VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, struggling with a bad knee, is going ahead with plans to visit Canada this summer so he can apologize in person for abuse suffered by Indigenous peoples at the hands of ...

No human remains were found in last month’s excavation of a Catholic church basement on Pine Creek First Nations lands in Manitoba, Canada, after the community asked a Brandon University ...

Catholics in Canada suffered the largest spike in religion-based hate crimes last year, and government officials must take action in response, a watchdog group has said. “Undoubtedly, this increase ...

Pope Francis on Friday issued an apology on behalf of some members of the Roman Catholic Church in the Canadian residential school system after meeting with 62 First Nation, Inuit and Métis ...

The archbishop of Grouard-McLennan in Northern Alberta, Canada, says he is saddened but “not overcome” by the loss of a 121-year-old church to arson. Archbishop Gérard Pettipas, CSsR, released a ...

The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that ...

OTTAWA, June 4 (Reuters) - The Catholic Church must take responsibility for its role in running many of Canada’s residential schools for indigenous children, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on ...

EDMONTON, Canada — It’s a nationwide pastoral challenge for Canada’s Catholic bishops: Canadian doctors and nurse practitioners have had the legal right to kill patients for six months now, since the ...

KOZHIKODE: A Catholic priest from Kerala has been arrested in Canada on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference — a ...

Canada agreed to “forever discharge” Catholic entities from their promise to raise $25 million for residential school survivors and also picked up their legal bill, a final release document shows. The ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday officially apologized for their role in the country's notorious residential school system for the first time, after refusing to do so for years ...

Father James Cherickal was also charged with sexual interference — a term which, in Canadian law, refers to sexual crimes ...