Quebec election puts secularism before Catholic voters
(CCN) — As Quebecers head into the Oct. 5 provincial election, the longstanding issue of secularism, or laïcité, looms on several fronts, with Catholic organizations…
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‘Something big is happening’ at St. Joseph’s Oratory
A prayerful phenomenon in the forecourt of St. Joseph’s Oratory on Montreal’s Mount Royal continues to grow in size and remarkableness as it surpasses…
Pope’s communications day theme targets pitfalls of the ‘attention economy’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV will address the risks of today’s “attention economy,” in which media platforms compete for and monetize people’s…
Ethiopia’s citizens rally around a massive reforestation movement
A citizen-driven tree-planting initiative in Ethiopia aims to fight deforestation, end the destructive ecological cycle that…
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen declared ‘Blessed’ at beatification Mass in St. Louis
Military tactics threaten farms and fragile ecosystems in Lebanon
Way forward on AI will take more listening
Canadian Christian aviators help children with hydrocephalus
Ukrainian ecosystems show resilience amid wartime destruction
Canada’s MAiD warnings helped sink UK assisted suicide bill, advocate says
Exiled Iraqi Christians invited to return
Papal trip showed miracle of rebirth out of tragedy is possible, Pope Leo says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV’s journey to France aimed to show that a joyful or serene rebirth is always possible even after tremendous tragedy or terrible suffering, he said. By…
Numbers don’t lie; they also don’t tell the whole story
Statistics are indispensable for understanding societies at the scale of modern states. But they cannot be mistaken for moral arguments. Two people may agree…