News/Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government is suing Catholic entities involved in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement over $1.5 million in contested funds.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight candidates, including the founder of the Sisters of Charity of Quebec.

LONDON, ONT. - My friend Jane Loptson died in the hallway outside of her subsidized apartment in the early afternoon of Dec. 27.

TORONTO - Canadians will get to experience the iconic Living With Christ missalette in a new way.

Preaching to Evangelicals at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity didn’t phase Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen — much.

Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon is Canada’s most ecumenically minded bishop.

OTTAWA - Opponents of assisted suicide and euthanasia are alarmed that the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case that threatens to overturn the court’s rejection of assisted suicide 21 years ago.

OTTAWA - Campaign Life Coalition has chosen “RU-4Life” as the theme for the National March for Life May 8, a play on words to combat abortion drug RU-486 now being tested in Canada.

OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said instead of signs of hope in the Holy Land, he found hope-filled people serving despite the difficulties.

OTTAWA - An Ottawa parish priest with an admitted gambling addiction pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to charges of fraud and theft of about $130,000 in parish funds.