Canada Archives

Survivors irritated: IDs of most Canadian bishops’ protection committee members secret

Mar 10, 2020

The Canadian bishops’ Standing Committee for the Responsible Ministry and Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons met for the first time in January, but the fact that the identities of the majority of its members is kept secret irritates victims, who see a lack of transparency.

By Francois Gloutnay

Intellectually disabled L’Arche members react to news of Vanier abuse

Feb 26, 2020

For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L’Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard.

By Michael Swan

Priest hopes being in spotlight at Groban concert can inspire good

Feb 23, 2020

Everything about that Sunday night was a surprise for Father Patrick Setto, starting with his cousins surprising him with tickets to a Josh Groban concert in Windsor, across the border from Detroit, and ending with the world-famous tenor passing off his microphone to the priest.

By Gabriella Patti

Pakistani archbishop, now a Canadian, focuses on helping asylum-seekers

Jan 19, 2020

A Pakistani Catholic archbishop who migrated to Canada after his retirement said his focus now is on helping persecuted Pakistani Christians who seek asylum in Canada.

By Catholic News Service

Quebec to take ethics, religious culture out of school curriculum

Jan 15, 2020

The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum, which replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.

By Philippe Vaillancourt

Edmonton recalls members of Iranian community killed in Tehran crash

Jan 14, 2020

More than 2,500 people filled the Saville Community Sports Centre at the University of Alberta Jan. 12 to remember the lives of 13 Edmontonians and 163 others lost when Ukrainian Airlines International Flight PS752 was shot down by a missile shortly after takeoff from Tehran.

By Andrew Ehrkamp