Category: canadian bishops

After listening sessions, Canadian bishops write to young people

by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Young Catholics | 0 |

A new pastoral letter from Canada’s bishops tells young people they have unique contributions to make to the church and to the world.

Canadian bishops say they’ll follow pope’s example with Indigenous

by bcadmin | Oct 9, 2022 | canadian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Indigenous people, News, papal trip, Pope Francis | 0 |

Canada’s bishops wound up their first in-person meetings in three years with discussion of concrete steps toward reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians.

Pope in Canada apologizes for ‘evil’ of sex abuse

by bcadmin | Jul 29, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, clerical sexual abuse, indigenous communities, lead, News, papal apology, Papal travel, papal trip, Pope Francis, Pope in Canada | 0 |

Pope Francis Thursday asked forgiveness for the sexual abuse of children at Church-run residential schools in Canada and vowed “never again,” building on an earlier historic apology made the day after arriving in Canada.

Ahead of papal visit, Canadian bishops begin payouts to indigenous communities

by bcadmin | Jul 19, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, Church in the Americas, Indigenous, indigenous communities, lead, News, papal apology, Papal travel, Pope Francis | 0 |

With Pope Francis’s visit to Canada just days away, the country’s bishops have announced that a special fund to support healing and reconciliation efforts with Indigenous communities has begun accepting proposals.

Quebec audit finds 87 abusers since 1940, but some doubt the numbers

by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, News, Quebec, Quebec bishops | 0 |

After a rigorous examination of the files of more than 6,800 priests, deacons and staff members of nine Quebec dioceses, retired Judge André Denis confirmed that between 1940 and 2021, 87 sexual abusers were found in those dioceses.

Vatican releases pope’s Canada itinerary in sign trip is on

by bcadmin | Jun 23, 2022 | Associated Press, Canada, canadian bishops, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips, Pope Francis | 0 |

The Vatican on Thursday released the itinerary for Pope Francis’ July 24-30 visit to Canada, providing a sign he intends to go ahead with the trip despite knee problems that forced him to cancel a six-day visit to Africa also planned for next month.

Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations

by bcadmin | Jun 2, 2022 | Associated Press, Canada, canadian bishops, First Nations, Indigenous peoples, lead, News | 0 |

Indigenous leaders met with Canadian bishops on Wednesday and were told Pope Francis won’t add more stops, as they requested, to his trip to Canada.

Native peoples join Catholics in long search for boarding school details

by bcadmin | May 28, 2022 | canadian bishops, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the Americas, Indigenous people, Native Americans, News, Racism | 0 |

Native American tribal representatives are partnering with Catholic dioceses and religious congregations in uncovering vast amounts of information about the church’s role in operating residential schools.

Canadian archbishop, Cowessess chief seek new ways of ‘walking together’

by bcadmin | May 16, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, First Nations, Indigenous peoples, News | 0 |

Pope Francis apologized to Canada’s Indigenous leaders at the Vatican earlier this year and Indigenous Canadians are seeking an apology during the pope’s July visit to the country.

Apology for past abuse expected during pope’s visit to Canada

by bcadmin | May 14, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, Church in the Americas, indigenous communities, lead, News, papal apology, Papal travel, Pope Francis | 0 |

After yesterday’s announcement of Pope Francis’s visit to Canada this summer, calls are already being made by government leaders and indigenous communities for him to issue a formal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system.

Pope to visit Canada, part of apology aims for church abuse

by bcadmin | May 13, 2022 | Associated Press, Canada, canadian bishops, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Papal travel, Papal Trips, Pope Francis | 0 |

Pope Francis, struggling with a bad knee, is going ahead with plans to visit Canada this summer so he can apologize in person for abuse suffered by Indigenous peoples at the hands of the Catholic Church.

Canadian panel urges not hiring military chaplains of certain religions

by bcadmin | May 3, 2022 | Canada, canadian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Military chaplains, News | 0 |

An advisory panel to the Canadian Department of National Defence wants to rid the Canadian Armed Forces of military chaplains whose religious faiths do not openly promote diversity.