The Residence of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Joliette, Que.

Five Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec face sex abuse charges

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Five members of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec have been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of boys over three decades.

Migrant workers clean fields near Salinas, Calif., March 30, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Migrant’s death brings tears, prayers

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Following the third death in Canada of a migrant farm worker from COVID-19, Fr. Peter Ciallella had the grim task of informing other workers that their friend had died.

Indian farmworkers in Italy collect vegetables to sell in the market in Sant’Angelo Romano, Italy. The Pope has made an appeal for justice for “exploited workers,” especially farmworkers.

Cardinal calls attention to Canada’s ‘tragic’ issue

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Canada’s migrant worker problem matters to Pope Francis and the universal Church because it’s a global problem and a moral problem, said Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny.

Fr. Peter Ciallella and volunteers assembled 220 care packages for migrant workers, who have been hit hard by COVID-19 in southwestern Ontario.

Church reaching out to migrant workers

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After the death of a second migrant worker of COVID-19 and at least 240 positive tests on just five farms, Deacon Tony Hogervorst is praying for thousands of seasonal workers on 176 farms across southwestern Ontario.

Sacred Heart First Peoples Church serves the Indigenous community in Edmonton.

Parish built on foundation of healing

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OTTAWA -- Trust and respect. It is easy to say, but hasn’t always been easy to follow during the long history of the Catholic Church and Canada’s Indigenous communities.

Cardinal Thomas Collins poses with the graduating class from St. Augustine’s Seminary in March. Eight men will be ordained in Toronto June 27.

Canadian dioceses charting course for ordinations

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The easing of COVID-19 restrictions and gradual re-opening of churches across Canada has allowed bishops to reschedule priest and deacon ordinations that were postponed in May.

Audrey Johnson

Praying for the end of racism

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Audrey Johnson has seen systemic racism. She’s felt it. And every Sunday morning at 7 a.m. sharp she and a small circle of black friends meet at church and kneel down and pray for it to end.

A bulletin over a ShareLife poster notifies parishioners of the cancellation of Masses.

Dioceses expect financial lift as church doors open

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With churches across Ontario getting the go-ahead to open their doors, and most set to resume Sunday Masses June 21, it should alleviate some of the financial burden for dioceses still awaiting government relief through the Canada Wage Subsidy program.

Deacon Michael James Robinson

Indigenous feel racism’s sting in Canada

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Deacon Michael James Robinson has a lifetime of experience that tells him systemic racism is real and it’s embedded in Canadian history and culture.

Pews were roped off and tape placed on the floor to ensure physical distancing as the first public Mass in three months was held at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on June 17.

Cardinal welcomes back parishioners to Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral

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“So good to see you.”

And with those words, Cardinal Thomas Collins launched into the first Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica June 17 where he had a live congregation since the COVID-19 pandemic closed churches in the Toronto archdiocese and nationwide in mid-March.

The Irene Thomas Hospice in Delta, B.C., has been at the centre of an assisted suicide debate.

Court deals blow to Delta hospice

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VANCOUVER -- The Delta Hospice Society is considering appealing a B.C. Supreme Court decision blocking its members from voting to change its constitution in an effort to keep assisted suicide out of the facility.

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