Premier John Horgan is shown in a Government of British Columbia photo He died on Nov 12 at age 65 BC Government photos
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, issued the following statement on Nov. 12 following the death of former B.C. Premier John Horgan. “I was saddened to learn of the passing of former...
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Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) is on the verge of securing the financial future of Justice House, a property neighbouring Parliament Hill that functions as its home for faith-inspired justice.
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This fall, Called and Gifted introductory workshops were scheduled in three different locations across the diocese — Saskatoon, Rosetown, and Humboldt — in order to provide greater opportunity for more Catholics to participate in this life-changing process, said Called and Gifted team member Anne Williams. “All lay parishioners, priests and religious are invited to begin...
The next session of Telling Truth in Charity: Introduction to Catholic Journalism will be offered online starting Sept. 24, with weekly classes on interviewing, writing, copyediting, and more, all through a Catholic lens.
Writing in a Catholic newspaper in Australia, Monica Doumit notes that her country is heading down the same road of euthanasia that Canada has been on for nearly a decade. In an article titled “Thank God for Catholic media, or we’d never know the truth on euthanasia,” Doumit wrote in The Catholic Weekly, “With wall-to-wall euthanasia...
Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, CEO of Salt+Light Television, speaks at a World Communications Day event in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2016. (CNS photo/Robert M. Longo)
A 55-year-old priest has filed a lawsuit in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice, alleging he was sexually abused in 2000 by high-profile Canadian priest and Vatican expert Father Thomas Rosica, CSB. The World Youth Day 2002 national director and Salt+Light Television founder denies the allegations and is asking the court to dismiss the case, arguing...
By Robert Kinghorn I never knew the lady’s real name. When I met her she said, “Just call me Chilli, that’s my street name.” Readers of this column will know her as “The woman who lives in a doorway downtown.” It has been 10 months since we first met. At that time, she gave...
Smoke billows over Jasper. Edmonton Archbishop Richard assured the community of his prayers. (Parks Canada photo)
With Parks Canada reporting “significant damage” in Jasper, Alta., from wildfires sweeping through the national park, Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith offered prayers on behalf of the Catholic community. “Today is indeed a very sad day and I wish to convey my sorrow, solidarity and support to the people of Jasper and the parish community of Our...
By Anabella and Daniel Ma Beauty is unmistakably powerful. So powerful in fact, that Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky once said “beauty will save the world” – a sentiment affirmed by Pope John Paul II in his Letter to Artists. It is one of the transcendentals for which God has put an undying thirst in our souls...
Pilgrims during last year’s Camino at Our Lady of the Mountains in Whistler. The pilgrimage, like one at St. James in Abbotsford, reflects a growing trend among local Catholics to embrace rediscovered traditions and deepen their faith. (Caio Resende photo)
By James Risdon The pastor at Whistler’s Our Lady of the Mountains Parish, Father Andrew L’Heureux, tucks his Mass kit into his backpack every year at this time. It adds another roughly two kilograms to the load the 48-year-old priest will have to carry over the three-day, 100-kilometre pilgrimage he plans to make in late...
Supporters gather at a prayer rally in Georgetown, Texas, Sunday in support of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who was shot the previous day in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Penn. FBI officials say have yet to determine what motivated the shooter to open fire from a nearby rooftop, killing one spectator and critically injuring two others before he was shot dead by the Secret Service. The FBI believes the shooter acted alone. (OSV News photo/Sergio Flores, Reuters)
By Charles Wells In a statement issued in the wake of Saturday’s attack on former U.S. President Donald Trump, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, said, “Together with my brother bishops, we condemn political violence, and we offer our prayers for President Trump, and those who were killed...