Friar Pierre Ducharme, OFM
@friarducharme.bsky.social
Franciscan, Synodal Missionary, Pastor. Big CFL fan too!
This is really cool promotion from the @bclions.com Free tickets if you have never been to a BC Lions home game before or if you haven't been to a game since 2019. Receive up to 2 complimentary tickets to one of the six remaining home games. #RoarAsOne #CFL dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...
BC Lions offering free 'no strings attached' tickets to new fans | Daily Hive | Offside
The BC Lions are offering free tickets with "no strings attached" for new fans wanting to check out a game.
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VATICAN: A phone call took place between Pope Leo XIV and Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, on Friday afternoon, “on the occasion of the publication of the Encyclical Magnifica humanitas.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo and Canadian Prime Minister talk by phone - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV and the Canadian Prime Minister hold a telephone conversation on the themes of the Pope’s recently published encyclical, as well as on ...
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“Latin is not the main reason figures like Burke support the Tridentine Mass. Instead, it’s pre-Vatican II ecclesiology that justifies their support for a ‘muscular, patriotic, white supremacist’ form of ‘Christianity,’ promoted by figures like Trump & his followers.” www.ucanews.com/news/revivin...
Reviving the Old Latin Mass would be a colossal mistake- UCA News
A number of traditionalist bishops – encouraged by young, self-appointed Catholic influencers on social media– are trying to pressure Pope Leo to undo the restrictions on the pre-Vatican II liturgy.
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UN General Assembly backs two-state push for Israel and Palestine | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera share.google/asD3AjCOalT4...
UN General Assembly backs two-state push for Israel and Palestine
Israel slams landmark vote, supported by 142 member states, as ‘disgraceful’ as it continues to pound Gaza.
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Cardinal Cupich: “What is at stake in accepting the liturgical reforms of the council, then, is our very understanding of what it means to be a church of tradition.” www.chicagocatholic.com/cardinal-bla...
Tradition vs. traditionalism
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As the Franciscan Cardinal says, the Vatican recognized the Palastinian State some time ago.
Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · last yr.Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, recently toured Gaza after what Israel says was stray ammunition that struck Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing three people. He recounts what he witnessed with CNN’s Erin Burnett. www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/w...
“Prevost and Francis used to meet for two hours every Saturday morning in the Casa Santa Marta, where Francis lived…Francis came to rely on Prevost more and more. He trusted Prevost’s decision-making and admired his way of working.” www.commonwealmagazine.org/ivereigh-pre...
Bridge Builder
In the final years of Francis's papacy, Robert Prevost became one of the pontiff's closest collaborators. What clues does their bond hold about Leo's pontificate?
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News: Pope Francis has approved next phase of the implementation of the Synod. Cardinal Grech writes to church leaders that, as the Pope noted, the Synod "'is part of the ordinary magisterium of the Successor of Peter' and and, as such, must be received accordingly." press.vatican.va/content/sala...
Une pétition pour révoquer la citoyenneté canadienne d’Elon Musk
Une pétition pour révoquer la citoyenneté canadienne d’Elon Musk
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Would you pay more to ‘Buy Canadian?’ Majority says yes
Would you pay more to ‘Buy Canadian?’ Majority says yes - National | Globalnews.ca
Many Canadians say they're focusing on buying products made in the country, but an Interac survey says 40 per cent said they've faced difficulty verifying the origin of products.
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Congratulations, Brother Pierre! It will take us some time until it will be natural for us to call you "Monseigneur"!
Br. Pierre Charland OFM appointed Bishop
Pope Francis has appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Baie-Comeau in Canada, Br. Pierre Charland, OFM, member of our Province of the Holy Spirit in Canada
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In 50 days, the Franciscans of Canada will gather for their next Chapter. It's a time for the brothers to come together and consider where we are and where we need to go.
"Christians know very well that it is only by affirming the infinite dignity of all that our own identity as persons and as communities reaches its maturity." #PopeFrancis #Trump www.vatican.va/content/fran...
Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America (10 February 2025) | Francis
Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United Sates of America, 10 February 2025
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“I exhort all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters.” Pope Francis, letter to US bishops, 2/10/25
Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting JD Vance's attempts to use Catholic theology to justify the administration's immigration crackdown. www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Pope decries 'major crisis' of Trump's mass deportation plans, rejects Vance's theology
Pope Francis has written a sweeping letter to the U.S. bishops decrying the "major crisis" triggered by President Donald Trump's mass deportation plans and explicitly rejecting Vice President JD Vance...
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Pope’s envoy worried over USAID cuts, US migrant crackdown abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Pope’s envoy worried over USAID cuts, US migrant crackdown
The Vatican's charity is voicing outrage at what it calls the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID
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Rosary Sister Nabila Saleh condemns Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into a ‘Riviera of the Middle East,’ calling it “unimaginable.” She insists, “A people has the right to live in their own country, on their land.” www.commonhome.tv/2025/02/06/n...
Nun Condemns Trump’s Gaza Plan as ‘Unimaginable’ - Common Home tv
A Catholic nun who lived in Gaza for more than a decade and endured the hardships of war has condemned former President Donald J. Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians from the besieged enclave, c...
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These are all questions that I have been pondering for some time.
Canada Soccer : l’opposition à Ottawa réclame des mesures rapidement
Canada Soccer : l’opposition à Ottawa réclame des mesures
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"the continued bombardment of areas in Gaza that has killed and maimed civilians, including many women and children, almost every day since early October 2023 has long ago ceased to be a war of self-defense."
RNS@rns.org · 2y agoOPINION: As a rabbi who has been involved in Jewish-Christian dialogue for decades, including in the past as a member of IJCIC itself, I find the committee’s claims about Pope Francis exaggerated and misguided.
Is the owner of that other social network censoring the Church? #Gaza #Israel #PopeFrancis
[In]tolerant Leftist@intolerantleftest.bsky.social · 2y ago"Figures from the Pope’s recent social media posts about Gaza suggest that Pope Francis – an outspoken critic of Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians who has described its actions as terrorism – is being ‘shadowbanned’ to restrict the number of people who see his comments."
"They felt unwelcome in the church and even spoke of being denied baptism and admission to Catholic schools for the children they adopted." #LGBTQ
James Martin, SJ@jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 2y agoNews: Outreach is honored and grateful to publish this important new essay by Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, on the church's call to listen to LGTBQ Catholics. outreach.faith/2025/01/card...
Pope's January prayer intention: 'for the right to an education' "we’re experiencing an educational catastrophe" www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope's January prayer intention: 'for the right to an education' - Vatican News
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of January 2025, and invites everyone to pray for "the right to an education."
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