Continental synod summary getting clearer
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register (with files from Paul Schratz, The B.C. Catholic) [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Ten Americans and seven Canadians have less than 30 days to sum up the life…
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New asteroids named for pope who led calendar reform, Jesuit astronomers
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently been honoured with having asteroids named after them. The new…
‘Sorry’ is not enough: Abuse victims need answers, support, says Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – It is not enough to ask people who have suffered abuse for their forgiveness, Pope Francis said. They also must be offered “concrete actions…
Support for those suffering trauma of sexual abuse lacking in churches, says advocate
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – For people experiencing cancer, death in the family or other trauma, their church is often where they can turn for support. But when…
Celebrating 55 years of Solidarity through Development and Peace – Share the Journey 2019
This year marks the 55th Anniversary of the establishment of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. Do you remember a Development and Peace-Caritas Canada campaign or activity which touched your heart? Each week…
Synod delegate from Vancouver helping to paint the Church in all its colours
By Paul Schratz, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – If the Church in North America is a canvas, Barb Dowding is one of the artists helping to paint it, and that includes…
Bishop joins Our Lady of Lourdes parish for feast day celebration and dedication of altar
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Saskatoon welcomed Bishop Mark Hagemoen for a joyful celebration Feb. 12 to mark the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the…
CNEWA Canada renews support for Ukraine as war enters second year
Canadian Catholic agency looks ahead to further Ukraine relief efforts By Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) staff One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine — which has displaced a third of the nation’s…
Pope Francis says Lent is time to let go of the frivolous, to choose truth, love
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – What matters is the truth and the love that God sees – not what is superficial, showy and self-centered, Pope Francis said during a…
CWL members raise a flag at Saskatoon City Hall for “Human Trafficking Awareness Day”
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News During a sunny, cold noon-hour ceremony Feb. 22, 2023, members of the Catholic Women’s League of Canada (CWL) raised a flag at Saskatoon City Hall as part of…