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Quinton Peralta-Greenough · July 16, 2026
Laws may govern a people, but they cannot, by themselves, sustain a common future. One of the 20th century’s greatest political theorists believed the answer lays elsewhere.
Junno Arocho Esteves · July 16, 2026
Twin earthquakes in Venezuela have left nearly 5,000 people dead, according to government officials, triggering a massive mobilization of humanitarian aid organizations.
Caroline de Sury · July 16, 2026
France's bishops are strongly criticizing a "radical choice" made by French lawmakers to legalize "assisted dying."
‘Vital missionaries of faith’ honoured July 26
Luke Mandato · July 18, 2026
With World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly approaching on July 26, few groups can claim as much credit for its existence as the international, volunteer-run Catholic Grandparents Association.
Rick Snizek · July 18, 2026
Father Vijay Kiran proudly sports two lapel pins on his clerical suit jacket: one for St. John Paul II and one for St. Teresa of Kolkata.
Courtney Mares · July 20, 2026
Catholics from every inhabited continent gathered in Castel Gandolfo July 19 as Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer from the papal summer palace in the small Italian hill town, where the pope reflected on how the kingdom of God grows through "the little things of daily life."
Junno Arocho Esteves · July 20, 2026
Heated rivalries among soccer fans bubbled to the surface in the lead-up to the World Cup Final that ultimately saw Spain clinch a 1-0 victory over Argentina in an intense match.
Kimberley Heatherington · July 20, 2026
In Assisi, one of the main pilgrim draws is a tiny church dwarfed by its expansive surroundings, the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels near Assisi, Italy.
Paul Schratz · July 20, 2026
Shortly after receiving the woolen pallium as a symbol of unity from Pope Leo XIV, four Canadian metropolitan archbishops returned from Rome amid a Church confronting fresh division.
A Canadian same-sex coupleʼs lawsuit against the surrogate mother who refused their request to abort the unborn baby they had contracted her to carry is drawing attention not only to abortion but also to deeper questions about surrogacy.
Katie Yoder · July 21, 2026
The venue for the upcoming beatification of the Georgia Martyrs is expanding to accommodate thousands more people after a surge in interest from Catholics around the U.S. and the world.
Jonathan Luxmoore · July 21, 2026
Catholic Church leaders in Switzerland have protested the “arbitrary” abolition of traditional military service exemptions for clergy.
New York passes assisted dying law
Kate Scanlon · July 21, 2026
Four orders of women religious and Catholic health-care ministries sued the state of New York July 17 over a new law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
A ‘strange’ pairing, but these two Canadian thinkers have more in common than one might think, author says
Quinton Amundson · July 21, 2026
Place the contemporary clinical psychologist and cultural commentator Jordan Peterson alongside the late Jesuit philosopher-theologian Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984). Synthesizing key concepts from these Canadian thinkers opens avenues to self-transcendence and greater consciousness.
Dale Gavlak · July 21, 2026
Lebanon's Cardinal Bechara Rai has urged for prayer and guidance as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun makes a critical visit to the White House.
Church on the Street
The Church on the Street is about the promise of Jesus
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · July 22, 2026
The deepest motivation and desire within the ministry of “The Church on the Street” is about hope, not in our own words and strength, but in the promise of Jesus.
Catholic Register Staff · July 22, 2026
Leo XIV’s greeting and blessing for a July 11 “lunch with the pope” in the Gardens of the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo.
Junno Arocho Esteves · July 22, 2026
After a pair of earthquakes struck the mountainous region of Junín in Peru, the Catholic Church in the country expressed solidarity with victims' families and is coordinating humanitarian aid to help victims, as well as efforts to preserve damaged historic churches.
Quinton Amundson · July 23, 2026
I extend my sincerest gratitude and congratulations to the cast and crew who staged the 2026 incarnation of the Badlands Passion Play near Drumheller, Alta., in mid-July.
Catholic agencies mission-bound in welcoming and supporting newcomers to Canada are applauding the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (CCCB) recently announced decision to create a Service for Migrant and Refugee Ministry (Human Mobility).