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…
The Frustrating, Inspiring Radicalism of Dorothy Day
I caught my friend Heath Carter, an associate professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, breathless. He’s training for a half marathon and picked up my call…
Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan Don Kerr
Professor Emeritus Donald Cameron Kerr (Don) passed away on December 8, 2020 at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon where he was born in 1936 to…
AFN Hopes Vatican Meeting with Pope Will Lead to Apology Visit
OTTAWA — There is no guarantee that a delegation to the Vatican will lead to a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s…
The Climate Apocalypse is Real and It’s Coming
Scientists are warning us that because of global warming, civilization is headed toward the worst catastrophe in human history. Unlike a war, a pandemic or…