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...
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Catholic Register Editorial In its April budget this year, the federal government pledged a $5-million fund to “combat residential school denialism.” At the same time, Ottawa reportedly spends more than $360 million a year to support Canadian journalism through a dizzying mix of public dollar delivery methods for the nation’s broadcast, print and digital media....
A recent Cardus study says young Catholics are twice as likely as their senior counterparts to attend religious services at least once a month. (Elijah Bautista photo)
Reports of dwindling religious practice among Catholics in Canada may be more prevalent each year, but a different trend showing increased interest from young adults is giving hope for a possible resurgence of the Church in the near future. A 2022 research report from Cardus titled The Shifting Landscape of Faith in Canada revealed religious indicators among...
Flaws will be found, objections raised, and nits picked with the Sacred Covenant made between Catholic and Indigenous leaders regarding the Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C. But an open spirited reader of the concord made public June 21 will find a work of genuine beauty that is cause for authentic hope. Its achievement is...
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...
Pope Francis greets Canadian Father Michael Brehl, superior general of the Redemptorists, as the pope leads an audience with students and staff of the Alphonsian Academy at the Vatican Feb. 9, 2019. CNS photo/Vatican Media
Fr. Michael Brehl, leader of the Canadian Redemptorists, has been named new bishop for the Diocese of Pembroke. The Toronto-born, 69-year-old Brehl will assume the seat at the head of the Ontario diocese vacated by Bishop Guy Desrochers when he was named Archbishop of Moncton in July 2023. Bishop-elect Brehl brings a wealth of leadership...
By Jenny Connelly Missionary zeal and closeness to the poor remain as the burning heart of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the order of priests and brothers who founded the Archdiocese of Edmonton and were essential to the evangelization of the Canadian West. Recently, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Lacombe Canada gathered in St. Albert for their...
I hadn’t expected Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič to be as forthright as he was. He described the shock of arriving in Canada during the residential school crisis and finding flags at half-mast for months and irresponsible statements being made. My interview with Canada’s Apostolic nuncio appears here. For him, the key to preventing what we’ve seen...
Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital’s policy of not allowing euthanasia onsite is the subject of a lawsuit by the parents of a terminally ill woman who was transferred to another facility to be euthanized. (Terry O’Neill photo)
The parents of a terminally ill woman who was transferred to another facility to be euthanized after St. Paul’s Hospital refused to allow the procedure on its premises are suing the provincial government and Providence Health Care, the Catholic health-care provider that operates St. Paul’s. The couple’s lawsuit says their daughter’s Charter of Rights and...
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has granted the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) intervenor status in the controversial case of a 27-year-old Calgary woman with autism seeking approval for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) against her father’s wishes. On May 17, the non-profit that opposes assisted suicide submitted a five-page application to intervene containing legal...