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May 2018

May 28

Robert Brehl: Racist rant is not typically Canadian

May 28, 2018

If you’re reading this, you are likely racist.

Chaldeans take big step into global spotlight with new cardinal

May 28, 2018

Roman Catholics are used to belonging to a global church, one that transcends borders, encompasses cultures and finds expression in all the languages of the world.

Barefoot and Preaching: You can find God’s grace in every possible place

May 28, 2018

I have found God inescapable for most of my life. Even when I try to run away, there He is.

Peter Stockland: Pro-lifers fight on with a tireless spirit

May 28, 2018

When Dr. Cathy Ferrier was announced as the Bishop Adam Exner Award winner by the Catholic Civil Rights League last week, she responded with the deep grace familiar to all who know her.

Poet Patria Rivera explores her past with spiritual lens

May 28, 2018

It started out in 2011 as a Lenten practice.

May 29

Cardinal Ouellet celebrates 50 years of priesthood

May 29, 2018

OTTAWA – Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the highest-ranking Canadian in the Roman Curia, marked his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood May 25 at a Mass of celebration in Rome.

Defend right to life, conscientious objection, Pope tells doctors

May 29, 2018

VATICAN – Make medicine and health care more humane by protecting the life and dignity of all patients, particularly the weakest and the unborn, Pope Francis told Catholic doctors and medical specialists.

Holiness means living with hope, not doing extraordinary things, Pope says

May 29, 2018

VATICAN – A life of holiness isn't defined by having visions or performing extraordinary feats of devotion, but by living with the hope of salvation promised by Christ, Pope Francis said.

Ordained at 63, late vocation was no barrier for Fr. Botari

May 29, 2018

EDMONTON – Fr. Victor Botari was ordained to the priesthood late in life, but he brought a passion for social justice to all the Alberta parishes he served.

Cardinal-designate Becciu named prefect of congregation for saints

May 29, 2018

VATICAN – Cardinal-designate Giovanni Angelo Becciu is one of the very few new cardinals not completely surprised in late May when Pope Francis announced the names of the 14 churchmen he intended to induct into the College of Cardinals.

Teaching on male-only priesthood is definitive, cardinal-designate says

May 29, 2018

VATICAN – That only men can be validly ordained to the priesthood is a truth that is part of the Catholic faith and will not and cannot change, said Cardinal-designate Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

May 30

Cardinal Bo among faith leaders pledging to back Myanmar peace efforts

May 30, 2018

BANGKOK – Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, has joined other faith leaders in declaring their commitment to peace initiatives in the strife-torn southeast Asia country, a move welcomed by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Legal action pondered on Canada Summer Jobs attestation

May 30, 2018

OTTAWA – Several Christian organizations, including the Catholic Civil Rights League, are exploring legal options to fight the Canada Summer Jobs pro-abortion attestation.

Government seeks help from Catholic coalition to push papal apology

May 30, 2018

OTTAWA – The Minister of Indigenous Affairs has asked the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, a coalition of Catholic groups, to help government efforts to obtain a papal apology for the Church’s role in residential schools.

Sr. Mechtilde's passion for teaching served her well at Faith Connections

May 30, 2018

Sister’s passion for teaching served her well at Faith Connections

Francis Campbell: Jesus was definitely there through Becky’s journey

May 30, 2018

Gone prematurely, remembered always. Rebecca Maureen (Becky) Beaton passed away early one mid-May morning after a gutsy 30-month battle with cancer. Becky was just 36 and I was proud to call her my niece for that seemingly brief period of time.

Cathy Majtenyi: Gene editing is heading down a slippery slope

May 30, 2018

The pipette appears on the screen and sucks up a dot, which is actually human sperm that has been genetically altered. Then the small laboratory tool pierces the membrane of a human egg, releases the sperm, “and you have changed the genetic destiny of that embryo,” notes television host Bill Whitaker. “Yes, we believe so,” nods scientist Shoukhrat Mitalipov.

Young athletes fight to balance sports and faith

May 30, 2018

Sixteen-year-old Justin Alvarado has practice every day after school during the cross-country and track-and-field seasons. He is also a member of the FC Emery soccer club, with practices two to three times a week.

Speaking out: Growing up with interreligious parents

May 30, 2018

Most of my childhood Sundays were spent below the stained glass windows of a beautiful church filled with incense. I was a “cradle Catholic,” baptized in a white gown and confirmed when I still had braces. However, some Sundays I spent in a modestly decorated Pentecostal church.

Cardinal accuses U.N. peacekeepers of complicity in Central African attacks

May 30, 2018

WARSAW, Poland – The head of the Central African Republic's Catholic Church accused United Nations peacekeepers of "conspiring with rebel groups" to inflame Christian-Muslim hostility.