Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

New hymnal expected for 2024

April 19, 2023

By the time the Catholic Book of Worship III hits its 30th birthday in 2024, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops hopes to have its replacement sitting in the pews.

Abortion pill new front line of pro-life battle

April 19, 2023

The battle raging in the United States over the abortion pill mifepristone has shown how far the front lines of the abortion battle have changed.

Parents demand Waterloo Catholic trustee’s resignation

April 17, 2023

A parent group is calling for the resignation of a first-term Waterloo Catholic school board trustee because of a Twitter post calling “the white Christian male” the world’s biggest threat.

For 175 years, Loretto Sisters are women of their time

April 15, 2023

“Women in time to come will do much,” Mary Ward said 400 years ago, and for 175 years in Toronto, the Loretto Sisters have proved their founder a prophet.

Neurodiversity conference grows autism awareness

April 14, 2023

For many, April represents a time when plants and flowers start to bud and bloom, but for Carolyn Tinglin and her family, it’s also about growing awareness and support for people with varied abilities.

Elder’s sense of ‘greater’ good honoured by Jesuits

April 14, 2023

Rosella Kinoshameg means more to the Jesuits of Canada than the Jesuit Fathers can really say. But they said it anyway by giving her the 2023 Magis Award at the 15th annual Jesuit Provincial’s Dinner held April 12, just north of Toronto.

Tastes of Heaven fundraiser travels back in time

April 14, 2023

Catholic Missions In Canada’s (CMIC) annual Tastes of Heaven Gala on April 27 is set to have a time machine effect in more way than one.

Tackling the stigma around mental health

April 13, 2023

For the parish that seeks to know, understand and draw a little closer to suffering — the suffering of Christ on the Cross or the suffering of their brothers and sisters — there is a resource hidden in the pews, quietly praying. People who struggle with depression, addiction, anxiety, compulsions and social phobias have suffered, will suffer and know suffering. The mentally ill and those struggling with mental health can teach a parish about suffering.

Program allows kids to view international issues through faith lens

April 13, 2023

A student program by Development and Peace-Caritas Canada is giving young people the opportunity to put their faith into action through the completion of social justice activities in their school community.

Archdiocese of Montreal protests Roxham Road shutdown

April 12, 2023

The Archdiocese of Montreal has issued a strong rebuke to the federal government for the March 25 closure of Roxham Road, the most heavily trafficked “irregular” entry point for asylum seekers located on the Quebec-New York border.