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CNEWA Canada national director Carl Hetu; CCODP's new executive director David Leduc; and ACN executive director Marie-Claude Lalonde have joined forces to appeal for aid for Syrian refugees. They worked out their joint news release while attending the CCCB plenary as observers Sept. 14-15.

Catholic bishops, organizations join forces to help Syrian refugees

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OTTAWA - For the first time, several Catholic aid agencies are joining with the Canadian bishops to mount a joint appeal to raise funds to help Syrian refugees.

Fr. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, gestures at a press conference for the release of Pope Francis’ documents concerning changes to marriage annulments at the Vatican Sept. 8. Canadian canon lawyer Fr. Frank Morrisey says Mary and mercy is the key to understanding reforms to annulment laws.

Mary’s mercy behind annulment changes

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Pope Francis never claimed to be a canon lawyer, but he knows Mary and he knows mercy. Mary and mercy are the keys to understanding the first major reform in the Church’s marriage laws since 1741 and the first changes to the Code of Canon Law under Pope Francis, said the only North American among 12 canon lawyers consulted on changes to Church marriage annulments.

Halifax Archbishop Anthony Mancini tells CCCB plenary of progress on update of From Pain to Hope Sept. 14.

New abuse guidelines will make Canadian bishops more accountable

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CORNWALL, Ont. - Canada's bishops will face greater accountability under new guidelines that highlight healing in cases of sexual abuse of minors.

Trevor Carter and Laurie Patchell are members of the 150th anniversary committee at St. Patrick’s parish in Phelpston, Ont., not far from the shores of Georgian Bay.

At St. Patrick’s, many families can be traced back to parish origins

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PHELPSTON, ONT. - A priest who once celebrated Mass at Phelpston’s St. Patrick’s parish understood the power of radio long before televangelists sought the spotlight stateside.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher, right, president of the Canadian bishops’ conference, said the Supreme Court’s assisted suicide ruling is a cause of “worry and concern.”

Canada’s bishops need to challenge ‘cultural mindset’ on assisted suicide

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CORNWALL, ONT. - Bishops need to speak out to emphasize that euthanasia and assisted suicide are “morally reprehensible,” Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith told colleagues at the annual meeting of Canadian bishops.

Lectio divina hits the road

Lectio divina hits the road

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TORONTO - Cardinal Thomas Collins is taking his Lectio divina series across the Greater Toronto Area this year.

Msgr. Patrick Powers, left, and Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher at last year’s CCCB plenary, held at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre.

CCCB to vote on new financing formula at upcoming plenary

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OTTAWA - When Canada’s Catholic bishops gather for their annual plenary Sept. 14-17, a lengthy period of restructuring will come to an end with a change in how the conference is financed.

Members and supporters of Kingston, Ont.’s Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul on vigil outside Kingston City Hall. The sisters will be bringing the vigil to an end Sept. 17.

Poverty vigil runs its course

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For 20 years, the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul have lined a small corner in front of Kingston’s City Hall to stand in solidarity with the poor and vulnerable in society.

Misunderstood Revelation is really a story of hope

Misunderstood Revelation is really a story of hope

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TORONTO - Revelation may be the last book of the Bible, but it certainly is not the least important when it comes to understanding the Bible, says Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, in the updated English translation of his book Mystery and Sacrament of Love, offers little hope to those hoping the Church will open up communion to couples in irregular relationships.

Ouellet opposes communion reform for divorced

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In a just-released book Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet has poured cold water on arguments that the Church should allow communion for divorced and remarried Catholics.

Bishop Raymond Poisson has been named new bishop of the Joliette diocese in Quebec.

New bishop named for Joliette diocese

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OTTAWA- Bishop Raymond Poisson has been named by Pope Francis as new bishop of the Joliette diocese in Quebec.

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