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June 24, 2020
In my own life I have often looked for inspiration from great men and women.
Prudence, courage, temperance and justice won’t stop a virus. When it comes to microbiology, the cardinal virtues are largely irrelevant.
One snowy day last February, looking out the window, I saw our next-door neighbour, broom in hand, trotting briskly through our backyard.
Following the third death in Canada of a migrant farm worker from COVID-19, Fr. Peter Ciallella had the grim task of informing other workers that their friend had died.
Five members of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec have been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of boys over three decades.
Being a hospital chaplain during a pandemic means finding ways to deal with constant suffering.
June 25, 2020
Everybody agrees modern slavery must end, but Canadian Catholics can’t quite agree on how best to accomplish that objective.
The funeral will be held at a future date.
Unjust killing Re: Bishops join forces condemning racism (June 21): I take offence at Archbishop Donald Bolen comparing the alleged murder of George Floyd to the passion and crucifixion of Jesus.
Shawn Brady sees the heroes every day he walks into Providence Healthcare in Toronto’s east end, and has for years.
The churches and other faith groups which run food banks, shelters and other social programs want the government to start fixing Ontario’s long-term care homes now, even before convening a commission to look at the system.
EDMONTON -- Brad and Arynn Abercrombie and their five kids are isolating, but not isolated.
Catholic artist Timothy Schmalz knows his Church is a universal one, welcoming to all. It’s just not something you might easily recognize with the traditional art forms that celebrate the faith.
Aid to the Church in Need and its 330,000 donors world-wide are responding to the changing world of religious persecution.
It wasn’t so long ago that many of us were using the COVID-19 virus to argue that our world was more interconnected than we care to admit. Divisions are commonplace and people move through their lives erecting barriers between the haves and have-nots, between the East and the West, between the good and the bad.
WASHINGTON -- The unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on group gatherings and recent court rulings are part of a growing challenge to religious liberty, said participants in an online symposium June 22.
As a valued volunteer with the Loyola Arrupe Centre for Active Living for close to six years, Gerty Ryza is good at a lot of things, not the least of which is putting a smile on people’s faces.
June 26, 2020
VANCOUVER -- As Canada tops 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, a distressing figure has emerged: more than 80 per cent of the COVID-19 deaths have been seniors living in long-term care homes.
July 1 marks the six-year anniversary of the Canada Day that the Del Rosario family became Canadian citizens.
It’s unclear exactly what Ontario classrooms are going to look like in the fall with the realities of COVID-19, but one certainty for school boards is an extra $736 million in funding from the province.