By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Canada’s federal court has ruled the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by sending…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – COVID-19 has almost completely choked off the flow of refugees to Canada, which has refugee sponsors worried about the backlog building up as…
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register [Saskatoon – Canadian Catholic News] – Learning about God’s profound love in seminars and small groups, experiencing Christ during eucharistic adoration and dancing to worship tunes are among the joys…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News The Catholic bishops of Saskatchewan issued a joint statement regarding racism July 13, calling for a renewed spirit of respect and caring. Expressing “great concern regarding racial injustices,”…
By Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency [Washington, D.C. – CNA] – Tired and heartbroken at seeing statues get pulled down and vandalized, Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz wracked his brain to come up with a compromise…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver, BC- Canadian Catholic News] – The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed “cracks” in how Canada treats its migrant farm workers, Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, says in a letter…
Updated July 31, 2020 By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Following up on a first round of clergy updates June 18, 2020, Bishop Mark Hagemoen announced further pastoral assignments and clergy changes in a…
By Catholic Near East Welfare Association (Note: CNEWA collects funds for religious organizations providing humanitarian relief services, as well as pastoral care, throughout Western Ukraine) [Ottawa – July 9, 2020] – Catholic Near East Welfare Association…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – Pope Francis offered Mass July 8, asking the Virgin Mary to help Christians recognize the face of Christ in each migrant and refugee. “As…
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – A Vatican cardinal has said that the world is facing a “tsunami” of humanitarian crises caused by the coronavirus emergency, conflict, and decreased security…