By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré, Quebec – CNS] – In the face of sin and failure, the temptation to wallow in despair and do nothing comes from the devil, says Pope Francis, speaking…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Lac Ste. Anne, AB – CNS] – Pope Francis joined Indigenous pilgrims at a lake known for miraculous healings and encouraged them to lay their burdens on the shore….
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Lac Ste. Anne, AB – Canadian Catholic News] – Like generations of pilgrims before him, Pope Francis came to the water’s edge at Lac Ste. Anne seeking healing —…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Edmonton – Canadian Catholic News] – At a Mass celebrating the feast of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis urged those filling Edmonton’s Commonwealth to ground their understanding of history in…
By Tonny Onyulo, Catholic News Service [Mantapala Refugee Settlement, Zambia – CNS] – Wrapped in a traditional blue apron, Martha Milambo sells her tomatoes, onions and dried fish to the locals and fellow refugees at…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Edmonton, AB – CNS] – Celebrating the feast day of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honour their elders, but he asked them to think about…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register At Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in downtown Edmonton, Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for the Catholic Church to realize its destiny as the Church of…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Edmonton – CNS] – While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually an attempt to impose European culture on Canada’s Indigenous…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register Maskwacis, Alta. — The words “I am sorry” are powerful. For Tammy Ward of the Samson First Nation, those words from Pope Francis brought tears as she listened on…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Maskwacis, Alberta – CNS] – The first step of Pope Francis’ “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada included an apology and saw him returning two pairs of children’s moccasins. The little…