October 25, 2026
As Pope Leo XIV continues to recover from surgery, a leading Canadian thoracic surgeon says the outlook is far more positive than initial public worries suggested.
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, expressing hope that Ukraine and Russia will cooperate on humanitarian aid and evacuations for civilians in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky, the Vatican said.
But Amoris Laetitia talks stayed focused
Despite a week-long Vatican gathering on marriage and family life being overshadowed by Pope Leo XIV's medical condition, those in attendance stayed focused on the task at hand.
Bishop Scott McCaig has offered up prayers for all responding to and devastated by the horrifying Oct. 17 grass fire at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright that tragically killed four soldiers and hospitalized 39 other service members, 19 of those in critical condition.
Toronto Cardinal to act as Pope’s representative
Treasuring the opportunity to serve as papal legate for the Georgia Martyrs’ beatification liturgy on Oct. 31 as a “profound honour,” Cardinal Frank Leo and his staff have worked alongside the Diocese of Savannah in recent months in the spirit of organizing the most transcendent celebration imaginable.
Thousands of displaced saved around the world
A benefit gala in Ottawa on Nov. 6 will celebrate the Catholic Near East Welfare Association’s (CNEWA) 100 years of humanitarian service.
With Synergy Toronto 2026 just weeks away, excitement continues to build among Catholic leaders in social services, health and education as Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto finalizes plans for a gathering both timely and urgently needed.
As temperatures drop and another winter slowly approaches, many Out of the Cold programs across Toronto will open their doors again, for the 39th year.
“The cry of the Earth is intimately linked with the cry of the poor.” These words from Laudato si’ resonate deeply in the heart and mind of environmental activist Brex Aravelo.
God is the answer to our financial anxieties
With over 61 per cent of Canadians spending at least half their take-home income on bills, fixed expenses and debt payments, Rebecca van Noppen is calling on people beset with monetary challenges to embrace walking with God as a solution to economic anxiety.
The miraculous, supernatural, angelic and demonic — in other words “a history of the impossible” — was explored during the annual CWL lecture at St. Mary’s University on Oct. 15 in Calgary.
‘I’m not sure that I would have again voted for that law’
Former Quebec premier Philippe Couillard’s reservations about the expansion of medical assistance in dying are drawing international attention, with a longtime opponent calling on him to do something about the legislation he helped enact.
Catholicism and its many graces have found a stable place in the public editorial consciousness of the Greater Toronto Area and beyond through Rudy Fernandes.
Days after fire destroyed All Saints Orthodox Church in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, parishioners gathered on Thanksgiving weekend in temporary quarters provided by neighbouring Our Lady of Peace Catholic Parish.
Leo returns to Vatican window days later for Angelus
One week after Pope Leo XIV first revealed to the world that he would be undergoing lung surgery, the pope returned to the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, thanking Catholics worldwide for their prayers five days after undergoing lung cancer surgery.
Pope Leo XIV appointed Oct. 10 Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola as the new archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica and the pope's vicar for Vatican City.
Partners in life, song
There are many ways a Catholic can meet their spouse, But it’s not often that a couple falls in love by starting an apostolate, which is the story behind Daniel and Anabella Ma’s mutual encounter.
Catholic leaders in Nigeria's Diocese of Otukpo are appealing for prayers following the kidnapping of Father John Inalegwu Otache, pastor of St. Margaret Parish in Ajegbe–Awume.
Editorial
It might not yet be the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius but at least one hopeful light is shining in the effort to illuminate the reality of medically assisted death.
An open letter from Andy Harrington, executive director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, to celebrate World Food Day earlier this month.
Scott Ventureyra
I was terribly saddened to learn of the passing of Fr. Joe LeClair. He died surrounded by family on the evening of Oct. 8.
Luke Stocking
I think that love of the sacred is not just a love of people, or community, or time, but also the love of space. Our church is a sacred space.
Sr. Helena Burns Culture à la Carte
Is there that one person in your life who hurt you so severely or so inhumanely that you “just can’t forgive them”? That’s understandable, but…unforgiveable.
Mary Marrocco Questioning Faith
Magnifica Humanitas is difficult reading. It’s difficulty is its cautions about the harms humans can wreak through things they manufacture, including artificial intelligence. We’ve all experienced the ways humans mess up.