Quinton Amundson

Upon Mark Carney’s formal entry into the Liberal Party leadership race almost exactly a year ago, supporters endorsed the eventual prime minister as a cosmopolitan man of the world.

Parliamentarians return to the House of Commons from their winter recess on Jan. 26, which will trigger renewed debate over Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act.

A cherished relic of St. Thomas the Apostle and the key to the Tabernacle were among the items of significance stolen during a break-and-enter at Toronto's St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church Jan. 14.

Christian filmmaker Andrew Erwin presented the proposition of I Can Only Imagine 2 to lead actor J. Michael Finley in a mock-threatening manner. “I said, 'man, there's two ways this goes down: either you say yes to doing the movie, or I drive to New Jersey, kidnap you, and you say yes to the movie.' ”

Traditionally, the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM) — Presentation Sisters — in Newfoundland and Labrador are accustomed to conducting their ministry and pastoral care on behalf of the poor and needy largely under the radar. The calendar year 2026 is poised to bestow a greater spotlight and increased acclaim on this congregation of women religious in gratitude for their societal contributions.

Two upcoming talks in Saskatchewan will explore, first, how martyrdom has, time and again, served as a resource for ecumenism, and then how the history of Christians killing Christians can be reckoned with to engender reconciliation and greater unity in the future.

The Christian Heritage Party (CHP) of Canada and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) are taking to the courts next month to defend freedom of political and religious expression.

For the fourth consecutive year, North Korea was named the country where Christians face the most extreme persecution, according to Open Doors’ World Watch List 2026, but Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship just over a year ago has propelled the Mideast nation up the list.

Poetically, in the Jubilee Year of Hope, the historic St. Jean Baptiste Parish in Morinville, Alta., rose again from the ashes.

Artificial intelligence became so culturally ubiquitous over the past calendar year that Time magazine crowned these technologies mimicking human intelligence as the “2025 Person of the Year.”