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May 2018

May 7

Faith groups care for refugees in ways governments can't, group tells U.N.

May 7, 2018

UNITED NATIONS – Faith-based organizations are uniquely able to care for migrants and refugees because they employ a holistic, person-centered approach that respects the human dignity of each individual, and they have established networks throughout the world, according to panelists at a May 3 United Nations event.

May 8

Vatican brings faith and fashion to the MET

May 8, 2018

While some critics saw the media's sudden fixation on papal fashion as frivolous and a way of trivializing the true meaning behind elegance in ecclesial dress, one top art curator said he saw this spotlight as actually raising "deeper, more profound considerations – namely, the role that dress plays in the Catholic Church and the role that the Catholic Church plays" within the world of fashion's imagination.

Bishops in Latin America join efforts to aid Venezuelan refugees

May 8, 2018

VATICAN – With the help of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Vatican Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, eight bishops' conferences in Latin America have joined efforts to assist Venezuelans in transit through or settling in their home countries.

Pope calls dicastery to promote reflection on role of women

May 8, 2018

VATICAN – Pope Francis has updated the statutes of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, adding among other things a specific reference to the office's responsibility for promoting a deeper reflection on the role of women in the church and society.

Pope Francis praises retired Pope Benedict's writings on faith and politics

May 8, 2018

VATICAN – For more than 50 years, the writings of retired Pope Benedict XVI on the relationship between faith and politics have insisted that the measure of human freedom is the extent to which each person acknowledges being dependent on the love of God, Pope Francis wrote.

Moccasin project helps create awareness of Indigenous issues

May 8, 2018

A small handmade gift can have a big impact.

Toronto students team up with suffering youth in Attawapiskat through soccer

May 8, 2018

To the boys on the senior high school soccer team, it was only natural to reach out to people their age who were suffering in the northern part of the province.

Kitchener students build a wall to break barriers

May 8, 2018

The kids at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary School in Kitchener, Ont., are breaking down walls with science, or more accurately, one particular wall in the middle of their school gym.

Give back Summer Jobs funding, bishops urge after dozens of Catholic groups applied

May 8, 2018

OTTAWA – Despite stern opposition from Canada’s bishops to the revised Canada Summer Jobs program, dozens of Catholic organizations — including parishes, schools, religious orders and charities — apparently applied anyway and are now in line to receive grants.

The devil is a big loser, but still manages to seduce us, Pope says

May 8, 2018

VATICAN – The devil is "a loser," but he still tricks people into giving him power, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis unlikely to be swayed by apology motion

May 8, 2018

OTTAWA – Pope Francis is unlikely to be swayed by a House of Commons near-unanimous motion calling on him to apologize in Canada for abuses at Catholic run residential schools, said Archbishop Richard Gagnon.

The fight to bring Ukrainian internee cemetery back to life

May 8, 2018

OTTAWA – The graves of at least a dozen Ukrainians who died while interned in a remote camp in Quebec during the First World War are slowly fading into the forest landscape.

Catholic Women's League forms a relationship with the homeless

May 8, 2018

Chimene Boyce ran away from home at 15 and spent years living on the streets. She has some simple advice for people wanting to help the homeless.

London waste company discovers relic of St. Clement in the trash

May 8, 2018

LONDON, England – London waste company discovers relic of St Clement in the trash

May 9

Pro-life advocates challenged to be ‘All In’ at Regina March for Life

May 9, 2018

REGINA – Saskatchewan pro-life advocates were challenged to be the difference in bringing an end to abortion at the annual March for Life held in the provincial capital May 8.

Companions of the Cross prepare for “something big” with magazine launch

May 9, 2018

As the Companions of the Cross marked its Foundation Day May 4, General Superior Fr. Allan MacDonald said he believed God has something in new in mind for the 33-year-old priestly community.

No sin can erase 'spiritual seal' of baptism, Pope says

May 9, 2018

VATICAN – The baptismal font is a tomb in which a person dies to sin, and it is a womb through which a person is born to new life in Christ, Pope Francis said.

Central Africa religious leaders announce three days of prayer

May 9, 2018

BANGUI, Central African Republic – Christian and Muslim leaders in the Central African Republic have accused foreign states of complicity in a May 1 gun and grenade attack on a Catholic Mass and announced coordinated prayers for peace and reconciliation in its churches and mosques.

Family discussions about end of life are vital, says study

May 9, 2018

When Katherine Arnup’s mother had a brain aneurism in 1990, she and her siblings were faced with tough choices.

Burundi's bishops say people live in fear, afraid to vote honestly

May 9, 2018

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Catholic bishops in Burundi have criticized an upcoming referendum on constitutional reform, warning that voters will be too afraid to express their views.