Beatrice, Mary and Nellie — were already living and working there.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · May 8, 2026
A laudable marker of the National March for Life taking place May 14 in Ottawa is that its longevity can be measured in papacies.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · May 8, 2026
As a writer and editor, I am fascinated by the human tendency to focus on the negative at the expense of the positive.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · May 8, 2026
I was recently watching the Daily TV Mass when the young Salesian priest from Toronto who was saying the Mass told his amazing vocation story.
Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 election by making a pilgrimage to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii.
Josephine Peterson · May 8, 2026
After one year Pope Leo XIV has emerged as a pontiff attempting to guide a polarized church and fractured world through dialogue, peace and defence of human dignity.
Paulina Guzik · May 8, 2026
A year after his first words "Peace be with you all,” we know a lot more about Cardinal Robert Prevost turned Pope Leo XIV. He has emerged as a pope of order for times of global chaos.
For which Bruce Poulin has been honoured with Benemerenti Medal
When Bruce Poulin received the Benemerenti Medal, he said he accepted the papal honour, established in 1832, on behalf of the entire Ontario Knights of Columbus.
Luke Mandato · May 9, 2026
Few seats remained at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica this morning, as family, friends and faithful joined together to celebrate the Ordination Mass of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s four newest priests.
Elizabeth Scalia · May 9, 2026
Because my Lent took a nosedive about two-thirds of the way through, I am still immersed in a project I undertook in order to get my spiritual groove back: Writing out the Gospel of Mark, in longhand.
Canadian Catholic News · May 9, 2026
Catholic Conscience is launching a new annual conference, “Building a Culture of Life & Dignity,” with its inaugural 2026 gathering set to tackle one of the deepest problems in contemporary society.
Menachem Z. Rosensaft · May 9, 2026
The last thing a Jewish academic like myself with no grounding in Christian theology should want to do is to weigh in on recent attacks against Pope Leo XIV by President Trump, Vice President Vance and others.
After well over a decade of prayer, planning and perseverance, Brampton, Ont.’s historic St. Patrick’s Parish will officially break ground on its new church May 24.
In son’s memory, Dasha Sakac raising funds for Franciscan monastery
Luke Mandato · May 11, 2026
There have been many moments of silence in the years since Dasha Sakac unexpectedly lost her 22-year-old son Roman to a tragic accident. Those moments of silence are sometimes quiet, sometimes deafening, but always present.