News and events from across the country.
April 25, 2017
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has offered encouragement to Ontario’s bishops in their fight for conscience rights for health care workers.
April 24, 2017
REGINA – A judgment in a 12-year-old court case has sent shock waves through Saskatchewan’s Catholic education community and left Regina Archbishop Donald Bolen “disheartened.”
April 23, 2017
The author of a new book about the men who killed Archbishop Oscar Romero while celebrating Mass 37 years ago says the subject is still dangerous to talk about.
April 21, 2017
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis accepted the early retirement request of Italian Bishop Gianfranco Todisco, who begged to be allowed to return to missionary work or to be sent "to the farthest, most disadvantaged" diocese.
Who we are as Christians is not defined by our sexual orientation, said Deacon Hilmar Pabel. Who we are, fundamentally, are God’s children.
April 20, 2017
VANCOUVER – Nursing students are learning how to respond to B.C.’s drug overdose crisis thanks to Catholic Charities Men’s Hostel.
April 19, 2017
Canadians are mostly faithful believers in God who value family life, honesty and concern for others, according to an Angus Reid Institute survey.
OTTAWA – Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was given the gift of honorary Canadian citizenship during Holy Week, and left behind some inspiring and challenging words for a couple of young Catholic women who work on Parliament Hill.
Ontario’s special needs students have received a helping hand from the Ministry of Education to the delight of the Catholic teachers’ union.
April 18, 2017
The Good Shepherd Ministries is finding yet one more way it can help the homeless and vulnerable.