Posted on 5/15/2013 11:34 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
When Norma Chamut found herself pregnant with her fourth child she had an abortion.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:32 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
EDMONTON – The culture of life is grounded on the inalienable dignity of each person, says Archbishop Richard Smith.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:30 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
MICHELINE PARE
SPECIAL TO THE WCR
All of us are living love stories and some of those stories express tenderness towards the elderly who are spouses, mothers or fathers, friends and soulmates, who have lost their autonomy.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:28 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
Ken Fast described living the faith in a rural setting as being "like one piece of cloth" – an integration of family, work and church life into one fabric, not something disjointed.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:26 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
The Vatican has been quick to embrace the social networks but dioceses have been cautious. The Edmonton Archdiocese is on Facebook and Archbishop Richard Smith has a blog. Soon a Twitter account may be opened.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:23 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
CAROL GLATZ
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Social media need to promote more logic, kindness and Christian witness than bluster, star-status and division, says the pope's 2013 message for World Communications Day.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:21 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
DEBORAH GYAPONG
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS
OTTAWA – This year's National March for Life May 9 framed abortion as a human rights issue, damaging especially to women and girls, and it drew the largest crowd ever.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:19 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
In 2008, Christian missionaries John and Eloise Bergen were working with orphans near Kitale, Kenya. Late one evening, nine men broke into their rural farm and brutally assaulted them.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:18 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Payback with Satan is rotten as he pushes people to be loveless and selfish, finally leaving them with nothing and alone, Pope Francis said.
Posted on 5/15/2013 11:16 AM By Jay
May 20, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
Passing on the Catholic faith to your children takes time.
Richard Rymarz said that basic insight is not rocket science. However, in hectic lives where time is limited, its implementation can be difficult.