Canadian News

Young men are ‘leaning into the faith’

Anna Farrow · March 8, 2025

Young men are bucking the seemingly relentless trend of religious disaffiliation in North America and Catholic evangelists are stepping up to meet them.

Register writer honoured with King's medal

Susan Korah recognized for promoting human rights

Luke Mandato · March 7, 2025

The Catholic Register's Ottawa Correspondent Susan Korah has been recognized with the King Charles III Coronation Medal, a national acknowledgement for decades worth of human rights activism through ink.

Mass numbers hover below pre-pandemic level

But there has been sharp rise since end of COVID restrictions

Luke Mandato · March 6, 2025

Where recent trends show Catholic Mass attendance levels in the United Kingdom and the United States have all but returned to post-pandemic levels, the Archdiocese of Toronto finds itself still with a ways to go.

Vancouver transition overshadowed by Francis’ recovery

Nicholas Elbers · March 6, 2025

Even as they began the busy work of transferring episcopal responsibility for Vancouver, it was the health of Pope Francis that was on everyone’s mind as the Holy Father announced Archbishop Richard Smith would be the next Archbishop of Vancouver.

Church charities future depends on next election: MP

Quinton Amundson · March 5, 2025

A Conservative Party MP suggests the charitable status of every Canadian house of worship and organization advancing religious values could be contingent on the outcome of the next federal election.

Mary's Meals campaign targets African hunger

Luke Mandato · March 1, 2025

Mary's Meals has launched a worldwide emergency campaign in the wake of nearly 21 million children across southern Africa facing malnutrition as poor harvests and some of the worst African droughts in living memory continue to plague countries well into the new year.

St. Joseph’s Oratory opens welcome centre

Part of $150-million reno of venerable Montreal shrine

Anna Farrow · March 1, 2025

On a cold and snowy Feb. 13, Montreal's St. Joseph’s Oratory officially opened a newly constructed, four-level welcome centre to visitors.

Campaign debunks trafficking misconceptions

Public awareness push launched

Quinton Amundson · February 28, 2025

The Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking (CCEHT) is upping the ante in urging people to shed the false perceptions they may have about this criminal scourge.

Saskatchewan church allegedly torched

Sts. Peter and Paul in Prince Albert Diocese goes up in flames

Quinton Amundson · February 28, 2025

Prince Albert RCMP are characterizing the fire that destroyed Sts. Peter and Paul Church Feb. 21, as “suspicious.” But others within the community have no doubt on what is to blame for the church's destruction.

Claretians find new home in Vancouver

Nicholas Elbers · February 27, 2025

When shopping for a new home, most buyers avoid the poorer areas. For the Claretian priests who recently moved into the rectory at Sacred Heart Church in Vancouver, it was almost a selling point.