By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register When Chief Phil Fontaine arrives in Rome to meet with Vatican officials and Pope Francis this December, he will be laser focused on having the Holy Father apologize on…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski and Myron Rogal, Catholic Saskatoon News The Oct. 27 announcement from the Vatican that Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to visit Canada is welcome news for many in Saskatchewan. In…
Media Release by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) OTTAWA, October 27, 2021 – The Catholic bishops of Canada are grateful that Pope Francis has accepted their invitation to visit Canada on a pilgrimage…
Development and Peace — Caritas Canada’s Annual campaign Compiled by Joanne Steckler and Bernice Daratha, Diocesan Development and Peace Committee (Source – www.devp.org) “People and Planet First!” — What does this year’s annual campaign title…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register Since the Aug. 14 earthquake in Haiti killed 2,200, injured 12,250, destroyed or damaged 130,000 houses and left 650,000 hungry, homeless and needing aid, so much has happened in…
Conference will look at hard realities of crisis By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register When the Elliott Allen Institute gathers theologians from across North America for wide ranging discussions of the theological response to climate…
By Sister Maggie Beaudette, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Every season, spring, summer, autumn, and winter holds a particular beauty for me. The later weeks of summer are some of my favourite because it…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News A sacred moment of connection was recently celebrated, as ribbon skirts made by Catholic Women’s League (CWL) members of St. John Bosco Parish in Saskatoon were received and…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Pope Francis isn’t going to let the next global summit on climate change slip by on the same old excuses and empty promises…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News An annual fund-raising effort to support ministry and outreach across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon is starting a bit later this year – but that’s not the…