Pope Francis arrives in Congo after praying on flight for migrants

After flying across the equator, Pope Francis was welcomed warmly -- in every sense -- to Congo where Catholics make up the majority of the population and where, for decades, the Catholic Church has been at the forefront of efforts to bring peace, education and health care to the people.

Pope Francis arrives in Congo after praying on flight for migrants

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet retires

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, one of the highest ranking prefects in the Vatican, is officially retiring.

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet retires

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Pope Francis clarifies remarks about homosexuality and sin

Pope Francis clarifies remarks about homosexuality and sin

Pope Francis reaffirmed that homosexuality is not a crime, and that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin, in a written response to a request for clarification about…

Alcohol warnings go beyond public health

If you know you’re risking cancer, if what you’re doing damages cells throughout your body and degrades your DNA — that basic building block of life that scientist Francis Crick,…

Ouellet denies ‘reprehensible conduct’ as new allegation emerges

Cardinal Marc Ouellet has vehemently rejected a new accusation of sexual misconduct involving a female complainant while he led the Archdiocese of Quebec.

Pope Francis: Criticism is annoying, but can be helpful

Public criticism by cardinals and bishops is annoying -- "like a rash that bothers you a bit," Pope Francis said -- but differences need to be aired and criticism can…

Christian quarter targeted as Jerusalem spirals into weekend of violence

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Remember for whom Cardinal Pell toiled

Remember for whom Cardinal Pell toiled
Leah Perrault

Tenderness comes on little cat’s feet

Tenderness comes on little cat’s feet
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Time to go Full Amish on AI?
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The holy threads of who we are

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Faith

Pope Francis, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders ask for prayers before trip

Before beginning their ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, Pope Francis and the leaders of the Anglican Communion and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland asked Christians around the globe…
Pope Francis preaches peace, cooperation, resilience to a Congo 'gasping for breath'

Arts & Culture

Steadfast Worship aiming for a ‘Louder’ new year

The up-and-coming Catholic youth band Steadfast Worship’s new song “Louder” is rippling soundbites within Toronto’s Catholic community, following its official release last month. 
Boldly going to frontier of ‘science and religion’
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Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett

Rev. Andrew Bennett is program director, faith communities, at think tank Cardus.

January 19, 2023

True progress ends in union with God

The supreme virtue of our secular culture is progressivism. To be a progressive is to be enlightened, tolerant and woke. It is to be on the right side of what are determined by secular elites to be the most important issues of our times. 

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