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Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, delivers the homily during a Mass of thanksgiving for Aid to the Church in Need at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City March 10, 2024. In a May 2 homily at at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv, the archbishop denounced as a "sacrilege" Russia's recent seizure of a Catholic church in occupied Kherson, which Russian clerics have now dedicated to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Shevchuk: Russian rededication of Catholic church for Orthodox faith a 'sacrilege'

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The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has denounced Russia's seizure of a Catholic church in Ukraine's Kherson region, calling the structure's rededication for the Russian Orthodox Church a "sacrilege."

Bishop Héctor F. Vila standing outside of the Catholic Church of the Apostles in Faro, Yukon.

Hamilton’s Ex Corde Foundation aims for no one going without

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The Diocese of Hamilton’s Ex Corde Foundation is soon projected to crack the $10 million ceiling in charitable giving.  

The priesthood is often misunderstood to be the only vocation within the Church. There are so many different realities, says Fr. Matthew McCarthy, director of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s vocations office.

Church vocations go beyond the priesthood

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Last month’s ShareLife Speaker Series shed light on the significance of vocations and how they can be better understood and nurtured. 

Michael Fullan's legacy at Catholic Charities will be honoured with a new award in his name.

Charities’ award honours Fullan’s legacy

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When the time of recognition finally arrived for one of the leading figures in social work in Toronto Catholic circles for nearly three decades, the man who had committed a large part of his life to assist so many took the selfless route. 

Pope Francis and King Abdullah II of Jordan converse behind a table displaying the king's gift, a sculpture made of Arabic letters, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 2, 2024.

Jordan's king promises pope Christian holy sites will be protected

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Pope Francis received assurances from Jordan's King Abdullah II that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war.

A priest is silhouetted in a file photo holding a pastoral staff.

New Orleans Archdiocese investigated for child sex trafficking due to decades-old abuse claims

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The Louisiana State Police and the FBI are investigating whether Archdiocese of New Orleans officials -- including archbishops -- covered up child sex trafficking by clergy over several decades, with some alleged victims reportedly taken out of state to be abused and marked for further exploitation among clergy.

Sister Aleya Kattakayam, a member of the Sisters of Charity, greets Ayah Issa, 32, and her 18-month-old son Ahmad, outside Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem, West Bank, April 27, 2024.

Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem remains a ray of hope in war-torn Holy Land

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Many people in the West Bank have been left without work but the only pediatric hospital in the area gives them a sense of hope and security.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of Jerusalem, delivers his homily while celebrating Mass in Rome to formally take possession of his titular church, the Church of St. Onuphrius on the Janiculum, May 1, 2024.

Cardinal says church shouldn't expect 'miracle' of peace in Holy Land

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Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.

A Caritas Armenia social worker helps a refugee from Nagorno Karabakh, what Armenians call Artsakh, an ancient Armenian homeland.

Artsakh’s Armenians: the forgotten refugee crisis

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As April flowers burst into bloom on the mountain slopes and in the valleys Nagorno Karabakh, there are almost no Armenians there to celebrate the arrival of spring in their ancient homeland.

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop-designate David Waller as the next ordinary -- and the first bishop -- of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a kind of diocese for Catholics of the Anglican tradition in the U.K. His April 29, 2024, appointment follows the Holy Father's acceptance of the resignation submitted by Msgr. Keith Newton, the retiring priest-ordinary and former Anglican bishop, who led the ordinariate since its inception in 2011.

Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate

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Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate have welcomed Pope Francis' appointment of their first bishop -- and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.

Muguette Myers, a child survivor of the Holocaust, was the guest speaker at the annual Shoah commemoration event held in Montreal, April 28, 2024.

Mideast conflict affect felt at Montreal Shoah memorial

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Shockwaves from the Gaza war impacted Christian-Jewish relations seriously enough to hamper a Montreal commemoration of the Shoah this year, say organizers of the 45th annual event held on April 28.

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