Western Canada

There was a quiet but significant change to how World Day of the Sick was observed in Vancouver this year as the Archdiocese of Vancouver hosted the World Day of the Sick Mass in the wake of Catholic Health Association of B.C. winding down its mission.

Much of Western society has become “deaf to the word of life spoken not only by the Church but also by science,” Archbishop Richard Smith said at the recent Archbishop’s Annual Mass for Life at Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral.

With the sun shining on the waves, Archbishop Richard Smith made a pastoral visit to Vancouver’s port ministry, accompanying port chaplains in their duties supporting the spiritual welfare of docked seafarers and ship workers.

A Vancouver pro-life activist has been charged with mischief after being arrested during a four-hour protest outside the city’s Every Woman’s Health Centre.

I did not know the gift that awaited me in the diaconate. It is not like a gift you unwrap on Christmas morning that soon passes away. It keeps getting better and keeps growing.

Edmonton Archbishop Stephen Hero, formally installed Jan. 23, now spiritually shepherds a city and region he called home for over 40 years.

In a case with implications for religious freedom, institutional autonomy, and health-care access across Canada, a B.C. Supreme Court trial starting Monday will consider whether faith-based hospitals can be forced to provide euthanasia on-site.

As Pope Leo responded to the recent U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by invoking the intercession of newly canonized Saint Jose Gregorio Hernandez, the moment carried special meaning for a B.C. man who is related to the Venezuelan saint.

As Canadian Catholics see the year 2025 to a close, the Church on Canada’s western shores looked back on 2025 as a significant moment in reconciliation history.

Archbishop-designate Stephen Hero said he is not coming to Edmonton “with an agenda in my pocket.”