By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Rome –CNA] – Pope Francis has asked people to pray for every person who is currently a victim of human trafficking. “In times of crisis, human trafficking proliferates; therefore,…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Rome –CNA] – The Great Al-Tahira Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida was charred black inside after the Islamic State set it aflame after taking control of the town in…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Ash Wednesday is going to look a little different in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon this year. Ashes will be distributed by sprinkling on the heads of…
By CCCB Communications staff The English sector of the Office for Evangelization and Catechesis of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) will offer a four-part webinar series entitled Nurturing Friendship, the Directory for Catechesis…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency {Vatican City – CNA]- Pope Francis has dedicated the month of February to prayer for women who are victims of violence. In a video released on Feb. 1, the…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Pope Francis has added the memorial of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to the General Roman Calendar, giving the siblings the combined feast day of July…
News release from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue [Vatican City ] – Pope Francis will celebrate the International Day of Human Fraternity on Thursday, Feb. 4 in a virtual event hosted by Sheikh Mohammed…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA) – Pope Francis has announced the establishment of an international day to honor grandparents and the elderly to take place each year in July. “The Holy…
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Jane Wagner remembers the raw emotion she experienced when her daughter Mary Wagner was first arrested in Vancouver in 1999 for her crusades on…
By Catholic News Agency staff [Vatican City – CNA] – Pope Francis has announced a special year dedicated to the family, marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of his apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia. In his…