VANCOUVER -- For nearly 11 years, Deacon Rennie Nahanee has experienced extreme highs and lows as co-ordinator of First Nations Ministry for the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
Season of Creation prompts calls for action
ByOTTAWA -- Religious and social justice groups are promising to make environmental justice initiatives the focus of a month-long celebration of creation following a plea by Pope Francis to better protect the environment, respect Indigenous communities around the globe and listen to the concerns of young people.
Montreal landmark church ordered closed
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL -- Structural engineers have ordered one of the oldest churches in Montreal that serves an English-speaking, working-class congregation to close its doors because its central tower could collapse at any time.
Tabernacle found after theft from St. Catharines cathedral
By CNA/EWTN NewsWashington, D.C. Newsroom (CNA) -- The tabernacle that was stolen earlier this week from the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in St. Catharines, Ontario was recovered on Wednesday, September 9.
Assisted suicide can proceed, appeal court rules
ByOTTAWA -- A Nova Scotia appeal court has cleared the way for an elderly Nova Scotia man to kill himself with the help of a doctor.
Oshawa Catholics mourn slain family
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterThe small Catholic community in Oshawa has been left to wonder why it has lost four of its members while another clings to life after a Sept. 4 shooting in the city east of Toronto.
Tabernacle stolen from St. Catharines cathedral
By Christine Rousselle, Catholic News AgencyWashington, D.C. Newsroom (CNA) -- The Bishop of St. Catharines, Ontario is pleading for thieves to return the consecrated Host after the tabernacle was stolen from the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral on Tuesday.
Street Patrol hasn’t taken pandemic hiatus
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWith the needs of the less fortunate exasperated in so many ways by COVID-19, volunteers with the summer Street Patrol ministry have continued providing meals to those living on the streets of downtown Toronto.
Laudato Si’ key to prof’s eco-theology
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn a time and place where Christians, and especially Catholics, are at each other’s throats over basic truths about the world we’re living in, how we teach theology matters a great deal to the University of St. Michael’s College’s newest theology professor.
ShareLife gets a reboot
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe rapid proliferation of COVID-19 prevented ShareLife, the Archdiocese of Toronto’s annual charitable appeal, from launching its major parish fundraising campaign on the last weekend of March as intended.
Edmonton vows to restore historic Indigenous parish
By Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON -- The Archdiocese of Edmonton says it will do whatever it takes to restore Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples after a devastating fire Aug. 30 tore through the rear of the building.