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International

Children’s programs in Ukraine

26-09-2022
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Development and Peace — Caritas Canada’s partners in the region have been providing urgent humanitarian assistance through a network of local Caritas centers and parish hubs. Our main partner, Caritas Ukraine, has so far reached around 1.5 million vulnerable Ukrainians fleeing the conflict or living in hard-to-reach areas. While continuing to provide urgent assistance to each new wave of displaced people and in frontline areas, Caritas Ukraine has in recent months begun providing stabilization and recovery assistance, such as more in-depth psychosocial support for adults and children.

National

Bishops of Canada Gather in Cornwall for 2022 Annual Plenary Assembly

22-09-2022
Ottawa – Bishops from across the country will gather in Cornwall, Ontario, next week for the 2022 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB). The gathering will bring together 72 Bishops for in-person meetings for the first time since 2019.

Montreal

Province of Quebec General Election 2022: Let Us All Participate in Bringing About the Common Good

21-09-2022
Gaspé – As they gather in the City of Gaspé for the Plenary Assembly, the Catholic Bishops of Quebec invite all citizens to take in earnest their responsibility to exercise the right to vote in the provincial general election to be held on October 3. The significance of our electoral process takes on new clarity, given a worldwide context in which democracy is experiencing serious setbacks.

International

One Million Children Praying the Rosary

20-09-2022
Pray? “More than ever” One Million Children Praying the Rosary on October 18, 2022. Montréal, August 2022 – Year after year, this annual activity, organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN-AED), has become an event not to be missed. On Tuesday, October 18, children and families around the world are called to pray for world peace by praying the Rosary.

Pope Francis

The Audacity of Pope Francis

20-09-2022
During his “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada, as essayist Jean Duchesne notes, the Pope did not shy away from showing how cancel culture is nothing other than a variant of the same colonialism it is claiming to eradicate.

Pope Francis

Pope to new Bishops: Be open to dialogue and close to poor

20-09-2022
On Monday morning Pope Francis met privately in the Apostolic Palace with around 200 newly ordained Bishops over the past year taking part in the second session of a formation course taking place at the Regina Apostolorum Atheneum and organized by the Dicasteries for Bishops and for Eastern Churches.

National

Turning social doctrine into society transformed

15-09-2022
On Sept. 17, a virtual event will launch a new Canada-wide chapter of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (CAPP) Foundation, established in 1993 by St. John Paul II.

General

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

14-09-2022
Le 14 septembre, l’Église célèbre la Croix glorieuse, fête également connue sous le nom d’«Exaltation de la Sainte Croix», dont l’origine historique remonte au IVe siècle. Elle appelle les croyants à tourner leur regard vers l’instrument sur lequel le Christ a souffert et a rendu son dernier souffle, afin d’offrir à tous les hommes le salut.

Montreal

Ordination of Msgr. Frank Leo, new Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal

13-09-2022

“When a local Church welcomes a new bishop, is that good news?” asked Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal of the 1,500 faithful gathered in the capacity-filled Cathedral on the evening of Monday, September 12.

General

The 10 greatest advantages that faith provides us

13-09-2022
To believe or not to believe in God – that is the question. Living as though God existed or as though He did not, what difference does it really make? No one can remain indifferent to this question. We all have to choose. It is like accepting or declining a proposal of marriage. The fact of not choosing is, in the end, the same as refusing the proposal. And similarly with faith – not to choose is, in the end, choosing not to believe.

Pope Francis

Pope’s presence in Kazakhstan to help ‘map way out of conflicts’

13-09-2022
As Pope Francis prepares to take part in an interfaith congress in Kazakhstan, Professor Azza Karam, Secretary General of Religions for Peace, says the Pope can help religious leaders map out ways of resolving and avoiding conflicts.