A government-ordered and operated euthanasia, or MAiD, facility on the campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver is now fully operational.
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(OSV News) — Indigenous peoples are “a blessing to the Church and Canadian society,” said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops shared their thoughts in a June 19 statement, …
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(OSV News) — Canada’s Catholic bishops are reminding faithful of “the urgent need to pray for peace” as tensions in the Middle East rise following an exchange of strikes between Israel …
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The church’s universal mission that brought missionaries to British Columbia 200 years ago compels the faithful to evangelize today, archbishop says.
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Cheers erupt at Canada’s March for Life over Pope Leo XIV’s election
by Luke Mandatoby Luke MandatoOTTAWA, Ontario (OSV News) — As hundreds of Canadian pro-life advocates filled Parliament Hill in Ottawa the morning of May 8 for Canada’s 2025 National March for Life, it wasn’t …
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Analysis: What’s next for Canada under Mark Carney, its new Catholic prime minister
by David Agrenby David AgrenMark Carney, Canada’s newest Catholic prime minister, is an admirer of the late Pope Francis and promised to aggressively confront U.S. President Donald Trump.
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“No matter how you voted, I will always do my best to represent everyone who calls Canada home,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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Memorial Masses highlight Pope Francis’ love for Jesus, care for the vulnerable
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsNEW YORK (OSV News) — We cannot understand Pope Francis “if we don’t understand that he was a man of God … a friend of God,” said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the …
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Archbishop J. Michael Miller is calling for prayer after a deadly car-ramming attack on a crowds at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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“Pope Francis yearned for the Church’s message of mercy to be ever present among marginalized people, those on the existential and geographical peripheries of society,” says Alberta bishop.