For Toronto’s Cardinal-designate Leo, call he’ll get red hat came out of the blue October 17, 2024By Quinton Amundson OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals, including the Toronto prelate, at a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica the afternoon of Dec. 7 and present them with their red hats.
Archbishop prays for residents, tourists in Canadian Rockies town devastated by wildfires July 29, 2024By Quinton Amundson OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News Edmonton Archbishop Richard W. Smith’s heart is with the people of Jasper, Alberta, and tourists forced to evacuate from the wildfire devastating the small alpine town and the neighboring famous Jasper National Park in the overnight hours of July 24 and 25.
Church burnings tied to unproven discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools January 18, 2024By Quinton Amundson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News According to the Catholic Civil Rights League’s database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Western Canada wildfires spare churches as blazes consume dozens of houses August 23, 2023By Quinton Amundson OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Wildfires wreaking devastation across British Columbia and the Northwest Territories of Canada have apparently spared Catholic churches, though the same thing cannot be said for numerous other buildings.
