Analysis: Strong demand, intense debates: Ontario’s Catholic schools at a crossroads
As students prepare to bid farewell to summer and head back to school, Catholic education in…
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Langley MP introduces bill to stop MAiD expansion for mental illness
OTTAWA — Cloverdale–Langley City MP Tamara Jansen has introduced a private member’s bill to stop the…
‘Stop the tragedy of war,’ pope says after U.S. bombs Iran
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hours after the United States bombed the sites of three nuclear-enrichment facilities…
Canadian bishops mark National Indigenous Peoples Day with call to reconciliation
VANCOUVER — Canada’s bishops are encouraging Catholics to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, with…
Memorial Mass recalls victims of Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Forty days after 11 people died in the tragedy at the Vancouver Lapu Lapu…
Bethlehem residents lose work, land as situation deteriorates
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the eyes of the world focused on events in Gaza, the situation…
Pope Leo, speaking with Putin, appeals for gesture of peace
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first telephone…
Faith groups seek a ‘Jubilee world’ from G7
TORONTO — KAIROS Canada, Development and Peace – Caritas Canada and the Calgary Interfaith Council are…
Situation in Gaza reaches ‘catastrophic levels’
NEW YORK — Food insecurity in Gaza “has reached catastrophic levels,” reports Joseph Hazboun, regional director…
Toronto bylaw protects places of worship, schools from protest
TORONTO — Toronto City Council has approved a bylaw that will restrict protests around places of…
Pope Leo takes possession of cathedral as bishop of Rome
ROME (CNS) — Celebrating his first Mass in Rome’s diocesan cathedral, Pope Leo XIV said communion…