Canadian News

Through prayer and reflection, the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops continues to recognize the painful legacy of the former Indian Residential Schools and reaffirms its ongoing commitment to walking with Indigenous Peoples on the journey of reconciliation.

A new chapter of faith and renewal has begun at the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre. After more than four decades of stewardship by the Jesuits of Canada, the Centre is now guided by an Anishinabe led Board of Directors, under the spiritual care of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie.

As the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' (CCCB) annual plenary came to a close in Montreal, newly elected president Bishop Pierre Goudreault shed light on how he and his fellow diocesan shepherds plan to engage with several significant cultural and political issues facing Canadians and the Catholic Church.

The Department of Justice has affirmed that Catholic and Christian houses of worship will fall under the religious building protections of The Combatting Hate Act, Bill C-9, if it becomes law.

Bishop Pierre Goudreault has been chosen the new president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

On Oct. 3 and 4, the Gregory the Great Institute launches with the first annual Renewing Culture Conference at the Mount Carmel Spirituality Centre in Parkland Village, Alta.

Pope Leo’s recurring call for prayers for peace in the world are being echoed in Vancouver as Archbishop Richard Smith makes his first pastoral initiative a monthly Rosary for Peace at Holy Rosary Cathedral.

While still coming to terms with the city’s recently declared state of emergency, St. Mary’s Parish in Barrie, Ont., will be hosting its second annual symposium on homelessness Oct. 6 under the theme of “Responding with Compassion and Hope.”

“Rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia and transphobia have left too many people feeling unsafe in their own communities.”

Christianity, for centuries the bedrock of national identity and arbiter of moral values in Western nations, including Canada and the UK, is now increasingly marginalized by the 21st-century interpretation of pluralism as a political ideology.