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Increasingly, Jesuits in Canada are thinking about the boreal forest. Covering 60% of the country, the vast biome is the largest intact fores...

Bishops hope to work with new transitional committee

The discovery of the unmarked graves of First Nations' children led to renewed calls for a papal apology in Canada to respond to the legacy of residential schools and revived questions about the church’s role in colonialism in Canada.

Matching Catholic values with investments April 10, 2021 The Global Catholic Climate Movement in Canada has a plan to make Catholic money stand up and speak for the environment, against the climate crisis and in favour of reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples. GCCM Canada is inviting all of Canada’s bishops, Catholic universities, fund managers, financial planners and individual investors to a series of online forums on the how-to of investing according to Vatican priorities ou...

Canadian bishops prepare response to Bill C-15 February 25, 2021 Canada’s bishops are continuing to study federal legislation that provides legal protections for Indigenous communities in the form of internationally recognized rights. Bill C-15, which would incorporate the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into Canadian law, passed second reading Feb. 17. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), which has urged the government to pass UNDRIP ...