Catholic refugee sponsors are ready and eager to help Ottawa resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees, but three weeks after the federal government announced the new refugee resettlement target the sponsors are still waiting to learn when, how and how many refugees they can welcome.
Catholics assess Canada's snap election
By The B.C. Catholic Staff, Catholic News ServiceVANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Although three in five Canadians felt having a federal election this fall was not important to them, the country is headed to its second general election in less than two years.
St. Francis Table doors to open again Sept. 1
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterDollar-a-meal lunches and suppers are back on at St. Francis Table in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood come Sept. 1, when there will be fully vaccinated cooks and wait staff ready to serve up meals to sit-down customers inside the restaurant.
Bears, fire no deterrent to priest's charity ride
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterFr. Ivan Nachachewsky is taking some vacation time this month, well-earned after completing a gruelling 2,000-kilometre bike ride to raise money for wheelchairs to those in need in Ukraine.
Federal housing funding a start, ‘but not enough’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAnother $132 million from Ottawa is going to mean 233 more affordable and supportive homes in Toronto in 2022. At The Good Shepherd shelter and services to the homeless on Queen Street East, any new housing is welcome. But 233 units hardly begins to house the homeless lined up for a bed at The Good Shepherd.
God, genetics push life journey to 106 years
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWhen Ann Konkel stepped into the chapel at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton for a Mass commemorating her 106th birthday this summer, she was moved to tears. Due to COVID-19 it was the first time she had attended a church service in over a year.
Movement goes forward under Laudato Si’ banner
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Global Catholic Climate Movement is no more. A new name has been given to the planet-spanning network of Catholic climate activists and has been personally endorsed by the Pope.
Western Canada pilgrimages make measured comeback
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe ongoing spectre of COVID-19 prevents pilgrimages from completely roaring back to life in Canada, but celebrated summer religious summits in western Canada were to make measured comebacks on Aug. 14 and 15.
Reconciliation goes beyond money
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMaking up for the Catholic failure to raise $25 million to fund healing and reconciliation programs in Indigenous communities is about a lot more than money, says Leah Perrault.
First Nations and Catholics working ‘shoulder to shoulder’ at North Vancouver residential school site
By AGNIESZKA RUCK, Canadian Catholic NewsAn investigation is going ahead at the former site of St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, roughly where the parking lot sits at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School in North Vancouver.
Vandals continue to target churches across Canada
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterWhile the rash of arsons and acts of vandalism perpetrated on churches across Canada has lightened considerably compared to the volume of incidents that occurred between late June and mid-July, it’s not gone away.