News Stories – Page 53 – Island Catholic News

As the Catholic Church Reckons with Residential-school Legacy, Lay Leaders Speak Their Conscience to Reform Church

Last spring, when Anne McKee read about unmarked graves being discovered at a former Catholic-run residential school in British Columbia and watched her church fumble…

We Get Letters — Response to Residential School Coverage

As you may well know, ICN operates financially on the basis of three begging letters a year, including one that goes out in February with…

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Brave Journalists

The Editor: Congratulations to Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov and brave journalists everywhere. Kudos to the Nobel committee for recently awarding this year’s peace prize to…

Some Way Forward for Prophetic Catholicism

Richard Shields letter, printed in the “Letters to the Editor” section, raises the salient questions for ICN as we move ahead beyond our thirty-fifth year.…

Canadian Bishops Statement of Apology to Indigenous People

We, the Catholic Bishops of Canada, gathered in Plenary this week, take this opportunity to affirm to you, the Indigenous Peoples of this land, that…

Answer to Blue: By Russell Thornton

Russell Thornton’s Answer to Blue (Harbour Publishing, 2021) is a tour de force of finely crafted, thematically linked poems. Its evocative title is drawn from…

Pope’s Visit Should Push Catholic Leadership on Reconciliation

It has finally happened. Delayed, obstructed, tepidly advanced, but finally realized. The Pope is coming to Canada. The reasons for this protracted negotiation – bringing…

Cardinal Czerny Talks Global Synod in Ottawa Parish

On November 23rd, while taking some R&R in Ottawa in November, Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny was invited by the pastor at St. Basil’s Church, Rev.…

Glasgow, COP26: Fear, Faith and Survival

At the start of COP26, the Pope called for world leaders “to act urgently, courageously and responsibly”. With blunt honesty, Francis shared what is at…

Global Climate Change is Also a Spiritual Crisis

Like all individual or collective threats to safety and security, the clear and present danger of global climate change is as much a spiritual crisis…