B.C. court approves $30M Catholic school settlement, but ‘opt-outs’ could undo it
VANCOUVER (CCN) — A $30-million settlement over alleged historical abuse at two Vancouver-area Catholic schools has…
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Canadian Armed Forces doubles down on prayer ban, faith leaders prepare response
VANCOUVER (CCN) — A new Canadian Armed Forces policy that bars military chaplains from offering faith-specific…
Former CBC journalist Brian Stewart to headline CCN event
TORONTO (CCN) — During his time as a foreign correspondent and senior reporter with the CBC…
National MAiD watchdog needed as provincial oversight failures mount, critic says
VANCOUVER (CCN) — The failure of provincial health authorities to enforce MAiD safeguards has led a…
Peterson, Lonergan and the search for meaning
Place the contemporary clinical psychologist and cultural commentator Jordan Peterson alongside the late Jesuit philosopher-theologian Bernard…
Canadian surrogacy lawsuit exposes deeper ethical tensions, bioethicist says
VANCOUVER (CCN) — A Canadian same-sex coupleʼs lawsuit against the surrogate mother who refused their request…
Laliberté named new bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
Bishop Martin Laliberté has been appointed Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, succeeding Bishop Charles Hamelin, whose resignation was…
From West Coast frontier to Prairie heartland, BC eparch named Winnipeg metropolitan
Ten days after four Canadian archbishops received the pallium from Pope Leo XIV, another Canadian bishop…
Reconciliation fund poised to smash through target
Canadian Catholics remain well ahead of pace in accruing the promised $30 million for the Indigenous…
Thousands of errors found in B.C. MAiD cases, internal report shows
Editors’ note: Canadian Catholic News obtained the B.C. Ministry of Health’s “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)…
Why the SSPX dispute was never really about the Latin Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican declared July 2 that the six bishops involved in the…