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Catholic Vancouver June 02, 2026

Vancouver Catholics join Pope Leo in World Day of Prayer for the Church in China

Pope Leo XIV commemorated the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China on May 24 with a call to entrust Chinese Catholics to Mary’s care. “Let us join our prayers with those of Chinese...

End of Maduro’s reign a relief for Venezuelans in Canada

Venezuelan Canadian Augusto Figuera and his wife, Laura Ortega, were awakened after 2 a.m. on Jan. 3 by a call from a...

Quinton Amundson
January 08, 2026

Heavenly intercessor for Venezuela has family connection in Vancouver

As Pope Leo responded to the recent U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by invoking the intercession of newly...

Nicholas Elbers
January 08, 2026

Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Eve: Make room for others

Pope Leo XIV, at Christmas Mass during the Night, said Christ’s birth brings light into the world’s darkness — and where the...

Hannah Brockhaus
December 27, 2025

Pope Leo XIV highlights Gaza, Yemen, migrants in first Christmas Urbi et Orbi message

In his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” message as pope, Leo XIV urged the world to embrace “responsibility” as the sure way to...

Victoria Cardiel
December 27, 2025

Pope, at Christmas Day Mass, says wars fed by falsehoods send young people to their deaths

Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Day deplored the “falsehoods” used to justify wars that leave young people “forced to take up arms”...

Victoria Cardiel
December 27, 2025