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Montreal identifies 46 abuse cases in ombudsman's report

December 16, 2021

The Archdiocese of Montreal has received 75 formal complaints, 46 of which relate to abuse, dating back to 1950, according to the second quarterly report compiled by an independent ombudsman.

Diocesan survey launches Toronto’s synodal process

December 16, 2021

It’s been a long time since Moses brought 10 commandments down from the mountain, but at last Toronto Catholics have a chance to send 10 suggestions back up the hill to Church leadership.

Residential school records available online

December 15, 2021

Bringing together a trove of newly available documents, the most complete record of how Catholic residential school operators ultimately ended their obligations under the historic 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement is now online.

St. Mike’s alum fights bias in tech against women

December 12, 2021

A successful software engineer turned start-up CEO, Aashni Shah, and women like her, are still pioneers in a male-dominated tech industry.

Bishops seek conversion therapy bill protection

December 10, 2021

After a surprise, expedited third reading of long-promised legislation to ban conversion therapy, Canada’s Catholic bishops are hoping the Senate will amend the bill to ensure private conversations and religious teaching about sexuality and gender are not criminalized.

As rich get boosters, Africa lacks vaccines

December 10, 2021

Canada’s ban on travel from southern Africa and the failure of rich countries to effectively share COVID-19 vaccines with the rest of the world has Jesuit Fr. Charles Chilufya steaming mad.

$75 million promised to take bite out of hunger

December 9, 2021

It’s a hungry world and COVID has only sharpened those hunger pangs.

Canadian delegation cancels Rome papal summit over Omicron concerns

December 7, 2021

Postponed, not cancelled, but still heartbreaking. The long planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Artist shares process behind lifetime dream of Saint John's Bible

December 5, 2021

Achieving absolute flawlessness is not on calligrapher Donald Jackson’s mind when he sits down to work in his Welsh studio.

Pieta returned to Red Deer church home after 30 years

December 4, 2021

A life-sized pieta of Mary holding Jesus’ body that has spent more than 30 years at the city’s museum has been returned to Sacred Heart Church in Red Deer, Alta