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Catholic experts are expressing concern after a recent Pew Research Center survey found that only 35% of U.S. Catholic parents say that it is extremely or very important to them that their children grow up to hold similar religious beliefs.

Despite confronting formidable economic headwinds due to the highest inflation rates to hit Canada in 40 years, ShareLife’s parish fundraising campaign in 2022 came just shy of hitting its target.

When I first encountered 12 step spirituality in a room of anonymous strangers, I was introduced to “the God of our own understanding.” The concept felt foreign to me, and a little bit dangerous. What would all these people do to God with their own understanding, I worried. 

What are your plans for Lent this year? 

It’s a popular question we ask each other when Lent is approaching. Just as we are settling into the season of Ordinary Time after our joyful celebration of Christmas season, Lent is upon us. The liturgical celebration of Ash Wednesday, with its ritual of the signing on our foreheads with ashes, leads us into Lent. This year, with most COVID restrictions removed, we can come together to celebrate it. 

Recently, I noticed a height chart next to the exit door of my local wine shop. This isn’t the first time I’ve shopped there, but it’s the first time I’ve notice the 7-foot ruler, conspicuously glued to the door frame. 

‘Life does not consist in having an abundance of things,’ said a wise St. Luke.

We’ve all heard it said: “You can’t take it with you.” Unfortunately, knowing that we can’t take it with us when we go doesn’t stop us from acquiring it. And adding to it.

Bill C-39, legislation that would delay by one year the expansion of assisted suicide to those suffering solely from mental illness, passed the House of Commons on Feb. 15 

The news came at 5:25 a.m. CST on Feb. 11. Despite my years of absence, big news from home can still rattle me awake: Pope Francis had named Bishop Frank Leo, auxiliary bishop of Montreal, to succeed Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto.

If Canada’s bishops are setting an agenda in their letters to Indigenous Canadians, that agenda needs more detail, Catholic Indigenous leaders told The Catholic Register.

Greetings Message to the People of God in the Archdiocese of Toronto from Archbishop-designate Most Rev. Francis Leo