OTTAWA - As Ottawa’s 40 Days for Life campaign ended Nov. 1, organizers committed to keep the campaign’s momentum going, especially since the election of a Liberal government that refused pro-life candidates.

THORNHILL, ONT. - To celebrate All Saints’ Day, a Thornhill parish is hosting a costume party for its youngest parishioners.

TORONTO - On a bitter, cold day sometime this winter, as you shop for Christmas presents or head to lunch after a business meeting, somebody on the street is going to ask you for money. They might be sitting in a little island of dirty blankets on the sidewalk. They might be unshaven, wild-eyed. They might not even ask you for anything because they are too busy talking to, yelling at or cowering away from some invisible enemy.

TORONTO - Fr. Gary Thomas knows what an exorcism looks like up close and personal.

OTTAWA - Faith groups from across Canada are calling on Canada’s new government to focus on palliative care instead of euthanasia and assisted suicide.

The Catholic fight to keep doctors from administering lethal drugs to patients who say they want to die continues as the deadline nears for a Supreme Court of Canada mandate that physician-assisted suicide become legal as of Feb. 6, 2016.

The largest private alumni donation ever to St. Francis Xavier University will help bring post-secondary education to more of Nova Scotia’s marginalized people.

TORONTO - More than 105 refugee families fleeing unrest in the Middle East will be arriving in Canada in the next three to four months through the efforts of Project Hope.

OTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops have issued a plea for “urgent action” to meet the unprecedented needs of refugees fleeing war, persecution, natural disasters and the effects of climate.

With growing concern about the plight of refugees, a Catholic parish in the City of Brockville, Ont., is coming together with two Anglican parishes to make a difference in the lives of three refugee families.