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Catholic Register Staff · June 18, 2026
Excerpt from a June 11 Ontario Superior Court ruling upholding Campaign Life Coalition’s free speech right to display anti-abortion images on Parliament Hill.
Jon Perez · June 18, 2026
Canada risks creating a health-care culture where death becomes viewed as a treatment option rather than a last resort, Deacon Larry Worthen believes.
An alternative needed to avoid ensnarement in culture of death
Quinton Amundson · June 18, 2026
It was the remarkable late American author Mattie Stepanek who published a plethora of poetry books and essays about peace before his death, just shy of his 14th birthday, in 2004, who once said, “unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”
Luke Mandato · June 18, 2026
There has been a quiet, niche subculture that has found its way into the mainstream in recent years. If it were to go by one name, it would be longevity.
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan · June 19, 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity) has been hailed as the first major papal pronouncement on artificial intelligence. It is that, but also much more.
Donna Fagan · June 19, 2026
Jesus, in 17th-century mystical apparitions, chose St. Margaret Mary Alacoque to communicate the depth of His burning love for humanity with the message, “My divine Heart is so inflamed with love for man".
Quinton Amundson · June 19, 2026
With his newly tabled Bill C-290, Conservative MP Garnett Genuis seeks to amend the Criminal Code so that the theft of property with religious or cultural significance is treated by law enforcement with the same gravity as artifacts of high monetary worth.
Quinton Peralta-Greenough · June 19, 2026
As the faithful carefully mull over Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), the question of technology and its influence is undeniable.
Catholic entities are there with faith-centred supports
Luke Mandato · June 19, 2026
In the month of June, Men's Mental Heal Awareness Month, Catholic support continues to show up and respond with intentional, faith-centred promotion of both the spiritual and practical dimensions of men’s mental health.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte · June 19, 2026
I recently had the opportunity to represent the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities in Canada at an event hosted by our U.S. counterpart.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · June 19, 2026
Few would ever fault Canada’s Catholic bishops for expressing themselves with an excess of poetry. Yet their document on the tenth anniversary of MAiD in Canada deserves comparison with T.S. Eliot.
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns · June 19, 2026
Thankfully we have a whole month devoted to the Sacred Heart because… is there a more delightful devotion than that to the Sacred Heart of Jesus?
My feelings about coffee hour following Mass have evolved.
Luke Mandato · June 20, 2026
A new group at Whitby’s Holy Family Parish is reminding men that the most important role they’ll ever have isn’t at the office, but at home, in the pews and in the lives of their children.
New episcopal assignment is a homecoming
Quinton Amundson · June 20, 2026
Before May 19, Bishop-designate Ken Thorson, OMI, was primed and excited over his next appointment from the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Canada: serving as pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Ottawa.
OSV News · June 21, 2026
Karol Wojtyla Sr., the father of the future St. John Paul II, raised his son alone after the death of his wife, leaving an enduring example of fatherhood rooted in faith.
Quinton Amundson · June 22, 2026
This victory for Campaign Life arrived on June 11, more than three years after the PPS prevented the organization from displaying abortion victim photography.
Courtney Mares · June 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV knelt in prayer at the tomb of St. Augustine June 20, returning to the basilica where he once guided the late Pope Benedict XVI as the leader of the Augustinian order, only this time as the first Augustinian pope in history.
Junno Arocho Esteves · June 22, 2026
World hunger has only worsened as conflicts in the world take priority over human lives and weaponry is allowed more distribution than basic humanitarian needs, Pope Leo XIV said.
Caroline de Sury · June 23, 2026
The bishops of France are urging the faithful to take part in a prayer novena that began June 21, as lawmakers move closer to a pivotal vote on legislation that could permanently legalize "assisted dying" in the country.