Canadian Catholic News

04/15/2026

The elderly lady was sitting slumped in a wheelchair parked near a window in the common room of her Maple Ridge retirement home when a volunteer from St. Luke’s parish approached. “Happy Easter!” the volunteer said, handing the woman a potted African violet and a greeting card reading, “You Matter.”

The elderly lady was sitting slumped in a wheelchair parked near a window in the common room of her Maple Ridge retirement home when a volunteer from St. Luke’s parish approached.

04/15/2026

SASKATOON, Sask. (CCN) — The next session of a diocesan online program established in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action will begin April 14 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon.

04/15/2026

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred and violence, and to start serving life.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred and violence, and to start serving life.

04/15/2026

As Haiti battles with ever-increasing gang violence and a reality where 5.7 million people daily find themselves up against high-level food insecurity, Mary’s Meals is hoping its extensive school meal program can become a powerful shield for the nation’s next generation.

As Haiti battles with ever-increasing gang violence and a reality where 5.7 million people daily find themselves up against high-level food insecurity, Mary’s Meals is hoping its extensive school meal program can become a powerful shield for the nation's next generation.

04/14/2026

For the first time in three years, the bells of Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City rang out for Easter. Inside the church, parishioners were not only celebrating a holy day but recapturing a fundamental expression of their faith that had been missing for two years.

04/14/2026

More than a million people from South Lebanon have fled to Beirut to escape Israeli bombings of Hezbollah targets in the south. But some, like the 1,700 residents of the southern Christian village of Debel, chose to stay to protect their homes, believing they might be spared from Israeli actions.

04/14/2026

Hundreds of new Catholics from across the Diocese of Hamilton will join together and be recognized Saturday at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King to celebrate a surge in faith, with Bishop Joseph Dabrowski set to lead the annual Mass for New Catholics.

04/14/2026

Both the 2025 Who’s Hungry Report, co-released by Daily Bread Food Bank and North York Harvest Food Bank, and the 2025 HungerCount from Food Banks Canada have presented the most unsettling accounts of Canadian food insecurity to date.

04/13/2026

TORONTO (CCN) — Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto is launching a two-part expert panel series that explores how poverty and disability intersect to deepen barriers to food and housing, with virtual sessions set for April 20 and 27.

04/13/2026

TORONTO (CCN) — As the world grapples with global conflict and ongoing division, the Daughters of St. Paul in Toronto are bringing Pope Leo XIV’s hopeful vision of an unarmed and disarming peace down to Earth with a speaker series that address peace both globally and in daily life.

04/13/2026

With artificial intelligence increasingly shaping how Catholic students are taught, Ontario parents are being called to learn about the changes their children face in our digital age.

With artificial intelligence increasingly shaping how Catholic students are taught, Ontario parents are being called to learn about the changes their children face in our digital age.

04/13/2026

CALGARY (CCN) — The interim label has been removed from Dr. Scott Morrison who is now the fifth president and vice-chancellor of St. Mary’s University in Calgary and began a five-year term on April 1.