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December 2012

December 6

Campus pro-life group triumphs at Kwantlen University

December 6, 2012

In the face of an impending lawsuit, the student union at Langley, B.C.'s Kwantlen Polytechnic University has relented and will confer club status on a campus pro-life group.

December 7

Miller makes the case for theology on campus

December 7, 2012

TORONTO - Theology should be at the heart of Catholic universities, Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller told a Toronto audience Nov. 28.

Resolutions for the new Church year

December 7, 2012

This year for Advent I decided to do something I’ve never tried before: New Year’s resolutions for a new Church year (a Year of Faith, in fact).

Milk bags turned into beds

December 7, 2012

TORONTO - Students at St. Marcellus Catholic School in Toronto’s west end are turning old four-litre milk bags into beds.

Berlin Archdiocese to restructure for administrative, spiritual reasons

December 7, 2012

OXFORD, England - Germany's Berlin Archdiocese has announced plans to merge its parishes into larger "pastoral areas" and pool its institutional resources in the face of falling church membership.

Catholic beliefs are not open to popular vote, pope says

December 7, 2012

VATICAN CITY - When the Catholic Church affirms the importance of how all the faithful understand matters of faith and morals, it is not saying Catholic beliefs are open to a popular vote, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Word is out on eucharistic miracles

December 7, 2012

HAMILTON, ONT. - The stopping of an incoming tsunami. The conversion of a staunch atheist. Various healings of mind and body.

December 8

New D&P president comes on board in trying times

December 8, 2012

Facing high-profile resignations and protests from within the organization, massive budget cuts and a complete reorganization, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace

Fair trade, a gift that gives twice

December 8, 2012

TORONTO - By sticking to fair trade products while Christmas shopping this year, you’ll have wrapped a gift once while giving twice.

In search of the wines from biblical times

December 8, 2012

TORONTO - In Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to Modern Times, authors Randall Heskett and Joel Butler ask not what would Jesus do but rather what wine would Jesus drink?

December 9

News Regis course a response to atheism

December 9, 2012

TORONTO - Most of the time the theologians at Toronto’s Regis College are talking and teaching about faith in God. For eight weeks beginning Jan. 16 scholarly minds at the Jesuit graduate school will focus

Our Lady of Guadalupe's devotion extends beyond the Americas

December 9, 2012

MEXICO CITY - Ana Rita Valero received an unlikely request in 2008. Valero, an anthropologist and president of the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, was asked by an official with the Mexican consulate in Shanghai to send two large images of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Binding Attawapiskat’s wounds

December 9, 2012

For MP Charlie Angus, the important part of the Good Samaritan story is that the Good Samaritan came back. He didn’t just bind up the traveller’s wounds and go on his way.

TRC seeks more documents

December 9, 2012

OTTAWA - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is seeking a court opinion on its mandate to collect government documents under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

December 10

Gospel is good news of freedom from sin, selfishness, death, Pope says

December 10, 2012

ROME - In the immaculate conception of Mary, Christians recognize the

Children's books: Space, bugs, saints, humor and more

December 10, 2012

WASHINGTON - The following children's books are suitable for Christmas giving:

Message for the 2012 Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous People

December 10, 2012

In response to an invitation earlier this year by the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council

Pope: Americas need renewed missionary spirit, well-catechized laity

December 10, 2012

VATICAN CITY - The universal church needs Catholics in the Americas who are joyful missionaries

Church activists: Lessons from Typhoon Washi helped save Filipino

December 10, 2012

ILIGAN, Philippines (CNS) -- Although hundreds of people died as Typhoon Bopha hit the southern Philippines

December 11

Quebec school ruling another "blow" to Catholic education

December 11, 2012

OTTAWA - A Quebec Court of Appeal decision forcing a private Catholic high school