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A national framework for a five-year, $30 million fundraising campaign in aid of healing and reconciliation with residential school survivors and their communities is coming in the new year, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops vice president William McGrattan has told The Catholic Register.

Evelyn Campbell was shocked when the Quebec government suddenly mandated that all places of worship impose a vaccine passport system as of Dec. 20.

OTTAWA -- Federal politicians, two years after it was first passed by the Quebec government, are now raising concerns about Bill 21.

Rescheduling the Indigenous delegations’ visits with Pope Francis in Rome in the midst of the Omicron-fuelled global COVID resurgence is not going to be easy, but the parties are committed to moving forward.

A familiar face to Catholic Register readers is about to take on a new role with the paper.

As of Dec. 20, anyone entering a place of worship in Quebec will be required to show their vaccination status.

Parishes across Canada have the green light to open their doors to more parishioners celebrating the birth of Christ than was allowed last year.

VANCOUVER -- School officials in Vancouver have slapped restrictions on a Catholic students’ club operating in a public high school which limits the club’s founder from sharing his faith with students.

The Canadian Council of Churches, Amnesty International and the Canadian Council for Refugees are headed to the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of refugee families who want a legal way to apply for asylum at Canada’s land borders.

If there’s more to teaching than stuffing facts into young minds, then there was more to Janine Langan than met the eye.