Pope Francis had a message for Canadians at his inaugural Mass — a message of peace, simplicity, reconciliation and hope — according to several members of the official Canadian delegation in Rome on the Feast of St. Joseph to witness the beginning of a new papacy.

Whitehorse Bishop Gary Gordon is standing firm against the Yukon government over demands that Catholic schools in the diocese stop teaching Church doctrine on homosexuality.

When Bonnie Vadacchino saw the white smoke rise above St. Peter’s Square on television from her home in Welland, Ont., March 13, it signalled two things to her. First, that a new Pope had been elected, and second, it was time to go to Rome.

TORONTO - Students can go to all the social justice conferences they want, but unless the message sinks in and they are prepared to take action, then it is just a waste of everyone’s time, Marc Kielburger told students gathered for the Voices That Challenge conference March 22.

VATICAN CITY - An Oblate who spent the last years of his life in western Canada is among seven people whom Pope Francis has recognized for their "heroic virtues."

TORONTO - Former priest Peter Doherty is happy a fellow Argentine was elevated to the papacy. But he’s even happier knowing the Church is in the good hands of the man who ordained him.

OTTAWA - Pro-life and pro-family groups decried the March 21 decision by a parliamentary sub-committee to make Motion-408 condemning sex-selection pregnancy termination non-votable.

TORONTO - Fr. Alexander Osei may be a priest, but he sees himself as a missionary first.

VATICAN CITY - Montreal's Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, speaking of newly elected Pope Francis, said he was "always struck by that man, who is a holy man, a man of prayer."

TORONTO - On March 19 pro-lifers from across Ontario will be out en masse at Queen's Park for the Defund Abortion Rally.