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October 2018

October 19

Fr. Raymond de Souza: Long line of martyr-bishops marked by men of no fear

October 19, 2018

VATICAN – The twin canonizations — along with five others — of Pope St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero prompted many to look for similarities between the two. But the more suggestive similarity is between “San Romero” — as they call him in El Salvador — and the pope whose 40th anniversary is marked this week.

Ukraine's war forming heroic young Christian leaders, Ukrainian archbishop says

October 19, 2018

VATICAN – The horror of the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine is shaping the moral compass of a generation of young Ukrainians and preparing them to be heroic Christian leaders, said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Synod final document must include scandal of human trafficking affecting young people, cardinal says

October 19, 2018

VATICAN – The scandal of human trafficking, which affects millions of young people in the world, needs to be included in the Synod of Bishops' final document, one synod father said.

Vietnam releases, then exiles jailed Catholic blogger, human rights activist

October 19, 2018

HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam has freed a well-known Catholic blogger and rights activist jailed two years ago for posting anti-government material on social media and forced her into exile in the United States.

Legal marijuana will have 'disastrous effects,' Canadian bishops say

October 19, 2018

OTTAWA – Canada’s bishops reiterated their opposition to the legalization of recreational marijuana Wednesday, the same day that legal marijuana sales began across the country.

'Conspiracy of silence harms the Church,' Vigano says in response to Cardinal Ouellet

October 19, 2018

VATICAN – In a new testimony Friday, Archbishop Carlo Vigano charged that Pope Francis has been negligent in his responsibilities to the Church, and responded to efforts to refute allegations he has made in recent months about Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and other ecclesiastical leaders.

Church must help non-Catholics become true disciples, Venezuelan observer says

October 19, 2018

VATICAN – The Catholic Church must help not only its own young people but also non-Catholics to become active members in society and true disciples in a chaotic world, a Venezuelan observer told the Synod of Bishops.

Beware of hypocrisy, which leavens selfishness, Pope Francis says

October 19, 2018

VATICAN – Hypocrisy is the leaven that causes men and women to be self-centered and indifferent to the world around them, Pope Francis said.

Lack of safe drinking water on reserves ‘disgraceful’, Canadian bishops say

October 19, 2018

OTTAWA – The latest statement about drinking water from Canada’s bishops “might shock” some people, admits Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver.

Archbishop Richard Smith outlines Canadian bishops' action plan on sex abuse

October 19, 2018

EDMONTON – Trust in the Catholic Church has been broken in the wake of horrific reports of clergy sex abuse, but that trust can be restored, said Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith.

D&P scrambles to help earthquake relief in Haiti and Indonesia

October 19, 2018

Earthquakes in Indonesia and Haiti have left long-time Development and Peace partners in those countries reaching out for help so they can in turn help struggling peasants and fishing families surrounding them.

October 22

Church's 'beautiful, yet challenging' stance on sexuality welcomes all, calls for conversion, Synod groups say

October 22, 2018

VATICAN – No one is excluded from the love of God or from being welcomed into the Catholic Church, but God's love and the church's welcome also come with a call to conversion, said the English-language groups at the Synod of Bishops.

Political passion looks for a place on campus

October 22, 2018

For most Catholics on the greyer side of the generation divide, student politics today definitely isn’t what it used to be.

Synod members walk to 'share the journey' with migrants, refugees

October 22, 2018

VATICAN – Honduran Bishop Jose Antonio Canales of Danli said that, given what is going on in his country and throughout Central America, he had to walk in the "Share the Journey" campaign of Caritas Internationalis.

Cardinal Burke urges Catholic youth to not compromise with the world

October 22, 2018

ROME – Cardinal Raymond Burke urged Catholic young people attending a conference to hold fast to the teachings of Jesus Christ and to resist temptations by a “profoundly secularized culture” to change the Church into “one more Protestant denomination.”

Cardinal Rivera's home attacked in Mexico City, security guard found dead

October 22, 2018

MEXICO CITY – An auxiliary police officer was shot dead at the Mexico City home of Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera in what authorities described as an unsuccessful attempt at robbing the retired churchman.

Brescia's first Fulbright scholar exploring unique Arctic Council

October 22, 2018

Andrew Chater understands he is going where no Brescia University College faculty has ever gone before, and it’s a challenge he is welcoming.

New site helps students make right connections, reconnect with Catholic faith

October 22, 2018

Going to university often means leaving home and friends behind, but it doesn’t have to mean parting ways with your Catholic faith.

Figure of Speech: Catholic values drive universities’ goals

October 22, 2018

When we speak of Catholic education it is almost a cliché to begin by saying that universities were born from the Church and to give Bologna and Oxford as examples of the foundational role the Church played in the development of higher education.

Vancouver teachers get to the Core of their faith

October 22, 2018

VANCOUVER – Vancouver College religion teacher Greg Van Dyk is always looking for new ways to teach the faith. So when he took a course at St. Mark’s College that compared mortal and venial sin to a broken bone versus a fracture, he knew he had something he could use.