MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will not appeal a court decision that allows parents to remove their non-Catholic children from religious classes and events.
Children’s contest proclaims Easter joy
One of the blessings of Easter we enjoy at The Catholic Register is reviewing the sketches and paintings from elementary school children who enter our annual Easter drawing contest.
Canadian nun kidnapped in Cameroon
A Canadian nun and two Italian priests abducted April 4 in Cameroon remain unaccounted for.
TORONTO - Toronto Auxiliary Bishop William McGrattan has been selected by Pope Francis to lead the Diocese of Peterborough.
John Paul II coin minted
There’s a uniquely Canadian way of celebrating Pope John Paul II’s canonization, courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.
Pope Francis: A Year to Remember
Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on Mar. 13, 2013. The Catholic Register was there for the historic event and we have followed his papacy closely over the past 12 months. As he marks his first anniversary, we look back on a Year to Remember.
One bishop's guide to ecumenism
Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon is Canada’s most ecumenically minded bishop.
iPad awarded to Christian unity contest winner
TORONTO - If at first you don’t succeed, Nathan Ko knows why you should try and try again. Ko, who placed third last year in The Catholic Register’s and the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor’s student writing contest on Christian unity, is this year’s first place winner.
Vatican to host world leaders in push to end Syrian conflict
VATICAN CITY - With more than 100,000 dead and millions displaced in a brutal civil war, Pope Francis has made repeated pleas for peace in Syria. But more than just call for peace he has taken steps to bring an end to the violence.
OTTAWA - Pope Francis announced Jan. 7 that Fr. Christian Riesbeck has been appointed new auxiliary bishop of Ottawa.