Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

Speakers at New Evangelization Summit strike note of urgency

May 17, 2017

OTTAWA – The message is clear: There is a spiritual crisis and an urgent need to share the Gospel.

Millennial Catholics need to be argued back into the Church: Bishop Barron

May 17, 2017

OTTAWA – The New Atheists have argued Millennial Catholics out of the Church and they need to be argued back in, says Bishop Robert Barron.

Sisters of St. Ann donates record $4 million to D&P

May 17, 2017

The Sisters of St. Ann have donated $4 million to support the development arm of the Canadian Catholic Church.

‘Tragic’ euthanasia law must be fought, Cardinal Müller tells Canadian audience

May 16, 2017

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled, Parliament has legislated and provinces have set up new systems. For most Canadians the assisted suicide debate is last year’s news story. But Cardinal Gerhard Müller, head of the Catholic Church’s theological watchdog-agency, begs to differ.

One journey ended, another begun for Toronto's new priests

May 16, 2017

Fr. Matthew McCarthy couldn’t help but choke back tears as he stood at the altar of St. Michael’s Cathedral in the moments before entering the priesthood.

Fatima saints' relics installed in Portuguese church in Victoria

May 15, 2017

VICTORIA, British Columbia – When Father Marinaldo Batista asked for relics of Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three children to whom Mary appeared in Fatima in 1917, he had no idea they would be canonized in 2017. He simply thought it would be a fitting way for the parish he pastors, Our Lady of Fatima in Victoria, to commemorate the centennial of the Marian apparitions.

Quebec Trappists renew spiritual life in their eco-friendly abbey

May 13, 2017

SAINT-JEAN-DE-MATHA, Quebec – When the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance left Oka, Quebec, to escape suburban sprawl, they left behind an oversized, aging building.

St. Vincent de Paul's North of 60 project spreads out its message

May 12, 2017

OTTAWA – One community at a time, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s North of 60 project is making a difference in Canada’s Arctic.

March for Life: Euthanasia has 'brought shame' to Canada, says cardinal

May 12, 2017

OTTAWA — Cardinal Thomas Collins told the 20th National March for Life on May 11 euthanasia and the crushing of conscience rights “brings shame to our country.”

March for Life brings message to political halls of power

May 12, 2017

The marchers were separated by thousands of kilometres, but they were united in the message they proclaimed at the annual March for Life on May 11.