Quinton Amundson

“Why does God care about us?” is a question that's been on Msgr. James Shea's mind lately and one he posed to more than 500 young adult missionaries attending Catholic Christian Outreach’s (CCO) annual Rise Up Conference from Dec. 29 to Jan. 1.

Assumption University in Windsor, Ont., and the University of St. Thomas (UST) in Houston, Texas, two Catholic institutes informed by Basilian tradition, have signed a historic collaborative agreement that will take immediate effect in the upcoming Winter 2025 semester.

The UNODC 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons shows the number of victims identified in 2022 and beyond is 25-per-cent higher than pre-pandemic levels.

The CCCB officially announced on Dec. 30 that Archbishop Richard Gagnon, 76, will retire as bishop of Winnipeg after Pope Francis accepted his resignation request and that Chatlain, currently Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, will be his successor.

Health Canada’s new annual report about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) revealed that euthanasia now accounts for nearly five per cent — 15,343 people — of the nation’s total fatalities (326,571) in 2023.

The 600 young adults attending Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO)’s 2024 Rise Up conference in Calgary from Dec. 29 to Jan. 1 will be implored to “take courage” and navigate the secularized world as bold disciples of Jesus Christ.

During an age when Christmas “has been secularized beyond recognition,” children’s author Anthony DeStefano remains committed to pouring his energy and considerable talents into promoting the real reason for the season.

Back in 1993, the musical conductors for Bishop Carroll, St. Mary’s and Our Lady of the Rockies high schools in Calgary came up with what students then, upon looking back, say was "an audacious plan."

A spirit of altruism is shining brightly in Catholic schools on the Prairies this Christmas.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared today in a letter shared to social media that he and his party will join Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and Yves-François Blanchet’s Bloc Québécois in bringing down the Liberal Government with a non-confidence vote.