hand and heart

The recent post office troubles have impacted our regular fundraising efforts. Please consider supporting the Register and Catholic journalism by using one of the methods below:

  • Donate online
  • Donate by e-transfer to accounting@catholicregister.org
  • Donate by telephone: 416-934-3410 ext. 406 or toll-free 1-855-441-4077 ext. 406

NEWS

An Ontario nurse has been granted a religious exemption from the COVID vaccine.

Ontario nurse given religious exemption for vaccine

By

It’s unclear as to whether an Ontario nurse who received a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccination based on Catholic faith will set a precedent for others arguing on similar grounds. 

The U.S. border wall with Mexico is seen from the United States in Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 12, 2018.

Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump

By

Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.

Worshippers wait outside as Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, May 31, 2019. Romanian officials have ordered the demolition of the tall office building, at left center, 10 years after a ruling that it was built illegally and endangers the historic landmark.

Bucharest Archdiocese welcomes order to demolish building near cathedral

By

Romanian officials have ordered the demolition of a 20-story office building overshadowing Bucharest's Catholic cathedral, 10 years after a ruling that it was built illegally and endangers the historic landmark.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Iqaluit, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, to Rome July 29, 2022.

‘Yes, it is a genocide,’ Pope Francis says of residential schools

By

It was genocide, plain and simple.

Pope Francis listens to an indigenous drummer as he preforms during a meeting with young people and elders outside the primary school in Iqaluit in the Canadian territory of Nunavut July 29, 2022.

Pope Francis calls on Indigenous youth to shine brightly

By

As Pope Francis concluded his intensive five-day pilgrimage of reconciliation on Canadian soil, he spoke directly to Inuit youth in Iqaluit and offered them three pieces of advice: keep walking upwards, come to the light each day and be part of a team.

Pope Francis meets with a delegation of Indigenous peoples in the archbishop's residence in Quebec City July 29, 2022.

Pope Francis says he’s been enriched’ by Canada’s Indigenous

By

On the final day of Pope Francis’ pilgrimage of penance, one of healing and reconciliation, he says it is he who has been “enriched” by the experience.

Pope Francis arrives to lead vespers with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Quebec July 28, 2022.

Pope Francis poses three challenges to Canada at Quebec vespers service

By

If Canadian Catholics were looking for a roadmap to reconciliation, Pope Francis laid it out for them at a vespers prayer service in Quebec City’s exquisite Notre Dame Basilica Cathedral on a rainy Thursday evening.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec July 28, 2022.

Faith, action, courage will move reconciliation forward, Pope Francis says

By

In the face of sin and failure, the temptation to wallow in despair and do nothing comes from the devil, Pope Francis said.

People gather outside the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec July 28, 2022, as Pope Francis celebrates Mass.

Church must face the truth, says Pope Francis

By

For Vaughan Nicholas there were tears well before Pope Francis began to speak. Waiting for Mass at the National Shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre east of Quebec City to begin, he said, “I’m hoping I will actually feel something.”

Peter Bhatti, brother of Shahbaz Bhatti, at the inaugruation of a park named in Shahbaz's honour in Brampton, Ontario.

Brampton park named for slain defender of persecuted Christians

By

Shahbaz Bhatti, declared Servant of God by Pope Francis in 2012, has a special place in the hearts of thousands of Pakistani Canadians who fled their country to find safety and freedom of religion here. 

Pope Francis attends a welcoming ceremony with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary Simon, governor general of Quebec, at Citadelle de Quebec, the residence of the governor general in Quebec City, July 27, 2022.

Canada a model of peace, Pope Francis tells Quebec audience

By

Pope Francis has arrived in Quebec with the same message he has tried to share with Indigenous Canadians in the West — that Christ wants to be incarnate in every culture, in Indigenous cultures, Quebecois culture, Canadian culture.

Page 127 of 1310