Canadian News

For Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) President Jeff Lockert, the significance of the year 2033 cannot be overstated.

A little over one year ago the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) was attracting scorn for a discussion paper declaring that statutory holidays such as Christmas are a manifestation of the “discrimination against religious minorities in Canada” and “grounded in Canada’s history of colonialism.”

The recent mood swing against immigration, in a nation of immigrants whose people have always been welcoming to the outsider, is disappointing to those who work with migrants, but the hope is this will not endure.

Two widows discovered the hard way that despite the Biblical imperative to look after the “widows and orphans,” most churches don’t know how to provide that help.

According to late 2022 polling of 1,079 Canadians by the U.K. firm Lord Ashcroft Polls, 68 per cent of adult respondents declared that “growing political and ideological polarization” is one of their deepest concerns for the future.

While it was a “sad” end to Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby’s career, it was a necessary one, said a prominent Canadian Anglican.

Red light, illuminating St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on the night of Nov. 20 stood in sharp contrast to the darkness of the city’s skyline.

Since the May 2021 announcement by Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Rosanne Casimir that ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology had located the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Canada has been embroiled in difficult attempts to come to terms with claims of mass graves, murder and genocide.

As Advent draws near, the National Catholic Broadcasting Council through its Daily TV Mass program is preparing its online Advent Retreat, offering daily reflections throughout the season of preparation to the faithful.

Regulators of Ontario’s euthanasia program have identified 428 cases of non-compliance by assisted suicide providers since 2016, but none of those violations were reported to the public or law enforcement.