News and events from across the country.
May 7, 2026
His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto will preside at the Mass of Ordination on Saturday, May 9, to ordain four men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
May 6, 2026
Thanks to adopting the Alpha program, St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Montreal has emerged over the past decade as a shining exemplar of renewal.
UpdatedMay 5, 2026
St. Augustine’s Seminary has been evacuated, one of the multiple Toronto schools that received bomb threats this morning, Toronto police report.
May 4, 2026
After last year’s white smoke marked the election of Pope Leo XIV to overshadow the annual March for Life in the nation’s capital, organizers of this year’s 29th edition of the March are expecting the commitment to life to step back into the spotlight.
May 1, 2026
Based on commentary from Canadian Senators of varying ideological stripes, a robust upper chamber study of the contentious Combatting Hate Act is apparently forthcoming.
A Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital says he was twice offered assisted death by health-care staff who knew he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia.
Vancouver Archbishop Richard Smith says the pain of the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy is still being felt a year later, especially within Vancouver’s Filipino community, which continues to carry the wounds of that day.
April 29, 2026
Fr. Matthew Durham touted the end-of-life care advancements made at the Saint Elizabeth (SE) Foundation’s Journey Home Hospice since its 2018 inception during a Lectures in Catholic Experience presentation.
April 25, 2026
The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to pay $45.8 million to individuals abused at Catholic-run institutions across the province, including the notorious Mount Cashel Orphanage, parishes and government-funded schools.
As the late Pope Francis continues to loom large in the minds of faithful around the globe, his enduring legacy is soon to have a tangible dedication in Waterloo, Ont., with St. Jerome’s University launching the world’s first Pope Francis Institute.