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Elizabeth Scalia
The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image of Pope Leo XIV consoling a weeping Lebanese woman.
Figure of Speech
Gerry Turcotte
I have always been connected to theatre throughout my life. The pinnacle of this for me was when I was commissioned to write and perform a piece based on my novel Flying in Silence for the Sydney Opera House.
Questioning Faith
Mary Marrocco
A woman was surprised to see, during a stressful interview with their son’s principal, her dear husband’s face crumple like a child’s, a look of terror appearing there momentarily.
Leah Perrault
My prayer for Advent this year emerged out of an evening retreat, given by a colleague at the retreat centre where I work: “Jesus, move in me.”
The Mustard Seed
Glen Argan
Culture à la Carte
Sr. Helena Burns
Joe Woodard
Anna Farrow
Quinton Amundson
Andrea Mrozek
Editorial
Catholic Register Editorial
It delights us to affirm that whether readers who engage with the Register through our website or traditional newspaper in 2026, they will join the ranks of the trendy and uber cool.
CNS photo/Lola Gomez
In his “Theological-Aesthetical Manifesto,” Catholic literary scholar, novelist, short story writer and poet, Joshua Hren, makes a claim that might startle even the devout of Holy Mother Church.
Only the uninformed, the stubborn, or the mischievously contrarian would kick against accepting that Canadians missed the boat when we abandoned our historic compacts with Indigenous peoples in the northern half of the continent.
