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March 2021

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Vatican calls for action to help people displaced by climate change

March 30, 2021

VATICAN CITY — Whether people admit it or not, climate change and environmental destruction are forcing millions from their homes, and Catholics have a responsibility to assist them, Pope Francis wrote in the preface to a new document.

March 31

Vandals target B.C. pro-life sign at church

March 31, 2021

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. -- A billboard with an image of a young mother holding a child on the property of St. Luke’s Parish has been vandalized again.

Speaking Out: Inspiration from forgetful saint

March 31, 2021

Ah, it’s nearly that time of year! As well as experiencing the showers of April and May, college and high school students will navigate a deluge of final essays, exams and capstone projects. Thankfully, there’s a saint we can turn to for intercession to navigate the formidable final six to eight weeks of term.

Sisters turn crisis pregnancy into a storybook ending

March 31, 2021

When she discovered she was pregnant again in 2020, Nicole Meinen was scared, stressed and didn’t know who to turn to for answers.

Easter’s date: One faith, two calendars

March 31, 2021

VATICAN CITY -- If you’ve ever wondered what’s behind the calendar chaos of Easter, look no further than the sun and the moon.

Charles Lewis: Jesus shows death isn’t the final word

March 31, 2021

We all know that Christ died on the cross. He took on all the sins of mankind and destroyed those sins. He died and was buried and on the third day He rose again from the dead. We call it Easter and that is meant to give us hope that death has lost its final sting.

Papal charity to run Holy Week vaccination clinic

March 31, 2021

VATICAN CITY -- The Office of Papal Charities has purchased enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to offer inoculations in Rome to 1,200 of “the poorest and most marginalized people who, because of their situation, are the most exposed” to the coronavirus.

Even in a pandemic, there is room for Christ

March 31, 2021

Fr. Harrison Ayre knows COVID lockdowns can wear you down. He’s felt it more in the last few months.

B.C. hospice society facing uncertain future

March 31, 2021

DELTA, B.C. -- The Delta Hospice Society is crowdfunding to raise money for a potential court challenge after it was evicted from the state-of-the-art facilities it built on land owned by the local health authority.