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Canada's Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi speaking at a reception he hosted at his Ottawa residence on June 29.

Pope Francis committed to reconciliation, says Canada's nuncio

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OTTAWA - Pope Francis is committed to contributing to the process of reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples, said the Vatican’s representative to Canada.

Albertos Polizogopoulos frequently litigates charter-related cases before the Supreme Court of Canada

Summer jobs attestation faces yet more legal challenges

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OTTAWA — A legal challenge of the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) pro-abortion attestation by an Ontario concrete company is only the beginning, says Ottawa-based litigation lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos. More challenges are coming soon, he said.

Paonessa is being recognized as this year’s recipient of the Kevin Carr Christian Leadership Award. He will receive the award, named after Newman Theological College’s first lay president, in October. 

Veteran educator puts his faith into action

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EDMONTON – Mike Paonessa visits the Edmonton Remand Centre every week to pray the rosary with inmates, and drives around the inner-city Boyle Street neighbourhood to provide coffee and food to the needy.

Rindisbacher, Winter Fishing on the Ice of the Assynoibain and Red River, watercolour, 1821.

The birth of the western Canadian Catholic Church

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Two hundred years ago, a trio of missionaries were sent westward to bring peace and stability to an untamed colony.

Karen Koester of Edmonton is one of seven members of a bishops’ advisory board that has been working on a new hymnal for Canadian churches that would replace the Catholic Book of Worship.

A labour of love: Creating a new hymnal for Canadian churches

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EDMONTON – Canadian Catholics are about to see the first new national hymnal in more than 20 years — a book that will bring long-cherished hymns into step with modern worship and introduce new works as well.

At a news conference June 22, Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner was asked if the Court viewed conscience rights and religious identity as less important than the identity of LGBT people. “That’s one interpretation and I respect it,” he replied.

Trinity Western court decision puts organizations at risk, says CCCB

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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court has opened the door for discrimination based on a person’s religious beliefs and moral values, Canadian bishops wrote in a frank rebuttal to a decision by Canada’s highest court.

Kids and counsellors from the Sign Language Summer Program take a break during one of their field trips at the 2017 day camp in Toronto. About 80 children will be attending this year’s Sign Language Summer Program, which has been running for 44 years.

ShareLife adds some sunshine to summer

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Amos Lee couldn’t get enough of summer camp.

Smoke rises during the annual marijuana rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, April 20. Msgr. Frank Leo, general secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, says with the exception of cannabis use for medicinal purposes, consuming marijuana violates the virtue of temperance and should be avoided.

Marijuana use will still be a sin after becoming legal, bishops say

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OTTAWA – Marijuana use across Canada may soon be legal in the eyes of the law, but it will remain a sin in the eyes of the Church, warn Canada’s bishops.

The Sisters of St. Ann in procession before a Mass celebrating their 160th year.

Sisters of St. Ann plan to keep their mission going amid shrinking numbers and climbing age

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VICTORIA, B.C. – Over the past 160 years, the Sisters of St. Ann have taught thousands of students, treated thousands more patients, and multiplied social justice efforts in B.C.

Church of the Infant Jesus, perched on a point jutting into Long Lake, had been a fixture in the First Nation community for almost 70 years.

Fire can’t destroy memories of iconic church in Thunder Bay

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One of the iconic churches in Ontario’s north, Church of the Infant Jesus, was destroyed last month after a grass fire spread. The church, 300 kilometres north of Thunder Bay on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway, had been abandoned since 1997. After the fire, the local newspaper, the Anishinabek News, looked back on what the church had once meant for the community.

Fr. Martin Carroll, rector at St. Joseph’s Basilica in Edmonton, celebrated 50 years in the priesthood in March and retires this summer.

Priest’s temporary post turns into 42-year career

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EDMONTON – When a young Fr. Martin Carroll first came to Canada from England to help with a shortage of priests, he wasn’t expecting to stay for long. That was 42 years ago.

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