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September 2018

September 12

Cardinal Wuerl to meet with Pope to discuss resignation

September 12, 2018

WASHINGTON – In an effort to bring healing and best serve the Catholic Church, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington announced he plans to meet soon with Pope Francis to discuss the resignation that he submitted three years ago.

Pope to meet with USCCB leaders as abuse crisis continues

September 12, 2018

VATICAN – Pope Francis will meet Sept. 13 with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican press office announced.

Pope Francis to convene meeting on abuse prevention with world's bishop conference leaders

September 12, 2018

VATICAN – Pope Francis is calling the presidents of every Catholic bishops' conference in the world to Rome Feb. 21-24 to discuss the prevention of the abuse of minors and vulnerable adults.

‘Apology without action is empty,’ Canadian abuse victim John Swales tells Pope Francis in letter

September 12, 2018

Canadian abuse victim John Swales has responded to an open letter from Pope Francis with his own letter to Rome in which he rejects what he terms the Pope’s “empty” apology and calls for “real” change founded on “honesty and accountability.”

Montreal's Archbishop Lépine promises ‘decisive action’ to deal with sex abuse

September 12, 2018

In response to the sexual abuse crisis embroiling the universal Church, Montreal’s archbishop has pledged that crimes committed in his diocese will never be covered up.

Shun clericalism, Pope tells new bishops

September 12, 2018

VATICAN – The Catholic Church needs bishops who promote unity, “not soloists singing their own tune or captains fighting personal battles,” Pope Francis told new bishops from the Church’s mission territories.

Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Church offers fresh devotion through art and the Passion

September 12, 2018

I am looking forward to my next visit to Holy Family Church on King Street West in Toronto. It was my home for two years in the 1990s when I was a student at St. Philip’s Seminary, which is attached to the parish.

Book’s journey takes some tedious turns

September 12, 2018

Journeys to Justice: Reflections on Canadian Christian Activism by Joe Gunn (Novalis, 176 pages, softcover, $14.95 on amazon.ca)

ShareLife campaign hits record to support more than 40 agencies in need

September 12, 2018

For the first time in ShareLife’s history, Catholic parishioners have crossed the $13-million threshold when it comes to helping those most in need.

Catholic families in Quebec fight mandatory sex-ed

September 12, 2018

MONTREAL – The re-introduction of sex education into Quebec schools goes against fundamental rights of parents, says the president of the Association of Catholic Parents of Quebec.

September 13

Regina's Mother Teresa Middle School built to change lives

September 13, 2018

From roots planted in the troubled North-Central neighbourhood of Regina has blossomed a unique group of youth who are making strides to break the cycle of poverty that is their everyday reality.

Elitism, clericalism fosters every form of abuse, Pope Francis says

September 13, 2018

VATICAN – Sexual and physical abuse by priests and religious and the scandal of its cover-up by church authorities thrive in countries where the Catholic Church is "elitist and clericalist," Pope Francis told Jesuits in Ireland in August.

Pope accepts resignation of West Virginia bishop accused of sexual harassment

September 13, 2018

WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and has instructed Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore to conduct an investigation into allegations that Bishop Bransfield sexually harassed adults.

Abuse scandal 'lacerated' the church, U.S. bishops tell Pope Francis

September 13, 2018

VATICAN – The leaders of the U.S. bishops' conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the church in the United States has been "lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse."

Study proposes merging Ontario’s Catholic and public boards, heating up a long-running debate

September 13, 2018

It isn’t just polls that show more than half of Ontarians wish there were no publicly funded Catholic schools.

Young trustee candidates see age as advantage in leading at Catholic school boards

September 13, 2018

In Grade 6, Tomasz Glod wrote a speech in school about why he would make a great prime minister.

Speaking out: Thank God for my community

September 13, 2018

Two years ago, I started volunteering at my church’s youth group. My role was to teach the students, mentor them and listen to them.

After meeting Pope, head of U.S. bishops says he's hopeful about addressing abuse crisis

September 13, 2018

VATICAN – Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston struck a determinedly hopeful tone after his long-awaited meeting with Pope Francis to discuss the growing sexual abuse crisis in the United States.

September 14

Vatican Observatory holds first workshop with world's meteorite, extraterrestrial curators

September 14, 2018

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Rocks, mineral debris and even dust from space are kept in special collections, museums and laboratories all over the world, and the Vatican Observatory took the first small step to help curators make a giant leap in coordinating their efforts globally.

Leaked German report shows 3,700 cases of clerical abuse of minors in 68 years

September 14, 2018

WASHINGTON – A 350-page document leaked to German media and published Sept. 12 documents nearly 3,700 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests, deacons and clergy in Germany over a 68-year period.