NEWS

Fr. Stephan Kappler, president and chief psychologist at Southdown.

Southdown to launch program for clergy on discerning boundaries

By

Following a 50-country conference on safeguarding against clerical sexual abuse, Southdown Institute’s Fr. Stephen Kappler is launching a pilot project this month to train clergy on boundaries, abuse of spiritual power and healthy integrated sexuality.

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ont., has for years been producing graduates well-versed in the Catholic faith, but it is also gaining a reputation for producing priests and religious.

Ontario Catholic college a vocations’ breeding ground

By

Nine priests. Four professed religious sisters. Four seminarians. Three novitiates. Two transitional deacons. One sister poised to profess her final vows.

Providence Hospital in Kingston, Ont., has hired a MAiD proponent as its interim head of palliative care.

Providence palliative director a MAiD provider

By

The appointment of a Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) provider as Interim Clinical Director of Palliative Care at a Catholic hospital in Ontario has provoked renewed concern about the future of Catholic health care in Canada.

An offering is seen at the site of the former Brandon Indian Residential School in the wake of thousands of alleged unmarked graves found at former residential schools across Canada in 2001. Calgary Bishop Emeritus Fred Henry has challenged his brother bishops to demand proof of the thousands of residential school children alleged to have gone missing in the Indian residential school system.

Bishop demands ‘proof’ for missing children claims

By

As he lay in a Calgary hospital bed in late July, retired Bishop Fred Henry summoned the energy to publicly break the silence around what he considers the prevailing “lie” about missing Indian residential school children.

Archbishop Marcel Gervais is pictured in a 2004 file photo.

Ottawa Archbishop Emeritus Gervais dies at 91

By

Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais, who shepherded the bilingual diocese covering Canada’s capital from 1989 to 2007, died Aug. 6, Ottawa-Cornwall Archbishop Emeritus Terrence Prendergast announced in an Instagram post.

A view of a damaged building in a flooded area, following heavy rains, in Prevalje, Slovenia, August 6, 2023. Slovenia's Catholic bishops are calling for prayer and material support as floods have ravaged their nation in recent days, killing at least six and displacing thousands.

Slovenian bishops urge prayer, Caritas support as nation battles historic floods

By

Catholics in Slovenia are rallying emergency aid and turning to prayer as record floods have ravaged that nation, killing at least six and leaving hundreds homeless.

A young woman and a priest from Ukraine give Pope Francis shards from their war-torn country during a private meeting Aug. 3, 2023, at the Vatican nunciature in Lisbon, Portugal. The Vatican said the pope spent half an hour with a group of Ukrainian pilgrims attending World Youth Day, listening to their stories and praying for peace.

Pope Francis meets WYD pilgrims from Ukraine, hears their stories

By

Fifteen World Youth Day pilgrims from Ukraine, most of whom had lost a father or other close relative in the war, had a private meeting with Pope Francis Aug. 3.

The historic St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S..

Future preserved for historic Acadian church in Nova Scotia

By

A deconsecrated Catholic Church in Digby County, N.S., facing the grim prospect of demolition for months has been afforded a new lease on life.

Pilgrims wave prior to the opening Mass for World Youth Day at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 1, 2023.

Lisbon basks in joy as World Youth Day opens

By

Joyful, singing crowds were walking through Lisbon long after the opening Mass of World Youth Day 2023 was over Aug. 1. The atmosphere surprised even those that lived in the Portuguese capital throughout their lives.

A woman lights a candle during a Christmas liturgy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church community in Berlin, Germany on January 7, 2023.

Ukraine officially moves Christmas to Dec. 25

By

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill moving the official observance of Christmas Day to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, when Moscow and the Russian Orthodox Church mark the holiday.

MAiD really isn't a medical issue, suggests Dr. Sephora Tang, a council member with the Ontario Psychiatric Association. For most people, the reasons they want to end their lives boil down to existential questions imposed by loneliness, sadness or depression. They need a friend to lean on. It's a problem that doesn't have a medial solution.

Anti-MAiD forces ‘need to tell better stories’

By

A Christian think tank is spinning a hopeful narrative for MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) legislation expansion in Canada. 

Page 6 of 1238