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The pews and the centre aisle are filled at Our Lady of Good Counsel, the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Caribbean parish. Bodies moving, hands clapping and voices rising in worship is the norm at the parish.

Caribbean music brings out church spirit at Sunday Mass

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Toronto’s Caribbean Catholic Church is bringing the sound of the islands to Mass.

Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue agency, sees an every-growing demand for its vital services and is in need of a larger warehouse.

Canada’s largest food rescue agency sees an ever-growing demand

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When the Second Harvest truck arrives at Margaret’s Toronto East Drop-In Centre, the homeless are the first ones out the door, crowding around the truck to ask driver Hektor Habili what he’s delivering. 

Religious organizations, including the Archdiocese of Toronto, are increasingly putting their money into ethical investments and demanding change in corporate practices and policies.

Archdiocese of Toronto among growing number making move to ethical investing

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Don’t invest in what you don’t believe in is more than sage, philosophical advice. It’s increasingly mainstream, solid, financial advice.

Canadian politicians and scholars are wondering how faith and politics will get along in a world where Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant and anti-trade policies appeared to be on the rise.

Trump-style politics is putting religion to the test

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As Donald Trump takes the reins of the United States’ presidency, Canadian scholars and politicians are wondering how faith and politics will get along in a world where right-wing, anti-immigrant, anti-trade policies appear to be on the rise.

Veteran photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been photographing refugees and migrants for more than four decades.

For over four decades, this photographer documented the underprivileged

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The sword of justice sometimes takes the form of a sliver of light that slips into a camera for just 1/60th of a second.

Assyrian Christians, who had fled Syria and Iraq, carry placards and wave Assyrian flags during a gathering in 2015 in front of U.N. headquarters in Beirut.

Persecution of Christians has risen for the fourth straight year, says advocacy group

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WASHINGTON – Global persecution of Christians has risen for the fourth year in a row and is on a “rapid rise” in Asia, the advocacy group Open Doors UK warned on Wednesday in its annual report on Christian persecution.

Canadian Christians are less educated than people of other faiths, a new study shows.

Canada’s Christians lag behind on education levels

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Canada’s Christian population is less educated than Canadian Jews, Muslims, Hindus and even those who have no religious affiliation.

Africa represents 17 per cent of the world’s total Catholic population of 1.272 billion, up from 13.8 per cent in 2005. Between 2005-14, the continent’s Catholic population grew by 41 per cent, compared to a 24-per-cent increase in its overall population.

Africa takes its place in 21st-century Church

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The Church, the world and the future are all more African today than they have ever been.

In a year marked by war, moral crises and political and religious upheaval, Pope Francis remains steadfast in pleas for mercy and brotherhood.

2016 Year in review: walls and bridges

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Over and over throughout 2016, Pope Francis spoke of walls and bridges. It is an apt metaphor for much of what transpired in the Catholic world in 2016.

The Catholic Register has compiled some of the most popular stories of 2016.

List of top stories from 2016 reflect wide interests of Register readers

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One of the more interesting annual exercises for just about any media website is to see which stories gathered the most attention over the last 12 months.

2016 Christmas Features

2016 Christmas Features

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The Catholic Register's final special section of the year is our Christmas issue! Click here to read all of our holiday special features.

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