TORONTO - More than 1,500 people crammed the Pearson Convention Centre in Brampton, Ont., on March 4 to wine, dine and celebrate seven soon-to-be priests at the Archdiocese of Toronto's 24th annual Ordinandi Dinner.

TORONTO - When Msgr. Gregory Ace received a call from Cardinal Thomas Collins his first reaction was a slight sense of panic.

“When the Cardinal called me he called me on my cellphone and when the Cardinal calls you kind of think, oh, am I in big trouble or something?”

A Polish Catholic community in Sydney, N.S., seems to be fighting a losing battle to keep its beloved St. Mary’s Polish Church afloat, but it is determined to keep up the fight.

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller has asked the British Columbia government to reconsider its decision not to prosecute violations of Canada’s prostitution laws.

The Supreme Court has given Canadians a year to figure out how they want to deal with prostitution and so far the answers have ranged from nothing to police crackdowns and new criminal laws.

William Kokesch, a deacon in the Montreal archdiocese, plead guilty in court on Feb. 21 to the possession, manufacturing and distribution of child pornography.

TORONTO - Julie Wright met her husband Doug during her second year in university. She had enrolled in an introduction to philosophy class and he was her teaching assistant. But they only started dating once the course was over. It was an ethics class, after all, she jokes.

OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast’s decree no longer allowing eulogies during Catholic funeral Masses has created a stir, but he says he is happy for the teaching opportunities.

Toronto - The Lift Jesus Higher Rally is a "shot in the arm" to strengthen our faith, says Fr. Scott McCaig.

OTTAWA - The Liberal Party’s approval of a pro-euthanasia resolution at its Montreal policy convention Feb. 23 reveals the Quebec governments’ arguments in support of euthanasia Bill-52 have gained national traction.