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May 2020

May 21

Planet’s ‘urgent’ cry rings loud and clear

May 21, 2020

It is not wrong to say that Laudato Si’ is an encyclical about ecology or climate change. But nobody gets full marks for that answer.

When somebody says we need help, that’s what you do’

May 21, 2020

After 40 years serving some of the most vulnerable in society with St. Elizabeth Health Care, Patricia Malone was easing into her retirement. Her career wasn’t in the rearview mirror yet, but she was working half-time as she prepared for life beyond work.

Glen Argan: Pandemic should give us food for thought

May 21, 2020

In Alberta, the province where I live, those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are workers in meat processing plants.

May 22

Religious demand cleaner economy

May 22, 2020

More than 200 Catholic sisters from across Canada want Ottawa to deny a bailout to the oil and gas industry and invest in building a cleaner, low-carbon economy after COVID-19.

Editorial: A map for the ages

May 22, 2020

We tend to think of the planet as a patchwork of nations and continents, but it is really a single tapestry in which everything and everyone is intertwined. The COVID-19 pandemic is tragic evidence of that, but the new coronavirus only illuminates a lesson taught to us already.

Readers Speak Out: May 24, 2020

May 22, 2020

Needs of faithful Re: Cautious approach to re-open churches (May 10): I am very surprised that Canada’s bishops are reluctant to press our government to ease restrictions on churches.

Year-long program created for encyclical

May 22, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced that it will commemorate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment with a year-long series of initiatives dedicated to the safeguarding and care for the Earth.

Catholic volunteers lend aid to cyclone victims in India

May 22, 2020

BHOPAL, India -- Catholic volunteers provided food and shelter to hundreds of people in coastal eastern India after Cyclone Amphan devastated the region May 20, killing 80 people and destroying thousands of homes.

Luke Stocking: Pandemic reflections on the Incarnation

May 22, 2020

At a time when mother nature has “sent us to our rooms” (as one viral post put it), the digital world has opened its arms wide to embrace us. It is a reality that I have been reflecting on during this pandemic.

Development and Peace lay off staff for summer to fight deficit

May 22, 2020

Staring down the barrel of a $5 million deficit, Development and Peace is laying off its 70 employees for eight weeks over the summer while management takes unpaid leaves of absence or reduces their working hours to two or three days a week.

May 23

Jesuits open doors to homeless in quarantine

May 23, 2020

Homeless people waiting to learn whether they might have contracted COVID-19 are living in the Jesuit retreat house in Guelph.

Francis Campbell: Heartache and pity for Nova Scotians

May 23, 2020

April, according to T.S. Eliot, is the cruellest month.

May 24

God's Word on Sunday: The Spirit sets us on a challenging course

May 24, 2020

Pentecost Sunday, May 31 (Year A) Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13; John 20:19-23 The term “Holy Spirit” is often used in ambiguous ways.

‘Virtual’ church is here to stay

May 24, 2020

No one is saying closing church doors was a good thing, but it did open another door to an online world for faith communities that will likely continue to grow long after the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 25

Vatican Museums to reopen June 1

May 25, 2020

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- The Vatican Museums announced Saturday that it will reopen on June 1, two days before Italy opens its borders to European visitors after nearly three months of lockdown.

May 26

Pope marks anniversary of 'Laudato Si'' with call to prayer, action

May 26, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Commemorating the fifth anniversary of his encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis called on Christians to join in prayer and acts of care for the Earth and for the poor.

Pope Francis blesses visitors on feast of Ascension

May 26, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- St. Peter's Square was open to the public May 24, the feast of the Ascension, and scores of visitors turned up for Pope Francis' noonday prayer and blessing.

Pope Francis to lead world shrines in rosary prayer for pandemic

May 26, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary's intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.

May 27

Churches take first steps in re-opening

May 27, 2020

It was like a new beginning for Fr. Geoffrey Young and clergy in the Diocese of Saskatoon.

Pope Francis clears way for beatification of Knights of Columbus founder

May 27, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification.