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Father Paul Goo, center, is pictured during a missions trip to the Philippines in 2017. He will serve in the Vatican's Secretariat of State beginning in January 2025. Goo is pastor of Christ the Redeemer Parish in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Canadian priest assigned to Vatican’s Secretariat of State

Dec 3, 2024

By The B.C. Catholic

Father Paul Goo said he will be “supporting the coordination of the Holy Father’s communication in English-speaking parts of the... Read more

The loss of St. Bernard’s Church in Grouard, Alberta, Canada, on May 22, 2023, makes a sad moment for those with memories of the church, said Grouard-McLennan Archbishop Gerard Pettipas. Two men have been arrested in connection with the fire.

Archbishop mourns loss of historic church in Alberta, Canada, destroyed by arson

May 25, 2023

By The B.C. Catholic

The archbishop of Grouard-McLennan in Northern Alberta says he is saddened but “not overcome” by the loss of a 121-year-old... Read more

Surge in Vancouver drug deaths prompts Catholic response

Feb 20, 2017

After hundreds of lethal drug overdoses in British Columbia in the last year, the Archbishop of Vancouver has said Catholics... Read more