Pope Francis is getting personally involved in making sure sacred items and cultural artifacts held in the Vatican Museums are returned to Canadian Indigenous communities. “The restitution of Indigenous things … Continued
In his new book Educating for Eternity, Regina archdiocesan theologian Brett Salkeld does not argue that everything can be Catholic. He insists that everything in every classroom already is Catholic. … Continued
A Canadian textbook publisher has stopped publishing the Fully Alive family life textbook used in Catholic schools across Canada, including the Archdiocese of Vancouver, following accusations it fosters an atmosphere … Continued
A new era of mass immigration to Canada, one that will see 500,000 newcomers per year by 2025, offers opportunities as well as challenges for the Catholic Church in this … Continued
On the day before Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Canada’s bishops wound up their first in-person meetings in three years with discussion of concrete steps toward reconciliation with … Continued
A date for a new papal statement on the Doctrine of Discovery, promised by Pope Francis on his way home from Canada to Rome, has not been announced. But whenever … Continued
More than 70 aboriginal languages are spoken in Canada, according to the 2016 census. But you can’t fully celebrate the Eucharist in any of them. Anointing the sick, baptisms, funerals, … Continued
If Canadian Catholics were looking for a roadmap to reconciliation, Pope Francis laid it out for them at a vespers prayer service in Quebec City’s exquisite Notre Dame Basilica Cathedral … Continued
Like generations of pilgrims before him, Pope Francis came to the water’s edge at Lac Ste. Anne seeking healing – not his healing, ours. “This evening, let us picture ourselves … Continued
At a Mass celebrating the feast of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis urged those filling Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium to ground their understanding of history in the reality of those to whom … Continued