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Quinton Amundson · September 5, 2025
As the brand new Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic High School welcomed students for their first days of classes, principal Bob Charchun said the history and legacy of the Italian computer whiz has only been alluded to briefly.
Nicholas Elbers · September 5, 2025
"There's no substitute for local knowledge," Archbishop Richard Smith told thousands of pilgrims gathered recently at Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission, the same kind of "local knowledge incarnate" that Jesus Christ offers to believers seeking the surest path to eternal life.
Never 'a doubt in anyone's mind' he'd be a priest
Simone Orendain · September 5, 2025
As Pope Leo XIV neared his 70th birthday Sept. 14, those closest to the American-born pontiff said they knew, very early on, that he was in for lifelong service to the Church.
As of Sept. 5, Open Doors International’s “Arise Africa” petition has garnered a striking 225,000 signatures, almost a quarter way to its goal in a groundswell of support for oppressed Christians in sub-Saharan Africa.
Laura Vazquez Santos · September 6, 2025
In an age where cultural narratives are loud and unrelenting, the Catholic Church offers a quieter, but no less revolutionary, vision of womanhood.
Various Catholic ministries fight dehumanization, transform lives
Charlotte Taillon · September 6, 2025
The streets of Toronto tell two different stories. One story lives in statistics. The other story lives in the lives of individuals who call the streets home, with each person on a unique journey.
Mickey Conlon · September 6, 2025
Has Sean Feucht left Canada yet? I suppose the bigger question is: Would anyone have known he was even here if CBC hadn’t launched an all-out crusade against the Christian singer?
Carol Glatz · September 6, 2025
Soon-to-be St. Carlo Acutis is a fresh "shoot" budding from the 800-year-old spiritual "vine" of Sts. Francis and Clare in Assisi, said the rector of the shrine housing the millennial teenager's tomb.
Lee Purcell · September 6, 2025
The city skyline tells many stories. Glass towers glint above bustling streets, while neighbourhoods layer histories of migration, struggle and celebration. Yet just north of the city’s downtown core, another kind of skyline rises — not in steel and concrete, but in domes and crosses.
Simone Orendain · September 6, 2025
With the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati coming up Sept. 7, only a century after his death, the spirit of his faith life rooted in frequenting the Eucharist, prayer and study, as well as service to those in need, and a great love of the outdoors are alive and well among young adult groups across the United States.
Carol Glatz · September 8, 2025
The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God's plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints — two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Luke Mandato · September 8, 2025
Catholics worldwide are being called to become seeds of peace and hope amidst the 10th annual Season of Creation, which launched Sept. 1 with the 10th annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
Deborah Gyapong · September 8, 2025
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a tiny parish by Roman Catholic standards, has hired Matthew Larkin, one of Canada’s top organists and choir directors from the Anglican tradition.
Paulina Guzik · September 8, 2025
The Catholic Church has its first millennial saint. At a packed canonization Mass in Rome, with 80,000 attending, it was the face of the mother that said it all during the canonization Mass -- Antonia Salzano was moved beyond words when her son, Carlo Acutis, was officially declared saint of the Catholic Church.
Plurality needs to be respected as Quebec proposes public prayer ban
Quinton Amundson · September 9, 2025
Archbishop Christian Lépine said the “plural dimension of our society must be respected” and it would be “good for the overall health of the country” if there was a conscious rededication to valuing the peaceful coexistence of diverse cultures and belief systems.
Cindy Wooden · September 9, 2025
When people of different religions work together to serve people in need, they show the world that faith promotes peace and not hostility, Pope Leo XIV said.
The "whole situation" in the Middle East "is very serious," Pope Leo XIV told reporters after Israel launched an attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar.
Immigration, especially the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program, is shaping up to be a top concern as Canada’s parliamentarians return to the House of Commons Sept. 15.
Canadian Catholic News · September 10, 2025
For Scott Elliott, CEO of Vancouver’s Dr. Peter Centre, no single treatment can undo the trauma and addiction faced by many Indigenous clients. What he sees working most powerfully, he says, is love.
Cindy Wooden · September 10, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has given permission for U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's Basilica during a pilgrimage in October.