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Kate Scanlon · September 13, 2024
A North Dakota judge overturned that state's near-total abortion ban Sept. 12, ruling the state's constitution permits abortion until viability.
Readings for week 15: Sunday, Sept. 15 to Saturday, Sept. 21
Lea Karen Kivi · September 13, 2024
Quinton Amundson · September 13, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party colleagues will have to contend with shifting political sands when the House of Commons reconvenes Sept. 16.
United by the past, preparing for future
Catholics of many different nationalities and ethnicities have indelibly contributed to the 150-year history of St. Ninian Cathedral Parish.
Church on the Street
Sowing the wheat among the weeds
Dcn. Robert Kinghorn · September 13, 2024
You know something? Nobody is perfect. Now this might come as a great surprise to some of you just as it did to me.
Restructure taps into partners like Covenant Health
Quinton Amundson · September 14, 2024
The restructuring of care in Alberta is underway and it could see partners like Covenant Health take a more central role in the province's health system.
Anna Farrow · September 14, 2024
Cardinal Gerhard Müller kicked off a multiweek North American tour Sept. 12 at Montreal’s McGill University with a lecture that performed an end run round the standard faith versus science debate.
Caroline de Sury · September 15, 2024
The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on the outside of the iconic French church.
Gina Christian · September 16, 2024
Former president Donald J. Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sept. 15, weeks after being wounded in a previous attack during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Cindy Wooden · September 16, 2024
Asked what a U.S. Catholic given a choice between voting for a person who supports abortion or one who supports closing borders and deporting migrants, Pope Francis said one must choose "the lesser evil."
Paulina Guzik · September 16, 2024
Poland's government is preparing a decree of a state of natural disaster as the southwestern part of the country was severely flooded by torrential rains caused by Storm Boris.
Luke Mandato · September 17, 2024
The Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Catholic Youth has launched its first-ever young adult men's group, giving Catholic males from across the region a home to rediscover their role within the faith.
Youth evangelizing youth
Quinton Amundson · September 17, 2024
Though ministering to young Christians and yet-to-be-believers in 2024 presents different challenges to proclaiming the Gospel in 1994, in many ways, National Evangelization Teams (NET) Canada’s approach to imparting religious wisdom and forging bonds of fellowship has remained steady for 30 years.
Justin McLellan · September 17, 2024
The second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, set to bring 368 bishops, priests, religious and laypeople to the Vatican, will begin by asking forgiveness for various sins on behalf of all the baptized.
Beth Griffin · September 18, 2024
The next time former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off before a huge audience, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan likely will sit between them as host and Catholic comic Jim Gaffigan will serve as master of ceremonies.
Maria Wiering · September 18, 2024
A Texas bishop is urging Catholics in his diocese not to participate in sacraments with, or financially support, a community of Discalced Carmelite nuns who recently announced a formal association with the Society of St. Pius X.
Quinton Amundson · September 18, 2024
The ongoing Synod on Synodality, the plight of migrants and refugees and continued efforts to safeguard minors and vulnerable groups from abuse will be prominent topics discussed during the Canadian bishops' 2024 Plenary Assembly in Beaupré, Que., from Sept. 23-27.
A future that could see it succumb to secular world
Anna Farrow · September 18, 2024
Cardinal Gerhard Müller is 76 years old, but he is not fading quietly into the crimson-curtained ecclesiastical background.
'This is in the hands of all of us'
The 2024 Archdiocese of Regina Congress will operate in a markedly different fashion compared to its previous iterations.
John Wilson · September 19, 2024
The JON Festival will return to Ottawa for a second time Sept. 22, bringing with it a wide range of Christian performers.