4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (390+ words) A simple assignment at a Catholic university turned into something more — a glimpse of formation, truth and a regret I didn’t know I had. Experience teaches you a lot over time. What works. What doesn’t. What matters, and what doesn’t matter…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago   (718+ words) There’s nothing like it — thousands of young college-age Catholics all together, a zealous, teeming sense of anticipation to meet everyone and go to every talk. That’s the faith-filled atmosphere at SEEK, which wrapped up on Jan. 5 in three cities. After…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1085+ words) COMMENTARY: Church teaching cuts through AI hype, reminding us that AI is a simulation of intelligence, not a rival to the human mind or soul. Since ChatGPT’s release in November 2022, headlines about artificial intelligence (AI) have been sensational. AI is…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (973+ words) A look at the National Catholic Register’s most-read stories of 2025, based on online readership. Editor’s Note: AI tools were used to generate summaries and rank stories based on online pageviews. All entries were reviewed and edited by an editor before…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (408+ words) COMMENTARY: What can Catholics do for Jimmy Lai at the moment? That, however, doesn’t change the brutal reality of his situation: namely, the virtual certainty that he will die in jail, having never been restored to his family, unless Emperor…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (159+ words) EDITORIAL: The grief-stricken widow's words offer a turning point for all of us. Forgiveness of enemies is not achievable by human strength alone. It requires grace. The parishioners had argued that the diocese should await the Vatican’s ruling on a…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1053+ words) COMMENTARY: Is it possible that users of wearable AI devices could, like Narcissus, become unable to tear themselves away from their own data? As Christians, we seek to know ourselves — especially the state of our souls. But the proliferation of…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (234+ words) We have three guests, first Jonah McKeown, discussing the Year in Review, followed by Kevin Knight and Matt McDonald, reviewing the Register's most viewed stories of the year. Pope Leo encouraged involvement in the Church, especially among youth. The special…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (412+ words) COMMENTARY: Why the SSPX’s appeal to emergency, conscience and tradition fails the Church’s own ecclesiology. But should this happen, it will not be the first excommunication rodeo for the SSPX leadership. This penalty was incurred once before in 1988 when the…...