OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said instead of signs of hope in the Holy Land, he found hope-filled people serving despite the difficulties.

OTTAWA - An Ottawa parish priest with an admitted gambling addiction pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to charges of fraud and theft of about $130,000 in parish funds.

TORONTO - Scarboro Missions has opted to drop its three-year mission program in favour of a one-year program that seems to better suit those interested in volunteering overseas.

TORONTO - Midway through January, a number of Toronto area churches were still cleaning up from the ice storm that swept across the region just days before Christmas.

OTTAWA - While not everyone is called to full-time pro-life activism, all are called to be pro-life in everyday life, says Canadian Centre for Bio-ethical Reform executive director Stephanie Gray.

Forget teddy bears, eight-year-old Sean Hutton wants polar bears.

Most people don’t think God or the devil will be picking the NFL playoff winners this weekend or any other sports champions.

TORONTO - Beneath the cold winter streets of downtown Toronto, Alana Walker Carpenter has volunteered with the Yonge Street Mission’s Annual Longest Underground Clothing Drive since it began 16 years ago.

OTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops say when evangelizing in today’s pluralistic world, Catholics must retrace the footsteps of their brethren from the Church’s earliest days.

TORONTO - The eternal questions of life will be hashed out when the archdiocese of Toronto launches the Chesterton Debate Series.