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

Pope Francis visits the lake as he participates in the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word in Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, July 26, 2022.

Pope Francis comes as a pilgrim to Lac Ste. Anne

By

Like generations of pilgrims before him, Pope Francis came to the water’s edge at Lac Ste. Anne seeking healing — not his healing, ours.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, July 26, 2022.

Each of us has a unique history to preserve, Pope Francis says at stadium Mass

By

At a Mass celebrating the feast of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis urged those filling Edmonton’s Commonwealth to ground their understanding of history in the reality of those to whom they owed life itself.

Former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti attends a court hearing along with former President Otto Pérez Molina (not pictured) in a case implicating them in a corruption scandal known as "La Linea," in Guatemala City Jan. 17, 2022.

Guatemalan bishops warn against political manipulation

By

Ahead of Guatemala's upcoming election season, the country's bishops said religious gatherings in the coming months should "not fall into the temptation of mixing political propaganda with apparent prayer."

Pope Francis greets family members during a meeting with Indigenous peoples and members of the parish community of Sacred Heart Church in Edmonton, Alberta, July 25, 2022.

Reconciliation at the core of the Christian faith, Pope Francis says

By

At Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in downtown Edmonton, Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for the Catholic Church to realize its destiny as the Church of reconciliation.

A red memorial banner inscribed with 4120 names of many of the children who never came home from all residential schools across Canada is carried at a meeting with Pope Francis at Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022.

Papal apology comes on a day full of emotions

By

The words “I am sorry” are powerful. For Tammy Ward of the Samson First Nation, those words from Pope Francis brought tears as she listened on the Maskawacis powwow grounds. 

Pope Francis greets residential school survivors, Indigenous leaders and elders, civic leaders, and church officials after landing at Edmonton International Airport, July 24, 2022.

Pope Francis' penitential visit to Canada begins in Edmonton

By

Pope Francis has landed in Canada and begun the work of his penitential pilgrimage from the moment he was wheeled off the papal plane and into a hangar at Edmonton International Airport.

Pope Francis greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Edmonton, Alberta, July 24, 2022.

Papal journey to Canada begins

By

A smiling, jovial Pope Francis greeted journalists on the plane to Edmonton, but first reminded them of the penitential nature of his pilgrimage to Canada.

The St. Andrew’s CWL council hosts a garden party in 1953 with Fr. James Kirby.

St. Andrew’s CWL marks century of caring

By

Terry Murphy is the fifth generation in her family to serve as part of the Catholic Women’s League at St. Andrew’s Parish in Oakville, Ont.

Fr. Joseph Sagayaran and Third Order Franciscan Yesmil Pena helped launch St. Philip Neri’s Table at Toronto’s St. Philip Neri Parish.

St. Philip Neri’s Table feeds poor among us

By

With food prices rising 9.7 per cent between April 2021 and April 2022, Third Order Franciscan and St. Philip Neri parishioner Yesmil Pena decided the time is now for action.

Kolton Ruyter, a 13-year-old student at Orillia, Ont.’s Notre Dame Catholic School, is spending this month at the National Ballet of Canada’s summer program.

Passion for dance drives ballet protege

By

When Kolton Ruyter started ballet at age seven, it was more out of necessity than out of love for the dance form.

Kevin Scott, a First Nations dancer, performs for Pope Francis in the Vatican's Clementine Hall April 1, 2022.

Papal visit a chance to engage in ‘genuine relationship’ for better future

By

When busloads of residential school survivors, elders, knowledge keepers and youth descend on Edmonton and Quebec City to be present as Pope Francis walks on his “penitential pilgrimage,” Cynthia Bunn will be among them. But she didn’t want to be.

Page 128 of 1310