For most of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted our sense of vulnerability. It kept many people, including the most fragile, in isolation – both social and spiritual. In the face of so many challenges to our usual way of life, this has been an opportunity to reflect on our faith and on the Church. Sister Nuala Kenny […] in this honest, soul-searching and inspiring book, explores a range of underlying systemic and cultural issues in need of conversion.
Read moreThe Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces.
Read moreTo mark the month of Ramadan and its conclusion (Id al-Fitr), the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue published a message entitled Christians and Muslims: Witnesses of Hope. The message is intended to be shared with Muslims and those working in interfaith dialogues.
Read moreCanada does not have an “Indigenous” problem. It has a colonization problem, says Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice Deborah McGregor, an Anishinaabe from Whitefish River First Nation, Birch Island, Ontario. Those of us who have benefited from colonization have a responsibility to address the system that has enriched us by stealing the land and lives of Indigenous Peoples. Created as 11 separate chapter-workshops, this book incorporates many Indigenous voices so that readers-participants can act based on what Indigenous are telling us to address injustices.
Read moreStations of the Cross 2021 proposed by Talitha Kum Networks of the Western Hemisphere in order to emphasize throught the prayer an economy without human trafficking.
Read moreMessage of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL) entitled “WITNESSES TO THE BEAUTY OF GOD” 25 years after the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation Vita Consecrata of Saint John Paul II.
Read moreFebruary 2021, a joint press release from the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) announced that, after a review of 63 D&P partners, 24 of them would no longer receive funding from CCODP, while 19 others would not be renewed. […] We are deeply saddened to learn that so many CCODP partners are losing this vital support from CCODP.
Read moreOn February 25, a joint statement by the CCCB and the CCODP announced the conclusion of its review of a number of international partners. […] Does this statement respond to the legitimate questions asked by the many people who for several years have supported Development and Peace […]? Absolutely not! However, the time for reflection and prudence in our reaction must end following the publication by the media outlet Présence – information religieuse of a lengthy article by Philippe Vaillancourt on March 8.
Read moreThis film realized by Kevin Moynihan (KM Productions) revisits the 2015 Papal Encyclical Laudato Si’ with an update on the global climate crisis as well as an exploration of the impact of the loss of biodiversity and the emergence of COVID-19. The film is designed as an educational primer for parishes, high school and university programs concerned with the Global Climate Crisis.
Read moreKAIROS is committed to a new relationship with Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the globe, a relationship based on mutual respect, equity and the full realization of Indigenous peoples’ rights. Core to this commitment is the principled implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) calls the “framework for reconciliation”.
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