Letter to the Honourable Jason Kenney

Letter to the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, from Archbishop Brendan M. O’Brien, Chairman of the Justice and Peace Commission, regarding Bill C-49 The Honourable Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship,...

New findings break long-held stereotypes about Sheptytsky

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, the religious leader who headed the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for nearly half a century, hasbeen misunderstood through history. Now, on the 66th anniversary of his Nov. 1, 1944, death at the age of 79, new details are emerging...

Mideast Christians Pray for Iraq

09 Nov 2010 – by Judith Sudilovsky RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNS) — Hundreds of Palestinian Catholics in Ramallah and Bethlehem attended special Masses in memory of the more than 50 Iraqis killed in an attack on the Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad and called for...

Deadly Attack on Iraqi Christians

03 Nov 2010 – by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A deadly militant siege of a Catholic church in Baghdad, Iraq, was a “savage” act of “absurd violence,” Pope Benedict XVIsaid. The pope urged international and national authorities and all people of good will to work...