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Board scrambles to meet staffing needs

September 10, 2023

The London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) is emerging as a living example of the principles of supply and demand.

A challenging start for Ukrainian leader

September 9, 2023

Pope Francis’ comments praising the historical Russian empire in a video conference with Russian youth were “very surprising” and “unfortunate,” says the newly appointed head of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster.

Fraser Health ordered to uncover MAiD documents

September 8, 2023

A provincial adjudicator has ruled in favour of The B.C. Catholic newspaper and ordered the Fraser Health Authority to take the wraps off additional sections of secret documents related to the development and implementation of its controversial assisted-suicide policies and practices.

Search for truth over graves is elusive

September 7, 2023

The absence of human remains following excavations at Manitoba’s former Pine Creek Indian Residential school has attracted international attention in the form of a highly critical article in the New York Post.

Archbishop Adam Exner, OMI, dies at age 94

September 6, 2023

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller said he was “deeply saddened” to learn of the death of Archbishop Adam Exner, OMI, who served as Archbishop of Vancouver from 1991 to 2004.

Encountering beauty in liturgy

September 3, 2023

In his 2022 apostolic letter Desiderio desideravi, Pope Francis said congregants are called “to be astonished at the beauty of the liturgy.”

Father Redmond a school for scholars

September 1, 2023

Remarkable. It’s a conclusion that comes to mind upon reading the biographies of the 2022-23 Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) top Grade 12 scholars.

Faith ploughs on with Prairie pilgrimages

September 1, 2023

Just as harvest season was beginning, Saskatchewan’s pilgrimage season ended in mid-August with a pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine at Kaposvar, an annual ritual for descendents of 19th-century Hungarian, Czecho-Slovak and Ukrainian sodbusters who settled the area around Esterhazy.

Canada’s Pakistanis condemn homeland’s violence

August 31, 2023

Canadian Christians of Pakistani heritage filled Celebration Square in Mississauga, Ont., in mid-August — not in joy but in sorrowful protest.

Development and Peace derailed by Facebook news ban

August 30, 2023

As Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, began restricting Canadians in August from accessing and sharing news content on its platforms in response to Bill C-18, The Online News Act, it wasn’t only news organizations feeling the effect.