Enemies and critics of Israel — they’re not the same thing — may take momentary heart from Pope Francis’ reported comments that the Gaza conflict might constitute genocide.

Those of us who have experienced the death of a loved one, even if we believe that she or he has gone to a better place, still find ourselves struggling with the parting.

As a Catholic newspaper committed to telling non-partisan truth in charity, the Register would never seek to interest its readers in generic badmouthing of Justin Trudeau as an “idiot” and an “imbecile. We need only look south of the border to witness what festers in, erupts from, and corrupts the body politic when such schoolyard insults become the public office invective of the day.

Following the lead of our august newspaper confreres at the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and possibly the Muncie Morning Tidbit, The Catholic Register will not be endorsing anyone in the election race to succeed Pope Francis.

The obnoxious-gusting-to-toxic pro-Hamas mob, and even moderate people who support their cause but cringe at their conduct, might want to consider a salient fact about the movement’s dead leader, Yahya Sinwar.

As the long days of summer fade and autumn’s cool, crisp air starts to settle in, it’s hard not to feel a shift in our spirits, too. But there’s so much to praise about fall.

Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo’s elevation to Cardinal this week gives added cause for the celebration of Thanksgiving this weekend. 

In the 12 months since Hamas murderers invaded Israel, the Holy Land tables have entirely turned on those behind the worst massacre of Jews after the Holocaust.

This week, the mood at The Catholic Register is akin to that of expectant parents awaiting the moment when their any-time-now offspring will be in the world sharing life with them.

In the roughly one kabillion words already spent analyzing the American presidential election, Pope Francis has put the preferential option facing voters most starkly – and darkly.