Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Guy Boulanger as Bishop of both the Diocese of Rouyn-Noranda and the Diocese of Amos in northern Quebec, uniting the dioceses “in persona episcopi” under … Continued
Bishop Guy Desrochers, who has led the Diocese of Pembroke, Ont., for the past three years, has been appointed as the new Archbishop of Moncton, N.B. The Redemptorist succeeds Bishop … Continued
The appointment of a Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) provider as Interim Clinical Director of Palliative Care at a Catholic hospital in Ontario has provoked renewed concern about the future … Continued
Wildfires wreaking devastation across British Columbia and the Northwest Territories appear to have spared Catholic churches, though the same can’t be said about numerous other buildings. As of Aug. 22, … Continued
A small team of Catholic journalists, most of them members of the Catholic Media Association, have launched a 12-week course aimed at raising up new journalists for the Catholic press. … Continued
Bishop Jon Hansen, CSSR, of the Mackenzie-Fort Smith diocese was one of thousands of thousands of people forced to flee a wildfire near Yellowknife as hundreds of fires continue to … Continued
As he lay in an Alberta hospital bed in late July, retired Calgary Bishop Fred Henry summoned the energy to publicly break the silence around what he considers the prevailing … Continued
Ottawa Archbishop Emeritus Marcel Gervais, who shepherded the bilingual diocese covering Canada’s capital from 1989 to 2007, died Aug. 6, Ottawa-Cornwall Archbishop Emeritus Terrence Prendergast announced in an Instagram post. … Continued
Although the most severe cases of religious persecution are in certain African and Asian countries, the 2023 Religious Freedom in the World report highlighted dangerous trends within the Western world, … Continued
The Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan in Northern Alberta says he is saddened but “not overcome” by the loss of a 121-year-old church to arson. Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, CSsR, released a statement … Continued