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Filmmakers Michelle and Jared Brock created 'Over 18,' a film that aims to expose the prevalence and danger of pornography to youth.

Film steers youth away from porn

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VANCOUVER – Two activists have released a new documentary aiming to expose the prevalence and danger of pornography to youth.

Kevin Dunn joins, from left, his wife Mary and daughters Therese-Marie and Christina on Parliament Hill for the annual National March for Life. Being pro-life is a family affair for the Dunns. Kevin dedicates much of his broadcasting work to the cause, with his sons as producers and camera operators. Two other daughters are also heavily involved in the pro-life movement.

Dunn family lives pro-life message at home and work

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For Kevin Dunn, being pro-life is a family affair.

Canadian Right to Try is lobbying for terminally ill patients to try unproven treatments, rather than opt for legalized assisted suicide.

Right to Try offers terminal patients another option

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Jeffrey Perrault can’t bring himself to condemn Bill C-14, the law that opened the door to legalized assisted suicide in Canada. He knows it may be an option he’s forced to consider as his battle with ALS worsens.

The Schmidt family, Vanessa and her husband Michael, with sons Liam and Nate in front.

Young couple shares their life lessons

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They say the first year of marriage is the hardest, but Michael and Vanessa Nicholas-Schmidt never would have guessed that their marital bliss would be cut short by a pile of dirty containers.

Since the government of Ontario has begun posting its budget over the past three years, there have been suggestions to defund the province's Catholic education system.

Making the case for Catholic education amid defunding cries

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For the last three years Ontario’s Liberal government has opened up its budget-making process to anybody with an Internet connection and each year among the most frequent suggestions is de-funding the Catholic school system.

Pope Francis greets Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, during a Nov. 28 meeting with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican.

Why famed atheist Stephen Hawking is on a pontifical academy

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VATICAN CITY – Stephen Hawking’s visit to the Vatican this week has raised curiosity, with some asking what exactly the famed astrophysicist and self-proclaimed atheist was doing in the heart of the Catholic Church.

Several hundred people took part in a prayer walk on Sept. 14, 2016, from the Oceti Sakowin camp near Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota to the site up the road where Dakota Access began digging over Labor Day weekend for construction on a nearly 1,200-mile pipeline project. Construction temporarily has been halted.

Standing Rock anti-pipeline activists see Pope Francis as spiritual ally

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STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. – Does Pope Francis have a position on the Dakota Access Pipeline?

Archbishop Gregory says that whenever one can play on the fears of some people and depend on the ignorance of others, racism flourishes, and that as a political strategy, such taunting may win votes, but it destroys national unity and our future.

Atlanta Archbishop: Racism is a disease that must be cured

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The U.S. national election brought many issues that the Roman Catholic Church has to face. Below, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the former chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Task Force to Promote Peace in Our Communities, addresses the racism that came to the forefront in this U.S. political cycle.

University of St. Michael’s College’s Schola Cantorum founder, Michael O’Connor (second row left) teamed up with John Edwards (front row with lute), the Musicians in Ordinary and others for an Advent program spanning nearly 1,000 years of Christian music from the Middle Ages into the 17th century.

Ancient music sets stage for the Christmas season

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There’s no better way to get ready for Christmas than to open your ears to a little Advent music — not the jingles in the mall but music that slows time down just enough to allow for some peace and reflection.

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and Donald Trump at the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner Oct. 20. Cardinal Dolan says he hopes promises made by Trump, now president-elect, on life issues will become his administration's policies and that the pro-life community will hold him accountable to those promises.

Cardinal Dolan: What the pro-life community wants from the Trump administration

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The U.S. national election brought many issues to the surface that are important for both the Roman Catholic Church and the new Trump administration. Below, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, offers his take on what needs to happen on the political front.

Pope John Paul II greets Cuban President Fidel Castro at the end of Mass in the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana Jan. 25, 1998.

Fidel Castro, Jesuit-influenced Marxist revolutionary

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Fidel Castro, the Marxist revolutionary who ruled the Western Hemisphere’s only Communist state, acknowledged later in life that he was deeply influenced by Catholic teaching and welcomed a succession of popes to Cuba.

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