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January 2024

January 18

Media buy-in drove graves’ social panic

January 18, 2024

Reactions and reality are not always proportionate

Stop MAiD expansion in its tracks

January 18, 2024

The timeframe to extend medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to those living with a mental illness is fast approaching. From March 17 onward, people whose sole condition is a mental illness are expected to be eligible to end their suffering through MAID.

'Fiducia supplicans' a blessing for the Church

January 18, 2024

Fiducia supplicans is exactly the document that was needed to address the confusion and error circulating among both the heretical progressive clergy who are seeking to legitimize and affirm same-sex unions and the radical conservatives who are unable to recognize the significant and relevant nuance that the issue naturally includes.

We’ll always give when asked for more

January 18, 2024

On the evening of Saturday, Jan. 13, the Alberta Emergency Management Agency sent a province-wide alert on people’s cellphones stating that the province’s electrical grid was at high risk of having to implement rotating power outages. The day had been bitterly cold across Canada, including Alberta where all-time low temperatures were recorded.

Living liturgically means living differently

January 18, 2024

In an article published in the National Post on Dec. 29, columnist Joseph Brean queried the meaning of the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s. It was a curious piece. Brean asked what the week is all about concluding that it is “this least wonderful time of the year (that) is either an under-appreciated winter interlude of nothingness, or a bland calendrical purgatory of suspended animation.”

Cardinal Filoni makes pilgrimage to Holy Land as sign of peace, solidarity

January 18, 2024

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an ancient chivalric order of the Catholic Church rooted in the Holy Land, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land as a sign of peace and dialogue during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Polish prelate offers help in case of jailed ex-members of government on hunger strike

January 18, 2024

The hunger strike by two imprisoned ex-members of the Polish government has caused an international stir. Now the church wants to try to resolve the conflict.

January 19

Homeless crisis spurs King’s initiative expansion

January 19, 2024

In the face of a nation gripped with a rising homeless crisis, King’s University College Community Support Centre has expanded its program to ensure it can continue to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people in the community.

Ecumenism can thrive in laity’s hands: prof

January 19, 2024

Rev. Karen Petersen Finch is aiming to empower Christians to become knowledgeable and confident communicators of faith through a series of ecumenical lectures in Saskatchewan on Jan. 24 and 25.

God's Word on Sunday: In God’s way, mercy extends to all

January 19, 2024

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Jan. 24 (Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20) This very abridged version of the story of Jonah omits some of the most important — and interesting — aspects of his prophetic ministry.

January 20

Our Lady of the Cape to hit world stage

January 20, 2024

Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.’s Our Lady of the Cape Marian statue will be a lady of the hour at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis this summer.

Montreal marks diocesan service with annual Bourget Awards

January 20, 2024

After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Archdiocese of Montreal announced the recipients of the Bourget awards for diocesan service, singling out four individuals and two groups.

January 21

Re-issued book up against modern standards

January 21, 2024

Residential school history gets a new lease on life, but will today’s culture accept it?

January 22

Armed men kidnap 6 nuns, others in Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince

January 22, 2024

Six nuns from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne were kidnapped Jan. 19 while traveling on a bus in the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the Haitian Conference of Religious.

Jerusalem church official: Gaza situation 'extremely catastrophic'

January 22, 2024

The situation in the Gaza Strip is "extremely catastrophic," and people are dying not only from violence but from preventable illnesses, said the CEO of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

January 23

Archdiocese fights rise in anti-Semitism

January 23, 2024

In the face of rising anti-Semitism stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, the Archdiocese of Toronto is providing resources in support of the Jewish community.

One woman crusade has outsized influence on federal government

January 23, 2024

Joyce Arthur and her Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) convinced the Trudeau government to kick pro-life organizations out of the Canada Summer Jobs program seven years ago.

January 24

Josh Alexander takes next step to quash school suspension

January 24, 2024

The legal fight continues for Josh Alexander, the 17-year-old who has been suspended from St. Joseph’s High School in Pembroke, Ont., since November 2022.

Cardinal Zen calls for resignation of doctrinal prefect after 'Fiducia Supplicans'

January 24, 2024

After authorizing blessings for homosexual couples, the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, is facing backlash from multiple national churches and certain clerics across the globe.

Haiti bishops appeal for release of religious sisters kidnapped by suspected gang members

January 24, 2024

The bishops of Haiti appealed for the release of six women religious who were kidnapped Jan. 19 in a country mired in crisis because of gang violence.