Western Canada

When Fr. Dan Gurnick thinks about St. Francis of Assisi, he doesn’t think of birds, flowers or sentimental images of the beloved saint. He begins with Christ.

Eucharistic miracles in which consecrated bread and wine turn into human flesh and blood have been documented for centuries, but four more recent cases are of particular interest for Dr. David Neima.

Monica Roddis and her husband showed up at a baby shower at St. Matthew’s in Surrey, B.C., one day to find no expectant parents, no bassinets and no ultrasound photos.

A Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital says he was twice offered assisted death by health-care staff who knew he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia.

Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith says the pain of the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy is still being felt a year later, especially within Vancouver’s Filipino community, which continues to carry the wounds of that day.

For many years, the pro-abortion movement has been successful in convincing men they need not concern themselves with the “women’s issue” of abortion. Looking at the students attending this year’s Youth 4 Life Expo, that may be starting to change.

The interim label has been removed from Dr. Scott Morrison who is now the fifth president and vice-chancellor of St. Mary’s University in Calgary and began a five-year term on April 1.

When Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin recently described organ donation as an act of love that “transcends death,” the words landed close to home for Michelle Pereira of Sacred Heart Parish in Delta.

The Alberta government’s new Bill 18, the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act, has received a seal of approval from the province’s Catholic bishops.

Dominic Montpetit fondly recollects running the 42-kilometre marathon at the Great Canadian Death Race near Grand Cache, Alta., alongside his brothers and Bishop Mark Hagemoen of Saskatoon in 2022.