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In celebration of mothers, families, life

In celebration of mothers, families, life

Quinton Amundson · May 8, 2026

Isn’t it just fitting how the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) National Family and Life Week (NFLW) — May 10-17 — starts on Mother’s Day?
Parishes adopting unborn

Parishes adopting unborn

Canadian Catholic News · May 8, 2026

Monica Roddis and her husband showed up at a baby shower at St. Matthew’s in Surrey, B.C., one day to find no expectant parents, no bassinets and no ultrasound photos.
GTHA to experience Our Lady's grace

GTHA to experience Our Lady's grace

Our Lady of the Cape to visit Toronto, Hamilton parishes

Luke Mandato · May 8, 2026

Faithful across Toronto and Hamilton can undertake a powerful expression of Marian devotion during this month of Mary as Canada’s Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape tours parishes across both dioceses from May 9 to 17.
Right to Live seeks alternative to 'economic euthanasia'

Right to Live seeks alternative to 'economic euthanasia'

Poverty factors too often driving MAiD requests

Luke Mandato · May 7, 2026

Right to Live Canada, a Canadian start-up non-profit seeking a solution to economic, poverty-driven euthanasia.
Archdiocese of Toronto Celebrates the Ordination of Four Priests

Archdiocese of Toronto Celebrates the Ordination of Four Priests

Catholic Register Staff · May 7, 2026

His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto will preside at the Mass of Ordination on Saturday, May 9, to ordain four men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Alpha: a welcoming game-changer

Alpha: a welcoming game-changer

Parish renewed, refreshed by evangelization tool

Quinton Amundson · May 6, 2026

Thanks to adopting the Alpha program, St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Montreal has emerged over the past decade as a shining exemplar of renewal.
St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto evacuated due to bomb threat

St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto evacuated due to bomb threat

Catholic Register Staff · May 5, 2026

St. Augustine’s Seminary has been evacuated, one of the multiple Toronto schools that received bomb threats this morning, Toronto police report.
March for Life looks to regain spotlight

March for Life looks to regain spotlight

Papal election overshadowed 2025 event

Luke Mandato · May 4, 2026

After last year’s white smoke marked the election of Pope Leo XIV to overshadow the annual March for Life in the nation’s capital, organizers of this year’s 29th edition of the March are expecting the commitment to life to step back into the spotlight.
Bill C-9 faces scrutiny in the Senate

Bill C-9 faces scrutiny in the Senate

Quinton Amundson · May 1, 2026

Based on commentary from Canadian Senators of varying ideological stripes, a robust upper chamber study of the contentious Combatting Hate Act is apparently forthcoming.
MAiD raised with Vancouver priest, twice, during hospital stay

MAiD raised with Vancouver priest, twice, during hospital stay

Terry O'Neill · May 1, 2026

A Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital says he was twice offered assisted death by health-care staff who knew he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia.