Interview: Sister Jeannine Gramick on Being Censured
INTRODUCTION Jeannine Gramick, S.L., has spent the last 50 years working for L.G.B.T. people. Together with Robert Nugent, S.D.S., Sister Gramick began New Ways Ministry,…
The Nun Reshaping the Role of Women Inside the Vatican
INTRODUCTION This interview is part of our latest Women and Leadership special report, which highlights women making significant contributions to the major stories unfolding in…
Pope Francis Thanks New Ways Ministry in Recent Correspondence
In two letters to New Ways Ministry this year, Pope Francis commended the organization for its outreach to the LGBTQ community and referred to one…
Pope Francis Writes to Controversial Nun Thanking Her for 50 Years of LGBTQ Ministry
Pope Francis has sent an encouraging letter to an American nun thanking her for her 50 years of ministry to LGBTQ Catholics, more than two…
An Alternate Short Summary of an Integral Life
Roman Catholic Bishop of Victoria, 1962 – 1999, born at Swan Lake MB, February 24, 1924, died at Victoria BC, February 1, 2022. Bishop De…
‘One of The Great Bishops in The History of The Catholic Church in Canada’
Canada’s last surviving Second Vatican Council father has died. Victoria Bishop Emeritus Remi De Roo was 97 years old when he reached his eternal rest…
Honorary Chief ‘High Priest Swan’ Last Surviving Vatican II Bishop
Bishop Remi J. De Roo, the last surviving Canadian, English-speaking bishop to take part in the Second Vatican Council more than 50 years ago, has…
Bishop Remi De Roo Named Among Most Influential Spiritual Leaders
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Retired Bishop Remi De Roo, the last surviving Canadian, English-speaking bishop to take part in the Second Vatican Council more than…
Former Bishop Remi De Roo Laid to Rest
Remi De Roo, the former Catholic Bishop of Victoria, was remembered Saturday as a “prophet and pilgrim” of the church, a trailblazer on reforms and…
Bishop Established University Centre for Religion and Society
Greater Victoria is mourning the loss of former Bishop Remi de Roo, who died at the age of 97 on Feb. 1. Born in Swan…