Pope Francis will lead a consistory to install new cardinals on Aug. 27. The 16 new cardinal electors, eligible to vote in the next election of a pope, come from surprising places, and many are involved with people on society������Ƶapp margins. As observers note, the men this Pope has named princes of the Church often have no pretensions to royalty. They are God������Ƶapp servants in the vineyard of life.

EDMONTON – A much smaller group of pilgrims than usual is heading off to World Youth Day from Edmonton this week. But the anticipation is huge.

VANCOUVER – He lost almost everything on his first day in Canada.

EDMONTON – Touring the magnificent St. Joseph������Ƶapp Oratory during a class trip to Montreal, student Noah Ethier was surprised to learn about his family connection to St. André Bessette, who helped build it. 

I love my Church, but I admit I have at times found it difficult dealing with its sins against the Indigenous community.

VANCOUVER – The rate of medically-assisted deaths on Vancouver Island is about five times higher than in the rest of the country.

EDMONTON – Frank “Bushy” Stegemeier is struggling.

REGINA – Herb Muma is a man with a mission.

Growing up in rural Saskatchewan planted a special place in my heart for the wildflowers that grow in the ditches. Blue alfalfa, purple thistles, bright yellow brown-eyed susans. When I moved to the city to study, I saw them less frequently, and I did not realize how much I missed the wildflowers until I spent several weeks at a youth camp this summer, thanks to my husband������Ƶapp working there and my maternity leave.

Just three months after launching a video appeal to victims of clergy abuse, Regina Archbishop Don Bolen is again appealing to victims to come forward.