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The Catholic Women’s League of Canada is urging the federal government to encourage the application of existing terrorism laws when arson attacks on places of worship are prosecuted.
Photo courtesy Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan
Parishes in Penticton, B.C., have been providing evacuees of the ongoing Bald Range wildfires from nearby Summerland and Peachland with hope and strength amid their horrific ordeals.
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Warning against increased violence in the West Bank, Pope Leo XIV urged world leaders to decisively pursue an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
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Pope Leo XIV sent condolences to the families of the victims of a tragic ferry accident in Zimbabwe that has killed more than 90 people.
OSV News photo/Bright Charakupa, Reuters
Bandi Szakony for the Diocese of Calgary
Calgary Bishop William McGrattan can be counted among the tens of millions who have been captivated by the Canadian Rockies over time.
Andrea Mrozek
How do we increase crashing fertility rates across the globe; how do we normalize again what is normal, that being a crying kid on a bus. Would large sums of money do it?
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Numismatists take note. The Vatican City State Mint has issued a new set of coins to mark Pope Leo XIV's pontificate and the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.
Christians are called to reflect Mary's authentic beauty, which is revealed through a life of enduring love rather than worldly aesthetic standards, Pope Leo XIV said.
Parishioners at St. John the Evangelist in Caledon, Ont., on Aug. 22 will mark the historic country church's 125th anniversary with festivities, reminiscence and a special Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Ivan Camilleri.
The “Happily Ever After” gala, hosted by the Don Bosco House, drew 270 young Catholics from around the GTA on Aug. 7 at the Primavera Event Space in Woodbridge, Ont., for a high-class evening of fellowship and faith.
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For the many living through war, displacement and devastating natural disasters, Mary remains a source of hope and maternal consolation, Pope Leo XIV said.
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Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend, saying Sunday is "the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year."
