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The National Catholic Register is...

A Newspaper for Active Catholics, at the Service of Families

In each issue: National News, Vatican News, World News, Inperson interview, Commentary & Opinion, Travel: History and Saints, Books & Education, Arts & Culture, Culture of Life.

"The Register is fast becoming a newspaper of record for Catholics."
- Catholic Press Association.

Practical aids: Weekly DVD and Video Picks, Weekly Book Pick, Daily TV Picks, Children's Book Picks, Internet Picks, more ...

"The most complete" national Catholic newspaper.
- Catholic Press Association

Helps for your family: Family Matters answers readers' money, child-raising, work-related and marriage questions. Baby Mugs, Umbert the Unborn, Facts of Life, and spiritual tips every week.

"When the Register comes in the mailbox, we fight over who gets to read it first!"
- Jeff Cavins, author

The Oldest English-Language Catholic Newspaper in America

The National Catholic Register, founded in 1927 by Msgr. William Smith, is nearly 80 years old. It is an important part of American Church history.

"I grew up as the youngest of eight children on a farm near Watertown, S.D. My father died shortly after I was born. Not long after, the Depression years came. We grew up under very poor circumstances. We didn't have a Catholic high school in Watertown, but our family did receive the National Catholic Register. I would wait for it to arrive in the mail every Tuesday and I would read it cover-to-cover."
- Father Robert Fox, founder of the Fatima Family Apostolate.

The Flagship Publication for the New Evangelization

The Register is at the center of the Church's modern-day renewal.

"The Register in its present form is an indispensable source of news and insight for Catholics who are serious about the renewal of the Church."
. George Weigel, papal biographer

The Register's mission is to equip the apostles of the new evangelization and to help build the culture of life ...

"The Register is, in fact, one of the best ways for the Catholic in the pew to receive pro-life information."
. Father Frank Pavone, Priests for Life

... and to give Catholics leaders the news they need.

"Not only does the Register report on Church issues, it reports on issues that would be of interest to the faithful . even when these issues might not be about the Catholic Church or Catholicism per se."
. White House's William McGurn,
formerly the Wall Street Journal´s chief editorial writer.

At the Pope's Side, in the Center of the Church

The Register's role is to publicize what Pope Benedict is asking of the Church.

"There are people who know the Vatican better than I do, but not a lot. I owe that to the Register."
. Greg Burke, the Rome correspondent for Fox news, once covered Rome for Time magazine and the Register.

We help readers see their integral role in the larger Church's mission.

"You have expertly blended the local, national and international aspects in your paper so that it gently refuses me to be complacent in my Catholicity on any level."
. Anna Nabhan, a young teacher and Register subscriber.