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March 2013

March 1

Non-European pope not beyond realm of possibility

March 1, 2013

Cardinal Collins notes decision will be made for the good of the Church

Teenage struggles between sex and faith

March 1, 2013

It always seems as if a sex scene in a movie begins just as my parents walk into the room and suddenly I feel very awkward watching the movi e. But when I am alone or with my friends, this same sex scene is merely another scene in a movie.

Culture of life grows among students

March 1, 2013

RICHMOND HILL, ONT. - The pro-life movement is spreading in the halls of St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School.

New VICS leader aims to spread the word

March 1, 2013

Joyce de Gooijer is on the lookout. As the first lay director of the Volunteer International Christian Service (VICS), de Gooijer is eager to increase the organization’s recruits through improved public awareness.

Cardinals' Catch-22: eager for conclave, but need time to choose well

March 1, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Cardinal-electors are caught in a Catch-22. They are eager to give the world a new pope; however, they need time to pick the right leader, said South Africa's cardinal.

Who knew? Coach did

March 1, 2013

TORONTO - When Chaminade College School football coach Pat Diodati met James Bodanis, he immediately knew playing football would pay off for the then Grade 9 student. Convincing Bodanis of that, however, proved to be less instantaneous.

Countdown to summer starts as camps prep for youth

March 1, 2013

Camp registration season is here, and as youth and parents decide which camp is best for summer fun, camps are dealing with the challenge of how to offer a rewarding and unique experience.

Quebec doctors step up the fight against euthanasia

March 1, 2013

OTTAWA - A growing group of Quebec physicians is rallying opposition to a plan to include euthanasia as part of health care under the euphemism “medical aid in dying.”

March 2

Cardinals' meetings begin with business, then look toward choosing pope

March 2, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The world's cardinals were to begin meetings at the Vatican March 4, and while onlookers are focused on who may be the next pope, the cardinals have business to deal with.

New, improved dishes on the menu at Providence

March 2, 2013

TORONTO - If food be the music of love and of life, why should the elderly be stuck with Muzak? Why another bland tray of dietician-approved starch, protein, carbohydrates, fats and fibre?

We cannot serve both God and wealth

March 2, 2013

Editor’s note: Cornerstones of Faith: Reconciliation, Eucharist and Stewardship, by Cardinal Thomas Collins, was recently published by Novalis. What follows is an excerpt from the book.

Errors, misinformation abound in papal resignation reporting

March 2, 2013

TORONTO - When it comes to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the mainstream media has been filled with a troubling number of errors and misrepresentations, said the head of an organization committed to combating anti-Catholic defamation.

Rights league launches complaint against CBC

March 2, 2013

TORONTO - The Catholic Civil Rights League of Canada has joined with other upset people in condemning a satirical skit that mocked one of the Church’s holiest sacraments.

Capitalism a savage way for Latin America’s poor

March 2, 2013

TORONTO - You won’t find the word “savagery” in most economic textbooks, but neither will you find the word “faith.” But savagery and faith are the words Jesuit Archbishop Ricardo Barreto of Huancayo, Peru, uses to describe the economic choices before Latin America.

March 3

Fr. Madden was St. Michael’s College

March 3, 2013

TORONTO - Though some were due back in class in an hour or two and others were generations removed from their last lecture, everybody at Fr. Robert J. Madden’s funeral Feb. 20 was there as a student paying respect to a great teacher.

The anticipation and anxiety of waiting for a new pope

March 3, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The period immediately following a pontificate is one of excited speculation, more or less loose, about the identity of the next pope.

Religious freedom office to focus on persecutions abroad

March 3, 2013

OTTAWA - Canada’s new religious freedom ambassador says his “deep Christian faith” will be “central” in informing the work he will do in addressing religious freedom.

March 4

Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings at Vatican

March 4, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The College of Cardinals began their formal pre-conclave meetings March 4 with 142 members present, 103 of whom are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave to vote for a new pope.

Scottish cardinal admits to acts of sexual misconduct

March 4, 2013

MANCHESTER, England - Less than a week after his retirement was announced, a Scottish cardinal has admitted to past acts of sexual misconduct.

Papal checklist: a holy teacher and preacher

March 4, 2013

VATICAN CITY - French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, 69, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, is the “proto-deacon” of the College of Cardinals and will be the one, at the end of the conclave, who will announce to the world, “Habemus papam” (“We have a pope”).