VATICAN CITY -- Too often when Catholics try to talk to young people about vocational discernment, "it's as if we were speaking Esperanto to them, because they don't understand a thing," Pope Francis said.
Bishop Morlino of Madison dies from 'cardiac event' at 71
New Basilian superior general faces tough challenges
As lofty and august as the title superior general may sound, Basilian Fr. Kevin Storey has no illusions about his next four years leading 154 men who teach and preach in Basilian parishes, universities and high schools from Colombia to Canada.
You’d almost think it wasn’t a big deal to Anne and Dane MacCarthy, the Vatican honouring the Toronto couple for their years of service to the Church.
Report puts Canada’s vocations to religious life in focus
For cloistered communities like the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood, interaction with the outside world can be very limited. Yet, vocations in Canada are growing for the order.
Cardinal Collins exhorts priests to 'become fire', experience constant purification
Two new priests ordained for Archdiocese of Toronto
“You are servants of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. That’s who we are. That’s who the people expect their priests to be,” Cardinal Thomas Collins told his two new priests in his homily.
Canadian Jesuit plays role in launch of Pope's exhortation
Canadian Jesuit Deacon Adam Hincks was one of the first people in the world to read Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation, a distinction that isn’t lost on the 36-year-old astrophysicist.
Quebec bishops have ‘open discussion’ on married priests
OTTAWA – The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec have discussed the ordination of married men to the priesthood, but have reached no conclusions, said the Assembly’s president.
Of course Mario Biscardi was given prior notice that he was to receive the highest honour the Vatican bestows on any layperson.