By Development and Peace staff Development and Peace / Caritas Canada recently conveyed solidarity with the Lebanese people and with all of its partners in Lebanon, after the tragic explosions that shook the capital of…
Suicide and Melancholy By Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI We no longer understand melancholy. Today we lump all forms of melancholy together into one indiscriminate bundle and call it “depression.” While a lot of good is…
By Catholic News Agency staff [New Haven, Connecticut – CNA] – The Knights of Columbus announced a new initiative Aug. 6 to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria, where at least 60,000 Christians have been…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News A sculpted figure of Christ was raised onto the empty cross at the Cathedral of the Holy Family Aug. 4, transforming it into a crucifix. Bishop Hagemoen said…
News release from CNEWA [Ottawa – Aug. 6, 2020] – Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) has launched an emergency campaign to rally prayers and funds for Lebanon. “The Lebanese people are going through a major…
By Catholic News Agency Staff [CNA – Aug. 4, 2020] – A Lebanese Catholic priest has asked believers around the world to pray for the people of his country, after two explosions in Beirut injured…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Pope Francis said Aug. 5 that Catholic social teaching is fundamental to healing the issues faced by the world today. “Although the Church administers…
By Catholic News Agency Staff [Washington, DC – CNA] – Just days ahead of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the president of the United States…
By UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency staff [News release – July 29, 2020] – Thousands of refugees and migrants are dying, while many are suffering extreme human rights abuses on irregular journeys between West and East…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver, B.C. – Canadian Catholic News] – For British Columbia film producer Natasha Howes, Fatima is more than just her latest screen project. The Kelowna-based filmmaker credits the miraculous…