By Development and Peace staff Development and Peace / Caritas Canada recently conveyed solidarity with the Lebanese people and with all of its partners in Lebanon, after the tragic explosions that shook the capital of…
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By Catholic News Agency staff [New Haven, Connecticut – CNA] – The Knights of Columbus announced a new initiative Aug. 6 to report on Christian persecution in Nigeria, where at least 60,000 Christians have been…
News release from CNEWA [Ottawa – Aug. 6, 2020] – Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) has launched an emergency campaign to rally prayers and funds for Lebanon. “The Lebanese people are going through a major…
By Catholic News Agency Staff [CNA – Aug. 4, 2020] – A Lebanese Catholic priest has asked believers around the world to pray for the people of his country, after two explosions in Beirut injured…
By UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency staff [News release – July 29, 2020] – Thousands of refugees and migrants are dying, while many are suffering extreme human rights abuses on irregular journeys between West and East…
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register Fr. David Reilander spent the early days of the COVD-19 shutdown alongside Catholic Missions in Canada (CMIC) financial and administration director Lina Kim diagnosing the potential impacts the pandemic…
By Andrew Ehrkamp, Grandin Media [Archdiocese of Edmonton – Canadian Catholic News] – The screens, small and big, will be turned off as this year’s Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage comes to a close, but organizers…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register A nearly three-year process of investigation and review at the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace / Caritas Canada has resulted in a slimmed-down national council with four bishops…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Setsuko Thurlow, 88, isn’t just disappointed. She’s choking back tears of frustration and grief as she describes the response she’s had from Prime Minister…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – A mandated report into Canada’s euthanasia system says that two per cent of all deaths in 2019 were medically-assisted and that most Canadians who decided they…