By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register Newly elected Catholic Women’s League president Fran Lucas has a long list of hopes and dreams for Canada’s largest women’s organization, but the most immediate item on her wish…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register When the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, Jesuit Fr. Jean Frankcy went with his brother novices out onto the streets of Dumay, on the outskirts of Port au Prince. That…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – A coalition of faith groups that have been warning for years that unless climate change is addressed the future enjoyment of God’s creation by humanity is…
The Season of Creation runs from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4 By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Pope Francis released a message Sept. 1, 2021 for the World Day of Prayer…
Too many are content to merely cast a ballot, says author John Milloy By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register Canadians have a lot to think about before the Sept. 20 election. But for Catholics, it’s…
By Roma De Robertis, SCIC Facing many tragedies and disasters today, how might we pray and act with others for urgently needed transformation? Hope can be found in two vital international treaties which are highly consistent…
By B.C. Catholic staff [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – Although three in five Canadians felt having a federal election this fall was not important to them, the country is headed to its second general…
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Fr. Ivan Nachachewsky of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon is taking some vacation time this month, well-earned after completing a gruelling 2,000-kilometre bike…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Making up for the Catholic failure to raise $25 million to fund healing and reconciliation programs in Indigenous communities is about a lot…
By Bryan Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – Reconciliation between Canadian society as a whole and this country’s Indigenous communities is possible two new Indigenous leaders say. RoseAnne Archibald, the new leader of…