27 October 2024 - Canadian Catholic News

A banner depicting Canada-born Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, is displayed outside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 17, 2024, ahead of her canonization Oct. 20, 2024.

Mother Marie-Léonie Paradis Canada’s newest saint

27 October 202427 October 2024Canada, Quebec

For the third time, a Canadian has been elevated to sainthood with the Oct. 20 canonization of St. Marie-Léonie Paradis. Canadian Catholics turned up in force to celebrate the canonization of Quebec-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis in St. Peter’s Square, with bishops and priests, members of the congregation Paradis founded and devoted laity made the trip...

Chief Wilton Littlechild is the first Indigenous recipient of the Kevin Carr Christian Leadership Award from Newman Theological College in Edmonton. (Photos courtesy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton)

Chief Wilton Littlechild credits power of prayer as he accepts leadership award in Edmonton

27 October 202427 October 2024Alberta, Edmonton

Chief Wilton (Willie) Littlechild, internationally known human rights lawyer and advocate for truth and reconciliation, is the first Indigenous recipient of the Kevin Carr Christian Leadership Award from Newman Theological College in Edmonton. Littlechild was born and raised on the Ermineskin Cree Nation, south of Edmonton. He is a residential school survivor, a former Truth...