Michael Madden, a parishioner at St. Mary Immaculate Church in Elora, Ont., made sure the Easter season was celebrated at church despite the pandemic. He constructed a cross that was erected on the fifth Sunday of Lent and painted purple, then red for Palm Sunday, and finally decorated with flowers for Easter Sunday.

The signs of the cross keep church a welcoming presence

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The doors may be locked at St. Mary Immaculate Church in Elora, Ont., but Christ is still open and welcoming parishioners.

Kathleen and Jesse Leblanc hosted the candlelight vigil from St. Augustine Parish in Dundas, Ont.

Cardinal Collins blesses pro-life movement at virtual candlelight vigil ahead National March for Life

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OTTAWA -- In a country where thousands of babies are aborted each year before they can draw their first breath and euthanasia towards the end of life is now a legally protected aspect of the public health care system, Toronto Archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins blessed Canadians on the frontline of the pro-life movement during a virtual candlelight vigil on May 13.

Fr. John Mullins maintains a visible presence at Pearson International Airport.

Virus brings troubled times to airport

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It’s not been difficult for Fr. John Mullins to practise social distancing in his ministry at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

Canada’s Indigenous population is especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis, says a statement from the Guadalupe Circle, co-chaired by Archbishop Murray Chatlain, above.

Guadalupe Circle warns of violence risk

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Canada’s bishops and their Indigenous partners in the Guadalupe Circle are calling for “a decarceration plan” — sending inmates home to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 in heavily Indigenous prison populations.

St. Leonard's Catholic School in Brampton, ON.

Suspects sought after fire at Catholic school in Brampton

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A weekend fire suspected to have been deliberately set and an accompanying vandalism spree has caused about $8 million in damage to a Brampton Catholic school.

Benedict Claridad participated at the Rosary Coast to Coast procession in 2019 when he carried the statue of Our Lady of the Cape.

Teen helps build spiritual bouquet against pandemic

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If there’s strength in numbers, 14-year-old Benedict Joseph Claridad has been building spiritual muscle around the world.

Silent Voice a hub for deaf community

Silent Voice a hub for deaf community

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A modest Catholic agency that serves the deaf and their families has landed at the centre of efforts to keep deaf people across Canada informed and connected during the COVID-19 crisis.

An internally displaced Syrian girl wearing a protective face mask walks as members of the Syrian Civil Defence force sanitize the Bab Al-Nour camp in Azaz to control the spread of COVID-19.

CNEWA tackling new enemy

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If the Church isn’t there for displaced and refugee Christians in the Middle East, nobody else is going to protect these impoverished and persecuted minorities from COVID-19.

Clinic dealing with grief, isolation issues

Clinic dealing with grief, isolation issues

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Perhaps the frustrations of being a priest in a time of pandemic can be no better summed up than in the anguish that followed the slaughter of 22 people in Nova Scotia.

Fr. Mario Infante presides at Mass in the storeroom of his parish office in Brooks, Alta.

Priest projecting hope in outbreak town

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Daily Mass is looking a lot different for Fr. Mario Infante during the coronavirus pandemic.

Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Expect a ’new reality’ when churches allowed to open, says Cardinal Collins

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While restrictions are expected to remain in place for the immediate future, preparations are under way for a time when churches will re-open, Cardinal Thomas Collins wrote in a pastoral letter.

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