The Diocese of Charlottetown has been cleaning out its closet in an effort to sort through some 200 years of history as part of an ongoing archive restoration project. Debra Majer, archivist for the Diocese of London, returned to Ontario from Prince Edward Island in late June following three weeks of sorting, filing and cataloging...
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‘Thank God for Catholic media’: new session of Catholic journalism course starts Sept. 24
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...
Campaign Life weighs legal options after being labelled hate group
The pro-life advocacy organization Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) is weighing its legal response after being publicly labelled a “far right Christian nationalist group” by a federally-subsidized anti-fascist network. “There are potential repercussions from a label like this,” said Pete Baklinski, communications director for Campaign Life Coalition. “It’s not something we take lightly. We’re going to...
‘It is not at all about us’: Richmond pastor leads Canadian priests in synodal discussions
Over 100 Canadian priests convened for a Zoom video conference Aug. 14 to discuss how to develop synodal and missionary Catholic churches from coast to coast. Participants pondered the same questions posed to their clerical colleagues from around the world who attended the Parish Priests for the Synod International Meeting from April 28 to May...
Lawsuit alleges Fr. Rosica sexually abused priest
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...
Abbot Peter Novecosky, former Prairie Messenger editor, dies at 79
Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, who for more than a quarter century shared the news, and the good news, with Catholics in Western Canada through The Prairie Messenger newspaper, has died at 79. Abbot Novecosky died on Aug. 14, the Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Humboldt, Sask., after battling cancer. A...
Interfaith support for Ottawa church following recent vandalism attack
Ottawa’s St. Martin de Porres Parish has called for continued prayers as messages of support for the church continue to pour in from various religious communities after another act of vandalism was reported at the end of last month. The Catholic church in the Bells Corners neighbourhood of Ottawa announced online that it had endured...
Death (… to Life…) Race 2024 completed by two teams, led by bishops of Saskatoon and St. Paul
The 2024 Great Canadian Death Race held Aug. 4-5, marks the fourth run that the Diocese of Saskatoon Catholic Foundation and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon have promoted in support of the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund, beginning with the “Beaver Flat 50” in 2021 and continuing with the Death Race in 2022 and again in 2023. Support Bishop Hagemoen’s fund-raising efforts for the Indigenous...
Federally funded ‘anti-hate’ group’s booklet blacklists Campaign Life
Campaign Life Coalition, a national pro-life advocacy organization, has been labelled a “hate movement” by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. Along with its affiliated LifeSiteNews, Campaign Life was lumped in with neo-Nazis and skinheads in the Canadian Anti-Hate Network’s booklet 40 Ways To Fight the Far-Right. The booklet also says that most haters are white people....
CWL leaders arrive for national convention Aug. 11-14 in Saskatoon
SASKATOON—National and provincial leaders of the Catholic Women’s League of Canada have arrived in Saskatoon, holding meetings ahead of a three-day national convention that will bring hundreds of League members from across the nation to the prairie city on the South Saskatchewan River. League president Shari Guinta and her national executive – which includes provincial...