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Abuse victim John Swales has written an open letter in response to Pope Francis’ “Letter to the People of God.”

‘Apology without action is empty,’ Canadian abuse victim John Swales tells Pope Francis in letter

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Canadian abuse victim John Swales has responded to an open letter from Pope Francis with his own letter to Rome in which he rejects what he terms the Pope’s “empty” apology and calls for “real” change founded on “honesty and accountability.”

Archbishop Richard Smith and Catholic and Muslim leaders gather outside the church in St. Albert after a tour and visit.

Building bridges between Catholics and Muslims an ongoing project

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EDMONTON – On the surface, it was speeches and a light meal, but on a deeper level it was building relationships.

Jennie McRae poses at Sts. Martha and Mary Parish in Mississauga with the letter she received from Cardinal Thomas Collins after completing her decade-long trek around the vast territory of the archdiocese to visit all its churches.

Woman completes her mission to visit every Catholic church in Toronto archdiocese

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It started with Jennie McRae wanting to celebrate her French-Canadian roots, but circumstance soon took over and launched her on a greater journey.

Born in Tours, France, in 1599, St. Marie de l’Incarnation died in New France in 1672. Pope Francis canonized her along with Canada’s first Bishop, Francois de Laval, in 2014.

Death mask sparks study of Quebec saint

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QUEBEC CITY – St. Marie de l’Incarnation, a French Ursuline nun sent to establish the order in New France in the 17th century, has not yet delivered all her secrets.

The Old Chapel housing the miraculous statue of Our Lady of the Cape was built with small stones in 1720. Behind it looms the newer basilica that seats 1,600 people.

Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay lighting a ‘fire’ to overcome despair

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OTTAWA – The future of the Catholic Church depends on rediscovering the fire of mission and overcoming the “despair” brought on by scandal in the Church, says Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay.

The 40 Days for Life vigil in 2017 was the last to pray across the street from the Morgentaler clinic before the bubble zone law came into effect in February.

Free speech policy is outside bubble zone

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OTTAWA – A government spokesperson has dampened hopes that a new Ontario policy in support of free speech on university campuses could lead to repeal of the province’s abortion bubble zone law.

Msgr. Peter Coughlin, middle, is joined by Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, Archishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, and by Hamilton Bishop Douglas Crosby, right, at Christ the King Cathedral in Hamilton this past March. The occasion was a special service to mark Coughlin’s elevation to Monsignor.

Msgr. Coughlin led charismatic renewal

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Like Job, Msgr. Peter Coughlin understood that everything in his life was God’s will. 

St. Vincent de Paul Church is saving about $800 a year by converting to solar power.

Let there be light: Church uses parish power to go solar and lose the electric bill

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When God provides, there’s not much else that parishioners of St. Vincent de Paul Church need. 

Fr. Frank Stempfle celebrates one of his last Masses at St. Patrick’s Church in Edmonton.

Priest’s retirement Sept. 30 will also mean the closure of his Edmonton parish, St. Patrick

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EDMONTON – When Frank Stempfle was born prematurely in a rural Alberta farmhouse on a winter day in 1926 he weighed just 2½ pounds. His father placed him in a shoebox near the oven to keep him warm, and the neighbours didn’t think he’d live.

A group of Rohingya refugee women participate in an Aug. 25 protest to mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A U.N. fact-finding mission said senior military officials in Myanmar must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

D&P given a boost for Rohingya refugees

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Development and Peace has received an additional $500,000 from Global Affairs Canada to spend between now and Christmas to keep Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh safe, warm and dry.

Tories adopt several pro-life stands

Tories adopt several pro-life stands

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OTTAWA – While divided on abortion, the Conservative Party has adopted policies to remove the controversial pro-abortion attestation requirement of the Canada Summer Jobs program and to end funding for overseas abortion as part of Canada’s maternal and child health program.

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