The archbishop of Grouard-McLennan in Northern Alberta, Canada, says he is saddened but “not overcome” by the loss of a 121-year-old church to arson. Archbishop Gérard Pettipas, CSsR, released a ...

OTTAWA, June 4 (Reuters) - The Catholic Church must take responsibility for its role in running many of Canada’s residential schools for indigenous children, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on ...

While the CBC News report recorded 33 churches that burned to the ground, many more churches have been victimized by attacks. The loss of St. Bernard’s Church in Grouard, Alberta, Canada, on May 22, ...

No human remains were found in last month’s excavation of a Catholic church basement on Pine Creek First Nations lands in Manitoba, Canada, after the community asked a Brandon University ...

By CNA Staff Kamloops, Canada, Jun 7, 2021 / 14:00 pm The chief of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc, or Kamloops Indian Band, has condemned the vandalism of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Kamloops shortly ...

Canadian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a 2L ...

MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced ...

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During the six years he attended the Tobique Indian Day School, in Canada's eastern province of New Brunswick, David Perley lived in fear of being hit by the Sisters who taught there. That's what ...

While demands from politicians or community leaders might create public pressure, only one body holds the keys to a papal visit: the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. It's easy to view the ...

Earlier this week, nine Roman Catholic women were ordained to serve as priests and deacons in the church — an act the Vatican denounced as illegal. Two women from Germany and Austria, unofficially ...

A Catholic hospital in Nova Scotia must provide physician-assisted suicide assessments to eligible patients who request them, the province’s public health service has ruled. St. Martha’s Regional ...