Catholic Register Staff
Oblate Joannes Rivoire passes
Joannes Rivoire, the Oblate priest who was accused of sexually assaulting Nunavut children and teenagers, passed away on April 11 at the age of 93 in France, according to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The late Rivoire departed Canada to his native France on Jan. 16, 1993.
Verbatim: Media release on the Sacred Covenant
Media release from the Tkemlúps te Secwépemc (Kamloops First Nation) and Archdiocese of Vancouver on the Sacred Covenant published April 1, 2024.
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Nun arrested at Toronto bank protest
Nine religious leaders, including a Catholic nun, were arrested by Toronto Police following a “pray-in” at a downtown RBC branch April 9.
Friars' Essay Contest 2024 winners
Three Toronto area students have been named winners of the 2024 Friars Student Essay Writing Contest.
An excerpt from Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi Message on Easter Sunday, 2024.
Cash registered
Quinton Amundson’s recent cover story “Cash no longer king” made for essential reading. The driver seems a mix of technophilia, fear and alienation turbo-charged during the pandemic.
CCCB message for Easter 2024
The celebration of Easter is the time when we as Christians renew our baptismal promises. It is through the life-giving death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we are united with Him. Easter takes us beyond the Cross of sorrow and disappointment to the joy and hope that comes from knowing the Risen Lord. This experience of Christ transformed the disciples.
Easter Drawing Contest 2024 winners
This year, The Catholic Register received almost 100 entries to our Easter drawing celebration for school children, including one all the way from Melbourne, Australia.
Verbatim: Letter from Archbishop Francis Leo on the Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary
A letter from Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo on the Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of Our Lord.