News and events from across the country.
March 3, 2026
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis told The Catholic Register that the Iranian diaspora in Canada has relayed that the interventions by the U.S. and Israel “are a source of joy and cautious optimism”.
March 2, 2026
Hearteningly, Fr. Roman Ostrovsky, the rector of the Kyiv Three Saints Seminary, has heard multiple Ukrainian soldiers express an interest in the consecrated life once the war with Russia comes to an end.
February 28, 2026
Thanks to a donation from Tony Comper, the former Bank of Montreal CEO and longtime board chair of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College, a complete first-edition Douay-Rheims Bible now belongs to the institute’s Toronto library.
More than 65 years after it was established, St. Mary’s Parish in Prince George will close July 26, 2026, as the Diocese of Prince George cites declining Mass attendance, financial pressures, and long-term demographic trends.
February 27, 2026
Blessed Trinity Parish is welcoming a cybersecurity specialist to help parishioners interested in harnessing AI’s unique benefits while staying ever-vigilant against its growing dangers.
February 24, 2026
A proposed amendment to Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, will only create greater uncertainty, said Conservative MP Andrew Lawton.
Canada has “much to share with other countries” when it comes to reconciliation and ministry with Indigenous peoples, says Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith, as he prepares to attend the International Conference on Catholic Indigenous Ministry in New Zealand.
Parishioners from St. Mary’s Parish in Chilliwack vacationing in Puerto Vallarta are hoping they can return home to Canada as violence appears to be abating following unrest over the weekend.
February 23, 2026
Development and Peace-Caritas Canada has officially launched its Share Lent 2026 campaign, giving faithful across the country another chance for prayer, education, donations and solidarity with the Global South.
A fire has destroyed the historic former Saint-Paul Church in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough.