A police officer was shot and a gunman critically wounded Sunday night outside Belleville’s Sons of Jacob synagogue as those in attendance marked Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism, inside.
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Cardinal Michael Czerny once said the three things at the core of developing synodality are “you have to listen, you have to listen and you have to listen.”
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The bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, says he hopes to have discussions with the city’s mayor about how to save the city’s historic Sacred Heart Cathedral, currently slated for demolition next spring.
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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will be holding its annual Collection for the Needs of the Church in Canada at parishes nationwide Sept. 26-27.
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The contrast between Latin American-Caribbean and Canadian progress toward creating a synodal — or “listening” — Church could not have been starker than in two presentations Canada’s bishops heard this week.
Cardinal Ladislav Nemet of Belgrade is urging Western governments not to let recent controversy over the funeral of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime leader Ratko Mladic derail Serbia's ties with Europe.
Catholic schoolchildren in eastern Congo gathered with candles Sept. 17 at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Bukavu to mourn 27 classmates killed in a fire that devastated homes and schools across the city.
The Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda and the Usratuna Rehabilitation Centre in South Sudan have teamed up to make a difference for babies on World Hydrocephalus Day today and beyond.
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The Feast of the Canadian Martyrs will be felt in a particularly special way Sept. 26 at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont. where celebrations will fete the 400th anniversary of Saint Jean de Brébeuf’s arrival in the region.
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In a world of increasing technological dependence and polarization, Pope Leo XIV said there is greater urgency for humanity to see itself as a single "human community."