Pope Benedict XVI June 1 named Father Kenneth Nowakowski, rector of Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Ottawa, as Ukrainian Eparchial Bishop of New Westminster, B.C. He succeeds Most Rev. Severian S. Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M., whose resignation was accepted by the pope.

Archbishop Brendan M. O’Brien, of St. John’s, Newfoundland, has been named Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario. He succeeds Most Rev. Anthony Meagher, who died in January.

Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Most Reverend Matthew F. Ustrzycki, Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, who is retiring after serving the Diocese for the past 22 years.

Marie Bouclin of Sudbury, Ont., seen here as international chair of the Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) conference in Ottawa in July 2005, was ordained as a Catholic priest  in Toronto May 27 by Bishop Patricia Fresen of Germany. However,  the Vatican does not recognize the ordination of women priests.  Bouclin is the author of  Seeking Wholeness: Women Dealing with Abuse of Power in the Catholic Church.

Bishop Patricia Fresen of Germany, seen here participating   in the ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood of nine women on a tour boat on the St. Lawrence River in 2005, ordained  five women and one married man in Toronto May 27, the BBC Toronto reported. However,  the Vatican will not recognize either the ordinations or the group carrying them out, it said.

Canadian church leaders and activists from South Africa and the Philippines call on the federal government to adopt recommendations to bring an end to environmental and human rights abuses by overseas Canadian mining operations.  From left to right at a news conference on Parliament Hill May 29 are Anglican Bishop Sue Moxley; Joan Carling, Director of the Indigenous People's Rights Commission in the Philippines; Thabo Madihlaba, and activist with the Environmental Justice Networking Forum in South Africa, Archbishop Roger Ebacher, chair of the Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops; and Mary Corkery, Executive Director of Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives.

Canadian church leaders and activists from South Africa and the Philippines call on the federal government to adopt recommendations to bring an end to environmental and human rights abuses by overseas Canadian mining operations. From left to right at a news conference on Parliament Hill May 29 are Anglican Bishop Sue Moxley; Mary Corkery, Executive Director of Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives; Joan Carling, Director of the Indigenous People's Rights Commission in the Philippines; and Archbishop Roger Ebacher, chair of the Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Anglican Bishop Sue Moxley, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island, speaks at a news conference on Parliament Hill May 29 as part of a delegation of Canadian church leaders and activists who want the federal government to adopt recommendations to bring an end to environmental and human rights abuses by overseas Canadian mining operations.

Archbishop Roger Ebacher, chair of the Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops makes a point at a news conference on Parliament Hill May 29 as part of a delegation of Canadian church leaders and activists who want the federal government to adopt recommendations to bring an end to environmental and human rights abuses by overseas Canadian mining operations.

Even though it no longer holds the naming rights to Scotiabank Place, the NHL arena in Ottawa previously known as the Corel Centre, the   Corel Corporation remains a  booster of the Ottawa Senators now vying for the Stanley Cup against the Anaheim Ducks. As this photo shows, as well as gold-coloured reflective windows on the building is a 5 storey-high banner showing an Ottawa Senator with the Stanley Cup before him.