By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Lac Ste. Anne, AB – Canadian Catholic News] – Like generations of pilgrims before him, Pope Francis came to the water’s edge at Lac Ste. Anne seeking healing —…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Edmonton – Canadian Catholic News] – At a Mass celebrating the feast of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis urged those filling Edmonton’s Commonwealth to ground their understanding of history in…
By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead, Catholic News Service [Owensboro, Kentucky – CNS] – Megan was “at first super-excited” when she learned about the concept of a Rachel’s Vineyard retreat, “but as the date got closer I…
By Michael Kenny, Catholic News Service [Sydney – CNS] – An Australian couple who pioneered one of the world’s most successful natural fertility methods are being celebrated as potential saints by those in the medical…
By Tonny Onyulo, Catholic News Service [Mantapala Refugee Settlement, Zambia – CNS] – Wrapped in a traditional blue apron, Martha Milambo sells her tomatoes, onions and dried fish to the locals and fellow refugees at…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Edmonton, AB – CNS] – Celebrating the feast day of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honour their elders, but he asked them to think about…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register At Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in downtown Edmonton, Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for the Catholic Church to realize its destiny as the Church of…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Edmonton – CNS] – While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually an attempt to impose European culture on Canada’s Indigenous…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register Maskwacis, Alta. — The words “I am sorry” are powerful. For Tammy Ward of the Samson First Nation, those words from Pope Francis brought tears as she listened on…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Standing at the brink of history, it is impossible not to wonder what’s on the other side. Pope Francis’ six-day penitential pilgrimage through…