Quinton Amundson

Nigerian Catholic priest Fr. Oliver Ortese characterized the U.S. military airstrikes on Islamic State terrorist targets in Sokoto state on Christmas Day as “Christians being freed from bondage.”

Prominent Catholic author, speaker and educational psychologist Mary Ruth Hackett is among the many Christians around the world who in recent years has become more knowledgeable about, and attuned to, discerning spirits and the concept of spiritual warfare, the unseen battle against evil preternatural forces.

Thanks to the efforts of his children, the legacy of the late acclaimed British painter and children’s book illustrator Brian Wildsmith (1930-2016) is receiving renewed appreciation this Christmas season with a new edition of The Road to Bethlehem, which he also authored.

Charlotte Mescall, a Grade 11 student at Holy Cross High School in Saskatoon, was so moved by the community outreach at St. Mary’s Parish that she coordinated two Christmas concert fundraisers on behalf of the church.

An expected Christmastime delivery to the remote Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories’ Sahtu region will conclude the 16th year of the North of 60 initiative in western Canada.

Located in an industrial strip mall and known for educating students who have experienced incarceration, trafficking, gang life, addiction, poverty or homelessness, St. Gemma Outreach High School can inspire trepidation on a first visit.

As one grows deeper in an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, it becomes completely natural — almost instinctive — to overflow with love, joy and a burning desire to serve others, which is, at its core, living the true spirit of Christmas every single day of the year.

Cardinal Frank Leo will conclude the Archdiocese of Toronto’s commemoration of the Jubilee Year with a closing Mass on Dec. 28 at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, starting at 5 p.m.

Concrete steps are already being made under the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' new National Ecumenical Strategy (NES), publicly unveiled mere weeks ago on Nov. 24, said Regina Archbishop Don Bolen.

Persistence in faith by two Calgary Catholic families, over seven years, has helped establish an eternal resting place for miscarried babies.