September 2026

Exiled Iraqi Christians invited to return

But many hesitate to go back to ancient homeland due to security concerns

Susan Korah · September 18, 2026

To the thousands of Iraqi Christians who fled their homeland, any return to their country is not a realistic prospect without a firm guarantee of security, equal rights and equal opportunities.

Accept your spouse as wholly God’s gift

Joe Woodard · September 19, 2026

The union of paternal and maternal authority in a family can’t be simply head-bossing-heart. What does it look like?

Mary's Meals' mission moulded by Medjugorje

Marian shrine pilgrimage changed founder's life

Luke Mandato · September 19, 2026

More than 30 years ago, two brothers from Aberdeen, Scotland, loaded up a Jeep with supplies and headed to the ravaged streets of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Taking a week’s leave from work, they expected to return to their ordinary life as fish farmers in Argyll. One of the brothers, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, never quite did.

‘Sex work’ a violation of human dignity

It's not work at all, says researcher

Quinton Amundson · September 19, 2026

A new research paper from the Cardus think tank calls for Canadian policymakers to retain the Nordic Model prostitution law framework and combat watered-down rewordings like “sex work” that downplay the defilement of human dignity intrinsic to this act.

Canadian Christian aviators help children with hydrocephalus

Quinton Amundson · September 20, 2026

The Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda and the Usratuna Rehabilitation Centre in South Sudan have teamed up to make a difference for babies on World Hydrocephalus Day today and beyond.

Collection for Canadian Church needs set for Sept. 26-27

Luke Mandato · September 21, 2026

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will be holding its annual Collection for the Needs of the Church in Canada at parishes nationwide Sept. 26-27.

Bathurst bishop seeks ways to save historic cathedral from demolition

Paul Schratz · September 21, 2026

The bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, says he hopes to have discussions with the city’s mayor about how to save the city’s historic Sacred Heart Cathedral, currently slated for demolition next spring.

Way forward on AI will take more listening

Czerny's take on AI encyclical

Quinton Amundson · September 21, 2026

Cardinal Michael Czerny once said the three things at the core of developing synodality are “you have to listen, you have to listen and you have to listen.”