Secular and Catholic experts say a new pro-euthanasia campaign aimed at persuading Christians that compassion should compel them to support expanded access to “medical assistance in dying (MAiD)” is dangerously … Continued
When the summer chorus of “Mom, I’m bored!” started, homeschooling mother of five Bonnie Way was fortunate to have a solution. All she had to do was give her children … Continued
“I just wanted to hear what he wanted to say,” said Yaa ndakin Yeil, also known as Wayne Carling, a residential school survivor from northern British Columbia, where he went … Continued
Itinerary and TV coverage Times are local, with Vancouver time bold in parentheses Sunday, July 24 (Rome, Edmonton) — 9 a.m. (midnight Vancouver) Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino airport. — 11:20 a.m. … Continued
Seeing Mother Teresa speak at the Pacific Coliseum in 1976 was a life-changing experience for Ruth de Weerdt, then a high school student at Vancouver’s Little Flower Academy. Forty-six years … Continued
Remote praise and worship is out, raucous concert-like singing and dancing is in. Catholic summer camp organizers are feeling a sense of renewal as activities return to something more like … Continued
See July 25 update below In the two-plus months since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine forced Julia Oleksiichuk to flee her Kiev home in early May, she has come to … Continued
When Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium July 26, British Columbia will be well represented. Archbishop J. Michael Miller will be at the Mass with other bishops to … Continued
The “synodal process” that thousands of Catholics in the Archdiocese of Vancouver have just been involved in should serve as a model for future engagement of the faithful, says a … Continued
It’s not uncommon for a well loved and well known Catholic to have more than one priest at their funeral Mass. In exceptional cases there may even be a bishop. … Continued