NEWS

OTTAWA - As he prepares to retire, Archbishop James Weisgerber has called on the Canadian Church to be more responsive to the plight of aboriginal peoples.

TORONTO - Calling the situation of Christians in the Middle East “catastrophic,” the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation has issued a document decrying the perils faced daily by Christians from Iraq to Egypt.

OTTAWA - The Quebec National Assembly may have approved euthanasia Bill-52 “in principle,” but euthanasia opponents are seeing positive signs in the vote.

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has no evidence its calls were monitored by the U.S. National Security Agency and, even if they were, "we have no concerns about it," the Vatican spokesman said.

WARSAW, Poland - A Polish archbishop has cautioned that Halloween celebrations violate church teaching and urged Catholics not to take part "even in playful form."

OTTAWA - As Quebec’s euthanasia Bill-52 faces its first vote today, the Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) put out urgent calls to oppose the bill.

Pope Francis has named Victoria, B.C., Bishop Richard Gagnon as the new archbishop of Winnipeg to replace Archbishop James Weisgerber.

TORONTO - It took drilling wells for more than four decades before Br. Anthony Canterucci realized that clean water wasn’t what the people of Tanzania needed most. So now he is building schools.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - No matter how some media may want to spin it, Pope Francis won't fit into the political categories of left or right, and he will challenge everyone with the truth of the Gospel, said the Vatican's media adviser.

VATICAN CITY - Ten days after he took office as Vatican secretary of state, Archbishop Pietro Parolin was released from the hospital Oct. 25, following surgery for an unspecified illness.