Toronto students celebrate the greatest country in the world

Toronto students celebrate the greatest country in the world

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TORONTO - Although school's out for the summer the Toronto Catholic school board didn't miss the opportunity to celebrate Canada Day with its students, albeit a little early.

The Canadian bishops, along with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, have launched a special fundraising campaign to raise emergency aid for Syrian refugees.

CCCB campaign to aid Syrian refugees

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EDMONTON - The Canadian bishops, along with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, have launched a special fundraising campaign to raise emergency aid for Syrian refugees.

A member of a UN mine-clearing unit carries unexploded bomblets from cluster bombs in this Sept. 5, 2006 file photo. These cluster bombs were dropped in Lebanon by Israeli forces during their conflict with Hezbollah in the summer of 2006.

Holy See unhappy with Canadian arms treaty inaction

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A Vatican diplomat has signalled serious concerns over Canada’s belated attempt to ratify an arms control treaty it signed five years ago.

Lindsay Gladding shows her son William, 5, some of the activities that refugee child partake in while visiting a Child Friendly Space inside a refugee camp.

World Vision trying to bring some normality to Syrian refugee children

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TORONTO - Last November, while visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon for Syrians fleeing the civil war in their homeland, Lindsay Gladding found out first hand how important World Vision's Child Friendly Spaces are.

Former Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl at the podium of the National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast with Honorary Chief Kenny Blacksmith and his wife Louise looking on.

First annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast recognized progress in relations

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OTTAWA - More than 500 people jammed the ballroom of Ottawa's Chateau Laurier Hotel for the first annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast June 21.

Anne Leahy, former Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See

Religious freedom demands consistency at home and abroad, says former Vatican ambassador

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OTTAWA - Canada must ensure it continues to respect religious freedom at home if it wants to coherently defend religious freedom abroad, says the former Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See.

Bishop J. Vernon Fougere, the former bishop of the Prince Edward Island diocese of Charlottetown, passed away in a Charlottetown hospital June 18 at the age of 71.

Former Charlottetown bishop passes away at 71

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CHARLOTTETOWN - Bishop J. Vernon Fougere, the former bishop of the Prince Edward Island diocese of Charlottetown, passed away in a Charlottetown hospital June 18. He was 71.

MP Jeff Watson and his wife Sarah adopted their youngest child, Beatrice, from Nunavut a year and a half ago. He is promoting a government adoption tax credit to encourage families to pursue the option of adoption.

End child welfare ‘crisis’ by adoption, says MP

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WINDSOR, ONT. - A Member of Parliament is promoting a government adoption tax credit as a way to come to terms with the “crisis in child welfare” and encourage adoption generally.

Actress Angelina Jolie recently underwent a double mastectomy when her BCRA gene test came back positive for the mutation, which affects about five per cent of women.

The human genome is not property

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A decision by the United States Supreme Court to strike down patents on portions of the human genome is a victory for society that reinforces the moral necessity of keeping our common biological heritage in public hands, said Jesuit genetic researcher Fr. Rob Allore.

Dominican Fr. Marius Zerafa, an art historian and scholar from Malta, discussed humanism and the Renaissance at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Humanism displayed at the AGO

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If you’re a Christian, humanism is about God because God became human, created humans and cares about humans.

Blessed Pope John Paul II.

Parliament says yes to Pope John Paul II Day

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OTTAWA - A private member’s bill to designate April 2 as Pope John Paul II Day in Canada received all-party support and passed third reading in the House of Commons June 12.

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