9 h. ago The pope was a friend, and they talked sports: TRC commissioner remembers Francis

Wilton Littlechild remembers closing his eyes before Pope Francis lead his first mass at the Vatican more than a decade ago. He wanted to clearly hear every word. As the pope’s voice grew louder, Littlechild, a residential school survivor and former commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, says he became still and […]

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22 h. ago Ottawa Catholic basilica remembers Pope Francis as welcoming, hopeful

Pope Francis was the first Latin American pope in the Catholic Church's history, and was famously known for his messages of acceptance towards LGBTQ2S+ people.

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32 h. ago Remembering Pope Francis: Pontiff recalled in Edmonton, Maskwacis and Lac Ste. Anne

Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith said Monday that the Pope raised the issue of residential schools in the public consciousness.

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32 h. ago ‘Like our father or grandfather dying:’ Pope Francis fondly remembered in Toronto

Toronto resident Kathy Sacco will forever cherish the memory of a chance encounter she had with Pope Francis in 2017 after devastating earthquakes in Abruzzo, Italy. As her hands trembled and the cold wind whipped her hair outside St. Michael’s Cathedral, Sacco showed  an image on her cellphone of the Pope shaking hands with her […]

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35 h. ago ‘A global ambassador of peace’: Ontario leaders remember Pope Francis

Condolences are pouring for the late Pope Francis hours after his death, with Ontarian's remembering him for his "legacy of humility, love and compassion.”

Politics

39 h. ago Canadian, global leaders remember Pope Francis as ‘world’s conscience’

Leaders from around the globe paid tributes to Pope Francis after his death, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney calling him the 'world's conscience.'

Politics

40 h. ago ’Humility, compassion and care for others’: How Canadians are remembering Pope Francis

Canadians are reacting to Pope Francis’s death on Easter Monday, which came more than two months after he was hospitalized for a respiratory infection. Here’s what some notable Canadians have to say. “Pope Francis was a voice of moral clarity, spiritual courage, and boundless compassion. He was in many respects the world’s conscience — never […]

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43 h. ago Canadians remember Pope Francis for historic apology for residential schools

Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file. The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88. Francis was the global leader of Canada’s most […]

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