By The B.C. Catholic [Canadian Catholic News] – Canada’s Catholic bishops are restructuring their Indigenous council to include a new “Indigenous consultant” and increase the ratio of Indigenous members as they look at their pastoral…
By Peter Stockland, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Canada’s Catholic bishops were urged by a Muslim Imam at their annual plenary assembly to speak out for “moral rights” — while also…
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – Jesuit Brother Bob Macke, a Vatican astronomer and meteorite expert, has built a custom device for studying material from the first U.S. mission to…
By CCCB Communications (Updated Sept 28) The Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) are gathering in King City, Ontario, for an annual meeting Sept. 25-28, bringing together 79 Catholic bishops from…
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – Four months after soliciting public input on the development of safeguarding guidelines, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said it had reviewed…
By Maribel Mayorga, CCCB Communications Representatives from Catholic Indigenous organizations came together with Catholic bishops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States for an International Conference on Catholic Indigenous Ministry (ICCI) held Sept….
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – In a message to an ecumenical meeting at a historic Benedictine abbey in Hungary, Pope Francis said Russia’s war on Ukraine is a reminder…
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Mackenzie-Fort Smith Bishop Jon Hansen spoke to an “essentially full” St. Patrick’s Co-Cathedral on Sept. 10, in front of Yellowknife Catholics eager to…
By Peter Stockland, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo will be at “old home week” as the new kid on the block when Canada’s Catholic bishops convene for…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – When Pope Francis was introduced to the world from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he spoke to the crowd about taking up…