By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – At least three dozen women will be voting members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October, Pope Francis has decided. In…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News After a three-year hiatus because of pandemic restrictions, the downtown outdoor Good Friday Way of the Cross returned April 7 to Saskatoon. Pilgrims of all ages and from…
By Jacquie Berg, St. Thomas More College 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage (PCUH). The academic unit of St. Thomas More College (STM), federated with the…
By Nicholas Elbers, The B.C. Catholic Caring and compassion are the most effective solutions we have to combat the growing requests for medically-provided death, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Executive Director Alex Schadenberg told a large gathering…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City – CNS] – On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light…
By Douglas Burton, Catholic News Agency [Washington, DC – CNA] – At least 94 people reportedly have died in a series of deadly attacks on Christian communities throughout Holy Week in Benue state in north-central…
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service [Vatican City -CNS] – In their discussions about the life of the church and “synodality,” or walking together, Catholics in United States and Canada noted the negative impact “polarization”…
Pope, others caution it needs to be used responsibly By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – A recent photo created by an app showing Pope Francis wearing a designer bomber…
By Laura Ieraci, CNEWA (Catholic Near East Welfare Association) The responsibility of Christians to welcome migrants and to address “the new forms of poverty and fragility” migrants experience and in which they “are called to…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Representatives from across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon gathered on the Tuesday of Holy Week April 4 to celebrate an annual Chrism Mass with Bishop Mark Hagemoen…