VANCOUVER - Abbotsford, B.C., mom Heather Khym had no idea the podcast she started with two best friends in 2017 would become so popular.
Canada Summer Jobs funds flowing again
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - After a year of controversy over the requirements for Canada Summer Jobs funding, the 2019 list of grants reveal many Catholic and evangelical parishes and charities have been successful in obtaining money.
Quebec considering Canada's strictest law governing religious symbols
By Philippe Vaillancourt, Catholic News ServiceQUEBEC CITY - The Quebec government is preparing to adopt what would become the most stringent secularism legislation in Canada, hoping to end more than a decade of acrimonious debates about religion's place in the public space.
Clerical abuse of women religious condemned
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops and religious men and women have condemned the clerical abuse of women religious in the wake of a French documentary that was aired on television in Quebec.
‘Forgetting God is unthinkable’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterJanet Somerville is afraid she might set her apartment on fire. She might forget a candle, or a kettle, or a pot on the stove. It happened once recently — a candle on the bookcase burning down until the flame spread to the bookcase itself. She made a panicked 911 call, then doused the flames well before the fire engines roared into the courtyard. But she gave herself a fright.
Assisted suicide numbers on the rise
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMore than one in every 100 deaths in Canada is administered by a doctor, according to the latest national statistics on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Film brings impact of Pope’s work to life
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe big star of the latest Salt and Light Media Foundation documentary is Pope Francis, which should surprise no one who knows Salt and Light, producer and director Sebastian Gomes said ahead of the premiere of his film, The Francis Impact.
St. Kateri rallies Indigenous spirit
By Kyle Greenham, Canadian Catholic NewsST. PAUL, ALTA. - Canada’s first Indigenous saint left such an impact on Lily Hunter that she named her newborn daughter after her.
Small parish has a big pro-life presence
By Agnieszka Ruck, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER - A growing trickle of pro-life activists at St. Anthony of Padua Parish has turned into a powerful river.
Canadian’s future heading Down Under
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Msgr. Carl Reid, a married Catholic priest, expected to retire in his adopted home of Victoria, B.C., in another six years or so, but Pope Francis had other plans for him and his wife.
‘Ring of Peace’ an interfaith response to Sri Lankan attacks
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOver 200 people forming a “Ring of Peace” around Our Lady of Lourdes in downtown Toronto came together to declare that the real face of religion is the very opposite of the hate that moved terrorists to bomb three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.