Papal apology draws American interest
There is hope that remorse for Canadian system will push justice, healing in U.S. By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – A papal apology on Indigenous land in Canada is…
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Development and Peace and the Church must be on peripheries, cardinal tells delegates
That’s where to find ‘logic of the incarnation,’ says Czerny By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Halifax – Canadian Catholic News] – Development and Peace has new marching orders — new orders that are older…
Catholic archdiocese of Vancouver and pride society opt for conversation, mutually resolving human rights tribunal case
By Paul Schratz, The B.C. Catholic [Vancouver – Canadian Catholic News] – One year ago, the Archdiocese of Vancouver and the White Rock Pride Society were at loggerheads, waiting for a hearing before the B.C….
Annual pilgrimage to historic Blumenfeld church and shrine held June 12
Photos by Crystal Bosch An annual pilgrimage to the historic Sts. Peter and Paul Church and Our Lady of the Sorrows shrine site was held June 12 at Blumenfeld, SK, near Leader. Parishioners from throughout…
Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools pow-wow returns after pandemic hiatus
Event includes announcement that First Nations Bank of Canada will fund Elder/cultural space in new GSCS Cree bilingual school building By Derrick Kunz, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools After two years of silence, the beat of…
Protective services officers at St. Paul’s Hospital recognized for quick action during grenade incident
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon recently recognized the outstanding actions of four protective services staff members who responded quickly, calmly and bravely to a frightening incident earlier this…
Heeding red flags to combat human trafficking
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – When Sr. Nancy Brown, SC, began serving as pastoral counsellor at Covenant House Vancouver in 1998, her eyes were opened to the sex-trafficking…
Peru’s Catholic bishops demand Canadian mining action
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register After 14 deaths at one mine with Canadian connections and a pattern of corruption and abuses across the country, Peru’s bishops are asking Canada’s government and its vast mining…
CWL highlights horrors of human trafficking during red sand prayer service
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Following Saturday morning Mass at St. Mary Parish in Saskatoon June 11, members of the parish’s Catholic Women’s League gathered with parishioners and supporters on the church steps…
St. Mary’s school in Saskatoon holds joyful Treaty 6 medal celebration
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Students, staff and special guests gathered at St. Mary’s Catholic school in Saskatoon June 8 for an outdoor Treaty 6 medal celebration, featuring drumming, song, art and student…