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Pope Francis admits he is not an economist, but he is a pastor. And as a pastor, he has seen how the global economy has cast aside many members of his flock, and he knows that the Gospel and Catholic social teaching call for a different response. "Solidarity is not the sharing of crumbs from the table, but to make space at the table for everyone," Pope Francis said in a new book written with Austen Ivereigh. The book, Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future, was to be published December 1 by Simon & Schuster. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) announces a new online weekly video series created to help Canadian Catholic faithful to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Entitled Journey through Advent, the series is a joint project involving the CCCB’s Office national de liturgie, the National Liturgy Office, and the Office for Evangelization and Catechesis. The initiative was developed as a way, through the modern method of video messaging, to offer a resource that enriches faith formation during a time of joyful anticipation for the coming of the Lord and Saviour into the world.

Pope urges valuing, welcoming all human life. Pope Francis admits he is not an economist, but he is a pastor. And as a pastor, he has seen how the global economy has cast aside many members of his flock, and he knows that the Gospel and Catholic social teaching call for a different response. "Solidarity is not the sharing of crumbs from the table, but to make space at the table for everyone," Pope Francis said in a new book written with Austen Ivereigh. The book, Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future, was to be published December 1 by Simon & Schuster. Journey through Advent: The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) announces a new online weekly video series created to help Canadian Catholic faithful to prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Entitled Journey through Advent.

During the first days of November, Bishop Christian Riesbeck, CC, of the Diocese of Saint John, celebrated two very special memorial masses. The first, held on the Feast of All Souls, was a Requiem Mass for the victims of COVID-19. And the second, held on November 3, was a Mass of Remembrance for the Loss of Life to Miscarriage and Stillbirth. Prayer has the power to take all those things in life that seem like a condemnation and turn them into something good, Pope Francis said. There is more to standing up for religious freedom than just making a statement of support once a year on International Religious Freedom Day, the head of a Canadian-based religious freedom organization says.

Following from the Commemoration of all the faithful departed, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception will offer a Mass for Remembrance Day, November 11 at 11AM (registration required). On November 15, we recall the most vulnerable among us in Charity, with the World Day of the Poor and a special Development and Peace collection for ‘Recovering Together.’ Saint Mark’s Parish welcomes back their high-school-aged youth group, recalling what our youth can offer the Church when they open their hearts to God, following the example of the young Blessed Carlo Acutis.