By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – Canada’s Catholic bishops have joined with other faith leaders across the country to offer hope and solidarity to all Canadians as the nation faces an unprecedented…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – If you thought you were seeing more homeless people on the streets these days, you were right. Scott Small, manager of Catholic Charities…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa -CCN] – Two Ottawa-based faith leaders have joined together to comfort Canadians during the COVID-19 health crisis that has closed most places of worship across the country. Ottawa’s Catholic…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – In a crisis, hard decisions have to be made. When there aren’t enough ventilators or Intensive Care Unit beds for everyone who needs…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square on Friday, March 27, 2020, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave an extraordinary “Urbi et…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News With encouragement, support and logistical details provided by parishioners and others in the community, Fr. Matthew Ramsay, pastor of St. Anne Parish, flew over the city of Saskatoon…
By Blake Sittler, Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan In my work for the Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan, I had several priorities a few weeks ago: we are revising our Witness To Mission Formation Program,…
Canadian Catholic News report with files from Catholic Saskatoon News and Grandin Media The Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association (SCSBA) is “relieved, reassured and grateful” in the wake of the unanimous decision March 25, 2020…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – After dioceses throughout the world suspended public Masses in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Congregation for Divine Worship has updated its decree on…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News The suspension of public celebrations of Mass to prevent the spread of COVID-19 also means a suspension of Sunday collections in parishes across the country — including on…