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Burgeoning initiative draws hundreds to national conference
Quinton Amundson · August 20, 2026
Pope Francis told Italian farmers in 2015 that “there is no humanity without the cultivation of the land; there is no good life without the food it produces for the men and women of every continent. Agriculture thus demonstrates its central role.”
Local council honoured for aid during 2025 wildfire crisis
Luke Mandato · August 21, 2026
Gerard Butt stood before more than 2,100 knights, bishops, priests, cardinals and archbishops at the Knights of Columbus 144th Supreme Convention in Denver earlier this month, an experience the 74-year-old described as his “once-in-a-lifetime” moment.
Joseph Woodard · August 21, 2026
While completing my last term as a citizenship judge in 2018, I got an email from Ottawa with the directive: “Every citizenship ceremony will (now) be opened by a First Nations Elder, offering a Native Spirituality Prayer.”
Jenna McDonald · August 21, 2026
The word idol is used loosely in everyday language to mean someone who is admired excessively. That hockey player, that teacher, that influencer; our children “idolize” them, and we call it as we see it.
Katie Yoder · August 21, 2026
A new book promises to help readers craft better lives by reclaiming the household as the centre of daily life.
Hip hop artist journeys similar path to Abraham’s grandson
Quinton Amundson · August 22, 2026
Naturally, one who intently studies the Holy Bible gains an affinity for certain figures chronicled in Scripture. Readers begin to see themselves in the characters as they learn about their strengths, flaws, trials and triumphs.
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial · August 22, 2026
Doubtless according to plan, bureaucratic banishment of public prayer by Canada’s military chaplains went virtually unnoticed amid the perpetual media crisis that filters into Canadian summer consciousness.
Luke Mandato · August 22, 2026
As faithful from across the Archdiocese of Toronto gathered at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica on Saturday morning to mark ShareLife’s 50th anniversary, they did so under a single, unifying theme. While there was much to celebrate, Archbishop Frank Cardinal Leo summed the morning up under the simple banner of gratitude.
Analysis
Lasting peace depends on politics grounded in the dignity of every person
Josephine Peterson · August 23, 2026
As wars multiply and the post-World War II international order comes under increasing strain, Pope Leo XIV has spent the opening months of his pontificate articulating a Catholic vision for international relations rooted in human dignity, international law and multilateral cooperation.
Bishop says government ‘refused’ dialogue
Paul Schratz · August 24, 2026
Canadian military Bishop Scott McCaig says he wants the federal government to go “back to the drawing board” with its new policy on prayer in official settings.
Junno Arocho Esteves · August 24, 2026
All mosaics by disgraced priest Father Marko Rupnik adorning the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes will be covered ahead of Pope Leo XIV's September visit and will remain covered indefinitely.
Quinton Amundson · August 24, 2026
Conservative MP Tamara Jansen has learned that many Canadians remain unaware of the scheduled March 17, 2027, expansion of euthanasia access to individuals solely experiencing mental illness and a joint parliamentary committee’s recommendation to hit pause indefinitely.
OSV News · August 25, 2026
Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican's secretary for relations with states and international organizations, arrived in Moscow Aug. 24 for a four-day visit, with meetings scheduled with Russian government, Orthodox and Catholic leaders.
Luke Mandato · August 25, 2026
At Toronto’s Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, a unique creative arts youth summer camp has just ended its second season, a growing, faith-filled program that honours music ministry.
Junno Arocho Esteves · August 25, 2026
Venezuelan Archbishop Jesús González de Zárate of Valencia had just finished celebrating Mass on the Feast of St. John the Baptist when the unthinkable happened.
Ruadhán Jones · August 25, 2026
Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows.
In just seven years, food bank use is up 340 per cent
Quinton Amundson · August 26, 2026
For the fourth consecutive year, ShareLife, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto (CCAT) and anonymous donors are combatting the worsening food insecurity crisis with $850,000 in community grants.
The proper nourishment keeps both strong
Donna Fagan · August 26, 2026
From the very beginning man was created by God in a garden. So began the first married couple. In the New Testament, Jesus chose a wedding as the scene for His very first miracle.
Carol Glatz · August 26, 2026
"Firmly rooted" in the Church's living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more "consciously and actively," and not "as strangers and silent spectators," Pope Leo XIV said.
Courtney Mares · August 26, 2026
Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 25 appointed the Knights of Columbus' Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.