OTTAWA - Caritas, or charity, both at home and abroad, will be the theme of this year’s annual plenary of Canada’s Catholic bishops Sept. 23-27 in Sainte-Adele, Que., says Msgr. Patrick Powers.

OTTAWA - The Jesuit Centre for Justice and Faith (Centre justice et foi) in Montreal stressed the importance of tolerant social climate to prevent a descent into xenophobia and demagogic excess as the Parti Quebecois government announced details of the proposed Charter of Quebec Values.

TORONTO - The 40 Days for Life fall vigil in Toronto is on again, just months after the spring campaign was forced to take a hiatus.

OTTAWA - The proposed Charter of Quebec Values imitates France’s “unjust” imposition of anti-religious secularism, says Canadian constitutional lawyer and religious freedom expert Iain Benson.

OTTAWA - A 62-year-old man has launched a lawsuit against the Ottawa archdiocese for the childhood sexual abuse of a priest who was also his uncle.

OTTAWA - The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) has released a new study revealing Quebeckers have differing preferences on child care than the rest of Canadians.

Hamilton’s Good Shepherd Centre is converting a once vacant Pentecostal church into a support centre for young mothers in need.

OTTAWA - The Catholic Civil Rights League has joined LifeCanada in an appeal for a national day of fasting and prayer to stop euthanasia in Canada.

TORONTO - Embracing diversity within the Catholic Church will lead towards a world where the presence of God is felt in greater proportions, said Cardinal Baselios Cleemis.

TORONTO - Pro-life activist Linda Gibbons was given a tongue lashing on top of the maximum six-month sentence for her latest conviction for taking her peaceful protest to a Toronto abortion clinic.