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In aftermath of Humboldt tragedy, faith leaders shared 'in their desolation'

April 10, 2018

Fr. Joseph Salihu witnessed terrorist attacks while growing up in northern Nigeria.

Saskatchewan diocese hosting vigil for missing Indigenous people

April 10, 2018

Prince Albert Bishop Albert Thevenot will host a prayer vigil in his diocese April 17 to remember the Indigenous people who have gone missing and their families who have been left behind.

Catholic groups scramble for summer job funds

April 10, 2018

Correction: A previous version of the story stated Matt Pascuzzo said the attestation came as a result of anti-abortion campaigners who used the jobs funding to aggressively campaign for criminal code sanctions on abortion. Pascuzzo did not make the statement. Agencies rejected for Canada Summer Jobs grants because they won’t tick the pro-abortion attestation box are scrambling to come up with private funds to cover the summertime services they provide to the poor.

Prayers and tears for victims of Humboldt Broncos tragedy

April 9, 2018

Crying, hugging and shaking their heads in disbelief, the people of Humboldt, Sask. gathered at the local hockey arena April 8 for an inter-faith service to mourn 15 people who died after the bus carrying the town’s junior hockey team collided with a truck.

Msgr. Philip Kennedy led Catholic Missions in Canada for a decade

April 6, 2018

Once a missionary, always a missionary. It didn’t matter whether bedridden with illness or looking off into retirement, Msgr. Philip J. Kennedy kept Canada’s mission territories close to his heart.

Faith leaders battle Sudbury casino

April 5, 2018

More than 50 faith leaders, including Sault Ste. Marie Bishop Marcel Damphousse, have banded together to oppose a $60 million casino project on the eastern edge of Greater Sudbury.

Quebec bishops ponder possibility of married priests

April 5, 2018

QUEBEC CITY – The Catholic bishops of Quebec have discussed the possibility of ordaining married men to priesthood.

Faith opens up wallet for international aid, study finds

April 3, 2018

Faith is the force Development and Peace counts on when they ask for money. A new study by the Angus Reid Institute shows they have the right idea — but also that it may not be enough.

Special education, mental health funding given helpful boost in Ontario public schools

April 3, 2018

A pre-election $625 million injection of cash into Ontario’s education system has put a smile on the faces of Catholic school trustees as they anticipate more help dealing with mental health issues in the student body and the spiralling costs of educating special needs students.

Albinos’ plight sends Canadian into action

April 3, 2018

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Abandoned. Beaten. Ostracized. Dismembered. Children in Tanzania with albinism face rejection and brutal attacks due to local superstitions about their condition.