A nativity scene at St. Brigid’s Church in Toronto in 2020. “Christ, who in his birth and in becoming human has allowed us to share in the glory of his immortal nature,” says the Canadian bishops’ Christmas message. (Michael Swan/The Catholic Register)
Below is the Christmas message from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, A Saviour has been born for us; a Son has been given to us. Christ, who in...
Pilgrims climb the stairs on their knees at Montreal’s St. Joseph’s Oratory. A federal politician asked if the practice would be banned under Quebec Premier François Legault’s proposal to prevent public prayer. (Michael Swan/The Catholic Register)
Quebec’s Catholic bishops issued a sharp response to Premier François Legault’s suggestion to ban prayer in public spaces, warning that such a move would erode fundamental freedoms and remove...
A protester holds a placard outside Parliament as British lawmakers debate assisted dying in London on Nov. 29. Pro-life voices say Canada’s consultation on advance MAiD requests is “a sham.” (OSV News photo/Mina Kim, Reuters)
B.C. pro-life leaders are crying foul over what they charge is a rigged Health Canada consultation on medical assistance in dying (MAiD), saying it’s aimed at suppressing opposition to the...
Bishop Emeritus Frederick Bernard Henry, shown in a 2018 file photo, led the Diocese of Calgary from 1998 to 2017. Bishop Henry died on Dec. 3, 2024, at the age of 81. (Canadian Catholic News file photo)
This story was updated on Dec. 5 with funeral details. Funeral arrangements for Bishop Frederick B. Henry announced The funeral liturgies for Calgary Bishop Emeritus Frederick B. Henry will take place at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Calgary. Public visitation is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., followed by a vigil...
Father Paul Goo, centre, is pictured during a missions trip to the Philippines in 2017, will serve in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State beginning in January. Father Goo is pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish in West Vancouver. (B.C. Catholic file photo)
Father Paul Goo, pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish in West Vancouver, has been called to Rome to serve in the English-language section of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, starting in January...
Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters are guarded by police after violence targeting Israeli soccer fans broke out in Amsterdam Nov. 8.
Amsterdam today, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver or Calgary tomorrow? Both Richard Marceau, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ (CIJA) vice p...
The reliquary containing remains of Blessed Carlo Acutis, and his photo. The Italian teen had a great love of the Eucharist and used his technology skills to build an online database of eucharistic miracles around the world.
After a short but successful Canadian pilgrimage in eastern and central Canada, a pericardium relic of the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, Blessed Carlo Acutis, is on its way back to Assisi, Italy. Blessed Carlo is expected to be canonized in this year’s Jubilee Year.
Kathy Matusiak-Costa, Director of Compassionate Community Care was one of the facilitators at a workshop Nov. 9 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. CCC is a registered charity of health care professionals and volunteers who provide support to vulnerable persons and their families during times of illness and crisis. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Some 100 participants gathered Nov. 9 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon for a Compassionate Community Care workshop about providing grassroots care and connection for those who are isolated or suffering. Organized by Jackie Saretsky, Coordinator of the diocesan Hospital Chaplaincy Office, in response to requests for...
The Bilodeau home at 219 Carnarvon St., with Ellen Bilodeau and children. (Steve Norman Collection)
November is the Month of the Holy Souls, a time when Catholics are called to remember and pray for those who have gone before us. In keeping with this tradition, we have been publishing stories of...
A groom flashes a peace sign at wedding-goers while processing out of St. Mary’s Church in Vancouver after having his marriage sacramentally blessed at the Marriage Mass on October 19. (Nicholas Elbers Photos)
Sometimes it just takes moving across the world to understand the value of a sacramental marriage. At least that’s what it took for Eddelyn and Mario John, two recent arrivals from the Philippines....