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Vancouver archdiocese ‘negligent’ on abuse, suit says

September 2, 2020

VANCOUVER -- A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of Vancouver claims the archdiocese was “systematically negligent” in protecting parishioners from abuse by clergy.

Advocates to keep up battle against refugee agreement

September 2, 2020

The federal government’s decision to appeal a court ruling that puts an international refugee agreement with the United States at risk is disappointing but not surprising to refugee advocacy and church groups that have long sought to have the Safe Third Country Agreement scuttled.

Virgin Mary statue decapitated in west-end Toronto

September 1, 2020

Toronto police have released an image of a man sought for decapitating a statue of the Virgin Mary outside a church in the city’s west end.

Ministry offers lifeline for desperate migrants

August 30, 2020

It’s the afternoon of July 20 in Honduras, and Fr. Luis Lopez is travelling in a car packed with food, clothing and supplies to meet a group of 80 Nicaraguan migrants stranded at the border between Honduras and Guatemala.

Late Jesuit shapes sculptor’s spirit, art

August 30, 2020

St. Padre Pio built a hospital, performed miraculous healing acts, heard over five million confessions and manifested the stigmata. But the Italian priest, who died in 1968 at age 81, knew his highest purpose would be accomplished following his departure from Earth.

Church-school bond remains priority despite pandemic

August 29, 2020

Canadian Catholic school boards are about to embark upon a September unlike any other due to COVID-19.

Home is where the inspiration is

August 29, 2020

Katja Murray didn’t have to look far for inspiration to make the leap into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math), a field where women remain largely on the outside looking in.

B.C. court to hear Delta hospice appeal

August 27, 2020

VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the case of the Delta Hospice Society, which is trying to keep assisted suicide out of its Irene Thomas Hospice.

Parish finances looking for rebound

August 27, 2020

If you ever doubted the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, check out your parish’s COVID-era finances. After months of closed doors and no revenue, followed by months of full-cost operations for Sunday congregations that are a fraction of normal attendance, somehow your parish is still up and running.

Liberals going full steam ahead on C-7

August 26, 2020

OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals are vowing to pass changes to Canada’s assisted suicide law before a court-imposed deadline even though if they will be in the position to make changes remains to be seen.