Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo is among 21 new Cardinals elevated to the College of Cardinals.
Project 'Echoes' the positive on palliative care
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterA new project from the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research is shining a much-needed light on uplifting palliative care stories across the country.
Jubilee prep well underway, marking year of hope
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterPreparations are well underway for Canadian Catholics to join faithful worldwide as "Pilgrims of Hope" for jubilee year 2025.
Reconciliation fund already making a difference
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterWith over $17.5 million raised in the two-and-a-half years since the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund (IRF) became a registered charity in March 2022, the 73 Canadian Catholic dioceses are poised to exceed the five-year $30-million commitment Canada's Catholic bishops made to the nation's Indigenous peoples.
Students find healing in Listening Circle
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterSt. Michael’s College School (SMCS) in Toronto has brought back the Listening Circle initiative, a program implemented last year by a former student looking to ease the burden of grief for himself and his school community.
CCCB renewal plan approved behind closed doors
By Anna FarrowCanada’s Catholic bishops spent two full sessions at their recent plenary signing off on a major overhaul of how the national conference of prelates should operate.
Exclusive: Sex offender ex-priest in hospital with sick kids
By Anna FarrowFormer priest and convicted sex offender Brian Boucher has been on a hospital ward with minors present for at least a month, The Catholic Register has learned.
Ten years after ISIS, Yazidis seek healing
By Susan KorahA unique research project out of King’s University College in London, Ont., has given a a face and a voice to Yazidis who settled in Canada, a decade after Islamists attempted to eradicate them from this world.
Syro-Malabar rite enriches Yukon
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSacred Heart Cathedral in Whitehorse has long stood out in Yukon for being the only traditional, fully-fledged Catholic parish in a territory populated with missionary churches.
Call it what it is: lethal injection
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register“Saddened, but not surprised” is how Cardinal Thomas Collins characterized his reaction to Canada’s now infamous reputation as the world’s fastest-growing euthanasia regime.
Synod guides a practical step forward, bishop says
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMere days from the Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, a sentiment expressed by an African prelate at the first gathering in 2023 lingers with Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) President Bishop William McGrattan.