By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Indigenous scholar and former Cowessess First Nation Chief Terry Pelletier is challenging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate to ensure…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic The ground-penetrating radar specialist who studied the area near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has released more details about her findings. Sarah Beaulieu, who has also used GPR…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News The Catholic bishops of Saskatchewan July 13 released more details about a province-wide fund-raising appeal among Catholics for support of residential school survivors and their communities. Online donations…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Saskatoon’s Indigenous Catholic parish has turned to prayer in dealing with the pain and grief of recent announcements about unmarked graves found near former residential schools in B.C….
Reconciliation driving force behind major changes in Ottawa and planned meeting with Pope Francis at Vatican By Bryan Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – The appointment of the first Indigenous person to be…
JULY 13 UPDATE: Saskatchewan Catholic bishops announce more details of fund-raising appeal (LINK) [Canadian Catholic News] – The Catholic bishops of Saskatchewan have begun the process for a new fundraising appeal to support survivors of residential…
New bishop of Prince Albert writes diocese about church fire, which is under investigation By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News A closed church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert was destroyed by…
Former Cowessess Chief has doubts By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – In the wake of the Cowessess discovery of up to 751 unmarked graves, Western Canada’s Oblate missionary order is…
By staff of The B.C. Catholic [Ottawa – Canadian Catholic News] – A delegation of Indigenous people will meet with Pope Francis just before Christmas, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) announced June 27….
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News On June 29, 2021, Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon wrote a letter to the Catholic community about the diocese’s past participation in fundraising…