By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Creating a safe and supportive place to experience key messages of Pope Francis’ visit to Canada as a community was the goal of a local event held July…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Iqaluit, Nunavut – CNS] – On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq – a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone – Pope Francis…
The Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops (CCCB) released the following statement July 29, 2022 at the conclusion of the five-day visit of Pope Francis to Canada. The Bishops of Canada are thankful for Pope Francis’…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [In-flight News Conference – CNS]- The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was “genocide,” Pope…
By Catholic Register staff [Quebec City – Canadian Catholic News] – On the final day of Pope Francis’ pilgrimage of penance, one of healing and reconciliation, he says it is he who has been “enriched”…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Quebec City – Canadian Catholic News] – If Canadian Catholics were looking for a road map to reconciliation, Pope Francis laid it out for them at a vespers prayer…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Quebec City – CNS] – In a British-built fort on the highest hill in Quebec City, Pope Francis spoke to Canadian government and cultural leaders about the never-ending challenge…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Quebec City – CNS] – In a brief protest at a papal Mass in Canada, Indigenous women unfurled a banner that said, “Rescind the Doctrine.” The protest July 28…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, Quebec – CNS] – In the face of sin and failure, the temptation to wallow in despair and do nothing comes from the devil, says Pope Francis, speaking…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Lac Ste. Anne, AB – CNS] – Pope Francis joined Indigenous pilgrims at a lake known for miraculous healings and encouraged them to lay their burdens on the shore….