by user | Feb 16, 2016 | News
Saturday, February 13, 2016 On February 12, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the leaders of two Churches, met at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. The meeting took place in a closed setting. It lasted more than two hours. The meeting of Pope Francis...
by user | Feb 14, 2016 | News
Author: Peter Yaremko Today we are asked to take notice of two events that seem contradictory—the beginning of the penitential period of Great Lent, and on the Western Calendar St Valentine’s Day, the festive celebration of romantic love usually marked by flowers,...
by user | Feb 12, 2016 | Bishop's Posts, News
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in February of 2015 to strike down Canada’s existing laws prohibiting assisted suicide has opened a wide debate on the subject. The Catholic Bishops of Alberta make the following statement in order to express our deepest concerns...
by user | Feb 11, 2016 | News
January 25, 2016 THANDIWE KONGUAVI WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER Edmonton Christian leaders began the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity imploring God for unity and thanking the Lord for their Christian identity and vocation. “We pray this year with the Christians...
by user | Feb 11, 2016 | News
(Translation from the original Ukrainian text from the Press Office of the UGCC – 5 February 2016) “I do not expect that much will change” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the Meeting of Pope Francis with Patriarch Kirill “I do not expect that the meeting of...
