Canadian News

CCCB debt relief call 'meets the moment'

Pastoral letter calls for wiping out debt, ecological justice

Quinton Amundson · July 31, 2025

Faith-based organizations are commending a new pastoral letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) pressing the Global North to wipe out low-income countries' crippling debt and consider the ecological burden it has placed on the Global South.

Battery charge dismissed against Canadian priest

Catholic Register Staff · July 30, 2025

All charges against a Canadian priest have been dropped in an American court.

Canadian bishops call for debt cancellation in new pastoral letter

Catholic Register Staff · July 29, 2025

In the spirit of this year of Jubilee, the Canadian bishops have called on the Canadian government and private creditors to forgive the debts of debtor nations, particularly those of the Global South.

Celebrating St. Peter’s centennial... finally

Ceremony quashed by COVID at last comes around for Benedictine institution

Quinton Amundson · July 24, 2025

On July 26 and 27, a long-awaited party will finally take place to commemorate the 100-plus years of St. Peter’s College in Muenster, Sask.

Dioceses head down synodal pathway

Quinton Amundson · July 22, 2025

The universal Church is now a few weeks into an 18-month process for dioceses and parishes to begin effecting the trajectories that will conceivably engender more synodal congregations.

Mental illness MAiD pushback growing: MP

Bill takes aim at expanding physician-assisted death for mental health

Quinton Amundson · July 22, 2025

Tamara Jansen can sense the growing momentum around Bill C-218, the Right to Recover Act, in the short time since holding a July 9 press conference to raise the public profile of legislation to stop the expansion of assisted suicide to those with mental illness.

New simulator aids mission pilots in training

Quinton Amundson · July 19, 2025

An Alberta flight school with over 30 years of experience training pilots who support Catholic and Christian humanitarian missions is poised to enter a new state-of-the-art realm.

Canadians drawn closer to God through Acutis

Soon-to-be saint's influence spreads

Quinton Amundson · July 18, 2025

Carlo Acutis’ awaited canonization as the first millennial saint is poised to occur in just over a month on Sept. 7.

Canadian ceremony planned in Rome for Jubilee of Youth

Catholic Register Staff · July 17, 2025

A special gathering of Canadian youth will be celebrated July 29 in Rome, part of the Jubilee of Youth organized as part of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year celebrations, said to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

New Whistler church enhances area's natural beauty

Luke Mandato · July 16, 2025

Nestled within Whistler, B.C.’s many snow-covered peaks, Our Lady of the Mountains Parish finds itself just months away from the grand opening of its newly renovated church, a multi-million dollar restoration project five years in the making, which is set to embrace the town’s historic alpine atmosphere.