Paul Schratz / The B.C. Catholic

Paul Schratz / The B.C. Catholic

Articles by Paul Schratz / The B.C. Catholic

Archbishop J. Michael Miller celebrates Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Delta before the March for Life in Victoria, British Columbia, on May 9, 2024. He prayed that they “may be worthy and effective messengers of hope.” Credit: Paul Schratz

Bishops speak of ‘moral crisis’ before March for Life in Victoria, British Columbia

May 11, 2024 / 09:00 am

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller told the pro-life worshippers that they are “praying in a special way that reverence for life will grow...”

Father Deacon Andrew Bennett addresses a fundraising breakfast for Catholic Pacific College in Langley Township, British Columbia, in December 2023. “Increasingly young adults see what the world is offering them, and they realize it’s not what they want,” he said. Credit: Paul Schratz

‘Search for beauty and truth’ leads young adults to church, Ukrainian Catholic deacon says

Jan 9, 2024 / 07:00 am

It all comes down to giving young people “a sense of life in beauty, truth, and goodness — those great classic transcendentals,” Father Deacon Andrew Bennett said.

Fraser Health CEO Dr. Victoria Lee announces a new hospice for Langley in 2020. Fraser Health is receiving complaints for promoting euthanasia, including to a group of pensioners. Information from the presentation shows 17% of euthanasia deaths in B.C. are performed in hospices. Credit: Image courtesy of The B.C. Catholic (B.C. Government photo)

Canada health authority criticized for offering medical assistance in dying to pensioners

Sep 26, 2023 / 09:45 am

A recent presentation by a regional MAiD leader to retired municipal employees featured eligibility criteria and the process for accessing assisted suicide.

Father John Horgan, shown at the EWTN studios, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, after battling stomach cancer. He was a moral theologian, lecturer, author, pastor and chaplain to numerous organizations. EWTN YouTube

Fr. John Horgan, pastor, expert on saints, moral theologian, dies at 63

Oct 20, 2022 / 13:00 pm

Father John Horgan, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Vancouver and a widely known face and voice of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, died Wednesday at the age of 63.