Pope Leo’s first encyclical issues a wakeup call

Time to advance God’s vision to counter threats to the common good

Michael R. Heinlein · June 5, 2026

It can be easy for Catholics to lose sight of the forest for the trees. Sometimes we can lose sight of the bigger global picture, get distracted from what matters most for humanity.

The Mustard Seed

Albertans need reminding of bedrock principles

Glen Argan · June 5, 2026

Albertans will go to the polls on Oct. 19 to vote on various referenda, including one that asks whether we want to hold another referendum on separating from Canada.

An encounter with God’s abundant love

Fr. Yaw Acheampong · June 5, 2026

How would you describe your experience of receiving your first Holy Communion?

Jumping off the cliff of MAiD expansion

Anna Farrow · May 30, 2026

Questions of life, death and suffering are squarely at the center of the discourse around MAiD, and it is clear from listening to the Dutch psychiatrists that the Netherlands is now floating in the windless waters that the modern, secular mind struggles to navigate.

Catholic social teaching vital against Ebola

Distance may separate us from Uganda, but disease does not

Dr. Samuel Wanendeya Watulatsu, Austin Mardon and Catherine Mardon · May 29, 2026

The case remains unconfirmed. But the headline itself is a reminder that cannot be ignored: infectious disease does not respect borders. In a world connected by flights, trade and shared vulnerability, a missed case in a Ugandan village can become a public health alert in Canada within 24 hours.

'The Body of Christ': our bread of life

Donna Fagan · May 28, 2026

When asked which food you could you go without, many people reply “never bread.” Bread is a form of identity.

Editorial

Lead us not into temptation...

May 26, 2026

Glen Weyl, the Princeton-Harvard-Microsoft whiz kid economist, has declared Pope Leo XIV “perhaps the single most important person in the world on AI at this moment.”

Hell is never just other people

Joe Woodard · May 23, 2026

We sometimes meet people who criticize the Catholic Church for persevering in the doctrine of Hell. They find incredible a God who would condemn anybody to eternal suffering.

Remember Who is ultimately in charge

Quinton Amundson · May 22, 2026

God’s first instruction to mankind in Genesis 1:28 is beautiful in its simplicity: “Be fruitful and multiply.”

Culture à la Carte

Let the Good News wash away the bad news

Sr. Helena Burns · May 22, 2026

Is the “bad news” cycle getting you down? If it is, you’re not alone. Remember the old expression regarding news media: “If it bleeds, it leads”? Professional fear-mongering has reached some sort of peak lately.