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Knowledge-Sharing Symposium on the Doctrine of Discovery
Wednesday, June 03 2026
From 26 to 29 May 2026, a Knowledge-Sharing Symposium on the Doctrine of Discovery was held in Edmonton, examining the historical and legal consequences of colonization for Indigenous Peoples, and the Catholic Church’s involvement in that colonization in the 15th and 16th centuries. The event was hosted by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), with support from the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, and…
Episcopal Appointment for the Diocese of Prince Albert
Thursday, May 28 2026
Ottawa – Today, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV appointed the Reverend Kenneth Thorson, O.M.I., as Bishop of Prince Albert. Bishop-elect Thorson was born on 19 September 1966, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. On 26 August 1992, he joined the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate for the Lacombe Province, entering its novitiate in Arnprior, Ontario. He made his first profession of vows on 14 August 1993…
Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical Letter: Magnifica Humanitas
Monday, May 25 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter, Magnifica Humanitas, was released today. It focuses on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. The letter is dated 15 May, to commemorate the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter, Rerum Novarum. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development offers the following synopsis of the Encyclical Letter: “Magnifica Humanitas offers insights into the protection of the human person…
New Rector of the Canadian Pontifical College in Rome
Friday, May 15 2026
Ottawa – Father Francesco Yukinori Kumagawa, PSS, has been named Rector of the Canadian Pontifical College in Rome. As of 1 May 2026, he succeeds fellow Sulpician Father Jaroslaw Kaufmann, P.S.S., who has been Rector since 2024. Father Kumagawa was born on 2 November 1970 in Nagasaki, Japan. He entered the minor seminary in Nagasaki in 1983, then continued his formation at the Fukuoka Saint-Sulpice…