Quebec

Montreal youth embrace Palm Sunday joy

Annual procession shows a surge in faith amongst archdiocese’s young

Luke Mandato · March 25, 2026

On the eve of Palm Sunday, youth from across the Archdiocese of Montreal will turn the city into a living Jerusalem in a five-kilometre procession of song and prayer from St. Joseph’s Oratory to Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to remind us that Holy Week begins with triumphant joy.

Historic Montreal church destroyed in fire

Quinton Amundson · February 23, 2026

A fire has destroyed the historic former Saint-Paul Church in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough.

Quebec to strengthen secularism law

Catholic Register Staff · November 25, 2025

The Quebec government will be expanding its secularism rules across public institutions in a new bill that is expected to be tabled Thursday.

Cardus think tank expands into Quebec

Anna Farrow · October 28, 2025

In this its 25th year, the Christian think-tank Cardus is expanding its reach into Quebec.

The Mustard Seed

Prayer will overcome tin pot dictators

Glen Argan · September 11, 2025

What secularists never understand is that human dignity is not centred on our desire to be free from all external constraints. Instead, the great dignity of the human person is about our yearning for truth and our ability to seek and find that truth.

'A Note on Prayer' from the CCCB Commission for Doctrine

Catholic Register Staff · September 11, 2025

In light of the Quebec government’s threat to ban public prayer, Verbatim reprints “A Note on Prayer” from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Episcopal Commission for Doctrine.

Diverse culture, beliefs can co-exist, says Montreal Archbishop

Plurality needs to be respected as Quebec proposes public prayer ban

Quinton Amundson · September 9, 2025

Archbishop Christian Lépine said the “plural dimension of our society must be respected” and it would be “good for the overall health of the country” if there was a conscious rededication to valuing the peaceful coexistence of diverse cultures and belief systems.

Two new saints for youth. Censorship grows in Canada.

Catholic Register Staff · September 5, 2025

Listen to the first episode of The Catholic Register's new weekly podcast: Registered. Take a deeper dive this week into the canonizations of Acutis and Frassati, as well as the news of Quebec's recent efforts to ban public prayer.

Editorial

No compromise on prayer

September 5, 2025

Let us pray that at next year’s World Day of Prayer for Creation a mass of committed environmentalists from across Canada gather in Montreal’s Dominion Square to pray for God’s forgiveness of our ecological sins.

Quebec prayer ban ‘like forbidding thought itself,’ Montreal Archbishop says

Catholic Register Staff · September 3, 2025

By calling for a ban on all public prayer, the Quebec government is raising “serious concerns” about a democratic society’s fundamental freedoms, said Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine.