{mosimage}TORONTO - Hundreds of parishioners pack St. Patrick’s parish for noon hour Mass each Wednesday. They flock from all over Toronto and beyond for weekly devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help.
The changing face of Toronto’s church
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - The linguistic ground is shifting underneath arguably the most diverse diocese in Catholicism, where Mass is celebrated in 34 languages every Sunday morning. The latest numbers from the 2006 Census show quick and dramatic changes in the languages spoken in Toronto.
Catholic faith is a social faith
By Joe Barkovich, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}TORONTO - The Catholic faith has always been a social faith that takes the material world and human bodies seriously, said Fr. William Ryan, S.J.
Legatus donates $! million to Eucharistic Congress
By Tony Gosgnach, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}TORONTO - The considerable financial burden of staging the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City next June is being eased by a donation from an organization of Catholic businesspeople.
For B.C. couple, mission begins at home
By Chris Heffernan, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}ONION LAKE, Sask. - While many Catholics do missionary work overseas, one couple is concentrating its efforts a little closer to home by working with native communities in northern Saskatchewan.
Notre Dame Sisters fight for justice, peace, environment
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}OTTAWA - The Sisters of Notre Dame in this city are reaching around the world with a new web site devoted to justice, peace and the environment.
Latimer's parole denial welcomed by disabled
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - The decision to deny parole to Robert Latimer, who murdered his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracey in 1993, has prompted an outpouring of sympathy for the Saskatchewan farmer.
Canadian churches demand poverty-reduction strategy
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}The 21 churches which collectively represent more than 80 per cent of Canada's Christians have unanimously called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to define and implement a poverty reduction strategy for Canada within the next budget year.
A helping hand across cultures
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - Finding meaningful work has been the challenge for Jhansi and Raghu Paladugu since they moved from Hyderabad in southern India to Canada a little over a year ago.
Bishops’ silence on Afghan war ‘a scandal’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Canada’s Catholic bishops are failing to lead as the nation’s troops are drawn ever deeper into a civil war in Afghanistan, KAIROS board chair Fr. Paul Hansen told The Catholic Register.
New Nelson bishop a man of service
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - Pope Benedict XVI has chosen a new bishop for the Nelson diocese who finds as much joy waiting on tables in a restaurant for the poor as he did serving at the highest levels of his Capuchin religious order.