Standing with the poor
On a cold and rainy spring day, members of the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition gathered to pray for each and every Member of Provincial Parliament by name near the front steps of Queen’s Park.
John Paul II forged a special relationship with Canada
The following is excerpted with permission from John Paul II: A Saint for Canada by Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB, published by Novalis Publishing, www.novalis.ca.
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.