Emilie Callan, Fr. Michael Czerny and Fr. Michael Brehl are among the 10 Canadians who will be participating in the Synod of Bishops for youth.

Five Canadians added to youth synod

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VATICAN – The Vatican has announced that five more Canadians — a cardinal, two priests and two laity  — have been selected to participate in the upcoming Synod of Bishops on youth.

Victims of abuse are ready to talk if ordinary Catholics are willing, said abuse survivor Lea Karen Kivi.

Abuse victim starts parish on the road to healing

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Parishioners at St. Luke’s Parish in Thornhill, Ont., like Catholics around the world, have been wounded by the Church’s sexual abuse scandals. Now they’re ready to apply a little talk therapy to the wounds.

Canada’s bishops, seen here at their 2017 plenary, are poised to approve a new document on sexual abuse at this year’s plenary.

Canadian bishops set to approve abuse document

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OTTAWA – As the universal Church reels in crisis, Canada’s Catholic bishops are poised to approve a long-awaited document on sexual abuse.

Some of the people involved in the Discover Discipleship program in Vancouver enjoyed a celebration in July at St. Matthew’s Parish.

CCO's Discovery faith study program takes off

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VANCOUVER – A faith study program that has been around for decades has suddenly received new life.

Frank Stegemeier has struggled with homelessness for 30 years.

Housing just part of the answer to fight poverty

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EDMONTON – Frank “Bushy” Stegemeier is struggling.

Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Alberta, pictured in a 2015 file photo.

'Evil in our midst': Edmonton archbishop calls for reform in wake of scandal

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The Church must embrace reform and do whatever it takes to help victims of the sex abuse scandal that has rocked Catholics around the world, says Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith.

Bishops attend the annual plenary assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2016 in Cornwall, Ontario. The bishops have issued stricter rules for media who want to cover the assembly, which this year will be in Cornwall Sept. 24-28.

Canadian bishops issue tighter rules for media accreditation for upcoming plenary assembly

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MONTREAL – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued stricter rules for media who want to cover its annual plenary assembly to be held in Cornwall, Ontario, Sept. 24-28.
Archbishop Michael Miller celebrates Mass with inmates at a B.C. institution. 

Prisons ministry in seeing more conversions in B.C.

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SURREY, B.C. – After Paul caught his wife cheating on him, he flew into a fury that landed him in a correctional institution.

Sr. Monica Marie Currie, second from right in back row, was one of eight women who made their final vows as Sisters of Life last month.

B.C. woman part of record vow ceremony with Sisters of Life

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VANCOUVER – On a continent where some longtime religious communities are suffering a decline in numbers, at least one congregation is truly flourishing.

Herb Muma stands at the foot of the grave markers for Oblate priests who were key players in the history of southern Saskatchewan.

Retired RCMP officer on a mission to honour priests who helped build Catholic faith in Saskatchewan

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REGINA – Herb Muma is a man with a mission.

Students at an Ontario Catholic elementary school.

Study proposes merging Ontario’s Catholic and public boards, heating up a long-running debate

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It isn’t just polls that show more than half of Ontarians wish there were no publicly funded Catholic schools. 

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