Pope Francis and Laudato Si’
It was 2015 and it had been 50 years since I had abandoned my Catholic faith. Then in May of that year, Pope Francis released…
ICN AGM Selects New Board Members
Island Catholic News selected two new working board members at its annual general meeting on May 16. Lori Dueck and George Klima were appointed as…
Father Terry McNamara, OMI — Rest in Peace
Reverend Terrance McNamara, O.M.I., passed away on April 28, 2025 while in palliative care at Yaletown House in Vancouver BC. He was born August 3,…
A Synodal Church
A synodal church is one that listens with open hearts, and takes leadership in the reform and mission of the church. I’m grateful to participate…
Anishinabe Centre Sold
The Jesuits of Canada are transferring governance of the Anishinabe Spiritual Centre to a new, Indigenous-led board of directors, which will include participation from the…
10 Years Later, Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ More Relevant Than Ever
With all that happened in the Catholic Church last month, we can be forgiven for missing the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ encyclical…
FutureChurch Welcomes the Election of Pope Leo XIV with Hope
FutureChurch joins Catholics around the world in a spirit of solidarity and hope in praying for Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo…
How Mark Carney’s Catholic Faith Will Inform the Way He Governs Canada
INTRODUCTION By Patrick Jamieson This article from The Globe and Mail purports to report on the new prime ministers’ Catholicism. Unfortunately it suffers from the…
Carney and Leo XIV Challenged by Prophetic Call
On May 15, 1891, Pope Leo XIII, who as Gioacchino Pecci had served as the popular Archbishop of the papal state of Perugia for thirty…