By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic Whenever a group of people with different opinions gather at a table to discuss a controversial topic, sparks are bound to fly. But Archdiocese of Vancouver lawyer Mary Margaret…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News OTTAWA – A first of its kind publicly-released review of historic cases of sexual abuse within a Canadian Catholic diocese may have far reaching repercussions across the country as other…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News OTTAWA – Human rights and climate change are among the issues Catholic and faith-based organizations hope will feature prominently in the throne speech on Dec. 5 that will indicate what…
By Kyle Greenham, Grandin Media [Edmonton – Canadian Catholic News} – The horrors Natalia Talanchuk experienced during Holodomor are now many decades behind her. But her memories from the time when forced starvation killed an estimated…
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register When Bishop Albert Thévenot, M.Afr., says of his Missionaries of Africa order that “we work ourselves out of a job” in their ministry, it seems odd. After all, the…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News The 50th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Knights of Columbus Charitable Foundation was celebrated with a gala event Nov. 16 that included recognition of several significant donations, and a…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News “Please, God, help the Parkinson’s people to keep faith and go on. I accept, Lord. Give me the strength to go on.” So wrote the late Sr. Adelaide Fortowsky, OSU,…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Knights of Columbus Celebrity Dinner committee chair Garry Maier and other representatives of the Knights of Columbus presented a cheque for $50,000 to Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation…
Kyle Greenham, Grandin Media [Edmonton – Canadian Catholic News] – A United Conservative Party MLA has lost his bid to strengthen the rights of health care providers in Alberta to refuse procedures contrary to their moral…
Archbishop offers ‘heartfelt apology,’ commitment to ‘make amends’ By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – A groundbreaking report (www.rcav.org/abuse-report) by an Archdiocese of Vancouver review committee on clerical sexual abuse…