One of the blessings of Easter we enjoy at The Catholic Register is reviewing the sketches and paintings from elementary school children who enter our annual Easter drawing contest.

A Canadian nun and two Italian priests abducted April 4 in Cameroon remain unaccounted for.

TORONTO - Toronto Auxiliary Bishop William McGrattan has been selected by Pope Francis to lead the Diocese of Peterborough.

There’s a uniquely Canadian way of celebrating Pope John Paul II’s canonization, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.

Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on Mar. 13, 2013. The Catholic Register was there for the historic event and we have followed his papacy closely over the past 12 months. As he marks his first anniversary, we look back on a Year to Remember.

Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon is Canada’s most ecumenically minded bishop.

TORONTO - If at first you don’t succeed, Nathan Ko knows why you should try and try again. Ko, who placed third last year in The Catholic Register’s and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor’s student writing contest on Christian unity, is this year’s first place winner.

VATICAN CITY - With more than 100,000 dead and millions displaced in a brutal civil war, Pope Francis has made repeated pleas for peace in Syria. But more than just call for peace he has taken steps to bring an end to the violence.

OTTAWA - Pope Francis announced Jan. 7 that Fr. Christian Riesbeck has been appointed new auxiliary bishop of Ottawa.

Despite receiving over 500 entries in our third annual children’s Christmas drawing contest, selecting a winner didn’t require the wisdom of three wise men. The entry of Jomalaine Mae Cinense was so impressive we put it on the cover.