by user | Aug 2, 2014 | News
Ottawa – For Immediate Release (26 January 2014) To mark the 100th anniversary of Canada’s first national internment operations of 1914-1920, the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Foundation (www.ucclf.ca) will be unveiling 100 plaques on Friday, 22 August 2014, the...
by user | Aug 1, 2014 | News
On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany, which had violated the neutrality of Belgium by invading it. Canada, as part of the British Empire, was thereby brought into what would be the first of two world wars. A few weeks later, the Canadian Parliament...
by user | Jul 31, 2014 | News
Vatican City, 27 July 2014 (VIS) – After today’s Angelus prayer, the Holy Father, remarking that tomorrow marks the centenary of the beginning of the First World War, launched a new appeal for peace in the Middle East, Iraq and Ukraine, and called for a...
by user | Jul 2, 2014 | News
Vatican City, 26 June 2014 (VIS) – A press conference was held in the Holy See Press Office this morning to present the Instrumentum Laboris of the 3rd Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (5-19 October 2014) which will focus on “pastoral challenges...
by user | Jul 2, 2014 | News
Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) – The following is the full text of the Holy Father’s message for the 188th World Mission Day, to be held on Sunday, 19 October 2014: “Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today vast numbers of people still do not know Jesus Christ. For...
