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January 17, 2014
At the corner of Winnipeg’s Ross Avenue and Sherbrook Street stands the most visible symbol of Sr. Geraldine MacNamara’s legacy: Rossbrook House.
VATICAN CITY - Violence is the "greatest corruption of religion," while belief in a single God is the "principle and source of love between human beings," says a new study by a Vatican advisory panel of theologians.
OTTAWA - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops president Archbishop Paul-André Durocher extended congratulations to Cadinal-designate Gerald Lacroix on behalf of all the bishops of Canada, noting it indicated “the importance of the See of Quebec and the important role it played in evangelizing the New World.”
OTTAWA - Ottawa’s new auxiliary bishop said the charism and heritage of his Companions of the Cross community, and in particular its founder, will inspire his entire ministry.
Steubenville Atlantic is heading for Halifax.
January 18, 2014
TORONTO - The eternal questions of life will be hashed out when the archdiocese of Toronto launches the Chesterton Debate Series.
OTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops say when evangelizing in today’s pluralistic world, Catholics must retrace the footsteps of their brethren from the Church’s earliest days.
TORONTO - Beneath the cold winter streets of downtown Toronto, Alana Walker Carpenter has volunteered with the Yonge Street Mission’s Annual Longest Underground Clothing Drive since it began 16 years ago.
Moses saw a burning bush and heard a voice. Samuel heard his name called three times. Saul also heard the voice of God after having been struck and temporarily blinded by lightning. In the modern age a select few can echo these Old and New Testament stories of an unequivocal call to service from God. But for most, discerning God’s call is a much trickier business. This was the case for Jane Christmas.
January 19, 2014
Most people don’t think God or the devil will be picking the NFL playoff winners this weekend or any other sports champions.
Forget teddy bears, eight-year-old Sean Hutton wants polar bears.
OTTAWA - While not everyone is called to full-time pro-life activism, all are called to be pro-life in everyday life, says Canadian Centre for Bio-ethical Reform executive director Stephanie Gray.
TORONTO - Midway through January, a number of Toronto area churches were still cleaning up from the ice storm that swept across the region just days before Christmas.
TORONTO - Scarboro Missions has opted to drop its three-year mission program in favour of a one-year program that seems to better suit those interested in volunteering overseas.
January 20, 2014
BEIRUT - The president of the Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs in Syria appealed for people to pray for the success of the Syrian peace conference set to start in Geneva Jan. 22.
OTTAWA - An Ottawa parish priest with an admitted gambling addiction pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to charges of fraud and theft of about $130,000 in parish funds.
January 21, 2014
OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said instead of signs of hope in the Holy Land, he found hope-filled people serving despite the difficulties.
ROME - Meeting 80 immigrants assisted by members of a Rome parish, Pope Francis said leaving one's homeland is always painful, but faith can give one the strength to keep going.
OXFORD, England - The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church appealed for calm as violence worsened between police and pro-European Union demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.
January 22, 2014
VATICAN CITY - As world leaders gathered in the hopes of finding a peaceful solution to Syria's three-year-long brutal conflict, Pope Francis asked that they spare no effort in bringing an end to the violence.