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By Zoey Maraist
Post-Dobbs, volunteers share why they’re involved and how others can help.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
LAC STE. ANNE, Alberta — Pope Francis joined Indigenous pilgrims at a lake known for miraculous healings and encouraged them to lay their burdens on the shore. Since the 1880s, the Cree and the Sioux, the Métis, the Blackfoot, the Dene and others from across Turtle Island — North America — have traveled to Lac […]
Arts
Local
By Zoey Maraist
Kids and teens delve into the arts at summer camp.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
EDMONTON, Alberta — Celebrating the feast day of Jesus’ grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honor their elders, but he asked them to think about what they will hand on to future generations. “We received so much from the hands of those who preceded us. What do we, in turn, want to bequeath […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
EDMONTON, Alberta — While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually an attempt to impose European culture on Canada’s Indigenous people, Pope Francis said. “One cannot proclaim God in a way contrary to God himself,” the pope said July 25 at Edmonton’s Sacred Heart Church of the […]
Global
By Michael Kenny
SYDNEY — An Australian couple who pioneered one of the world’s most successful natural fertility methods are being celebrated as potential saints by those in the medical profession who worked with them as well as families who benefited from their innovative ovulation method, now taught in more than 40 countries around the world. Drs. John […]
National
By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead
OWENSBORO, Ky. — One thing that foster parents desire more than anything else is support, said the founder and president of Borrowed Hearts Owensboro in western Kentucky. Borrowed Hearts is a local ministry to children and families in foster care, providing donated clothing, hygiene products, and toys along with that much-needed support. All items are […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington promulgated liturgical norms July 22 for implementing Pope Francis’ apostolic letter “Traditionis Custodes” (“Guardians of the Tradition”), which limits celebrations of the Mass according to the rite used before the Second Vatican Council. Effective Sept. 21, celebration of the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal can […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
EDMONTON, Alberta — After a flight of more than 10 hours from Rome, Pope Francis landed in Edmonton and met briefly at the airport with Indigenous leaders, Canada’s governor general and prime minister before heading to the local seminary for a rest. Governor General Mary Simon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked alongside the pope […]
