Forty years ago, Pope John Paul II touched down at Vancouver International Airport on Sept. 18, marking the first visit by a Roman Catholic Church leader to Canada, and his only visit to British Columbia. bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…

As she watered and fertilized a damaged rose bush, Julie VanSpall says she could not help thinking of St. Therese, the Little Flower, who promised, "I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens; I will spend my heaven doing good upon earth." bccatholic.ca/voices/julie-v…

We should prepare for Mass the way athletes prepare for a big game, with a pre-game routine, writes Pat Macken. Part of our pre-Mass routine is not eating for an hour before Communion. bccatholic.ca/voices/pat-mac…

Google parent Alphabet faces possible court-ordered loss of its dominant search engine. bccatholic.ca/voices/peter-v…

Contemplating the sufferings of Jesus Christ during his Passion will instantly render our sufferings sweet and supportable, wrote St. Francis de Sales. bccatholic.ca/voices/father-…

Vancouver Rabbi Dan Moskovitz of Temple Sholom and Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB discuss their respective faiths at the second annual community dinner with Temple Sholom, held this year at the John Paul II Pastoral Center. bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…

“Unfortunately, the Covenant does not include a promise to build personal ties between lay Catholics and residential school survivors,” writes Glen Argan. bccatholic.ca/voices/glen-ar…

“Unfortunately, the Covenant does not include a promise to build personal ties between lay Catholics and residential school survivors,” writes Glen Argan. bccatholic.ca/voices/glen-ar…

In the sacrament of matrimony, the couple’s union achieves what it signifies, God’s faithful and life-giving love, writes Father Hawkswell. bccatholic.ca/voices/fr-vinc…

The righteous person “reveres laws and respects them, knowing that they constitute a barrier protecting the defenceless from the tyranny of the powerful,” said the Pope. bccatholic.ca/voices/father-…

When the plan is uncertain, “we need to ask Our Lady for her prayers and guidance,” writes Jenna McDonald. “She said yes to the Holy Spirit even though she couldn’t understand how being a poor, pregnant, unmarried teenager could somehow be God’s plan.” bccatholic.ca/voices/jenna-m…

Jersey Boys at the Arts Club is solidly entertaining and offers a nostalgic trip down memory lane for those who remember Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, writes Alan Charlton. bccatholic.ca/voices/alan-ch…

The bishops are holding their annual plenary in Quebec City to mark the 350th anniversary of the first Catholic diocese of North America. bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…

The annual pro-life event takes place this year on Sunday, Oct. 6, in most B.C. locations. bccatholic.ca/news/canada/ca…

L’Arche Vancouver has a “spirituality of communion” that is based on the community working together, Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB told community members and guests who gathered for the Sept. 20 opening of L’Arche Greater Vancouver’s new Burnaby housing facility. bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…

An apology “has to be a genuine apology,” says a lawyer who works in sexual abuse and harassment claims. “The ‘I’m sorry you feel that way’ doesn’t cut it.” bccatholic.ca/voices/lea-kar…

In this timeline, we look at the progress made in healing and reconciliation initiatives between the Archdiocese of Vancouver and Canada’s Indigenous peoples since their first encounter. This week, the 1960s and the arrival of Archbishop James Carney. bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…

Initiatives such as the Men's Group at St. Dunstan’s Church in Fredericton, N.B. and the Knights of Columbus Cor program are uniting men in fellowship through prayer, acts of charity, and social events bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…