"Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love)
Pope Francis released its apostolic exhortation on the family, "Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love) on Friday, April 8, 2016. Here are all the stories and reactions by The Catholic Register on the Pope's landmark document.
Creativity on display in 2016 Catholic Register art contest
Before she picked up her paint brush, Belové Da Silva turned to the Bible and was inspired to create what turned out to be a winning entry in The Catholic Register’s annual Easter drawing contest for elementary school children.
Canada's Office of Religious Freedom mandate comes to an end
OTTAWA - The Liberal government kicked off Holy Week on March 21 by giving the boot to the Office of Religious Freedom.
ShareLife's faces and partner agencies
Read the stories of the people helped by ShareLife donors.
Supreme Court extends federal government's assisted suicide deadline
The federal government has been given four more months to come up with new laws and regulations to govern the practice of doctor-assisted suicide.
Quebec confirms its first legal death by euthanasia
The first death by legal euthanasia in Canadian history has occurred, according to a Quebec healthcare spokesperson.
D&P shows off new logo
The Canadian Catholic Organization For Development and Peace greeted 2016 with a new look that reflects its evolving mandate and its role in the global Caritas network of Catholic development and humanitarian agencies.
Mercy conference for Chinese Catholics
TORONTO - Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, the Vatican’s Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will be the keynote speaker at a Jubilee Year of Mercy conference in Toronto on New Year’s weekend.
Toronto seminary rector named new bishop of Whitehorse
TORONTO - Fr. Hector Vila, rector of Toronto’s Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary, has been appointed the new bishop of Whitehorse.
Pope Francis announced the appointment on Nov. 27.