NEWS

VATICAN CITY - Tens of thousands of demonstrators joined peacefully in Italy's third annual March for Life May 12, which ended with a personal greeting from Pope Francis.

TORONTO - Joshua Roldan got his wish May 11. A month ago the archdiocese of Toronto's lone candidate for the priesthood in 2013 told 1,700 well wishers gathered for the annual Serra Club Ordinandi Dinner, "The only thing I want to do is give my life to God."

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis warned against "gentrification of the heart" as a consequence of comfortable living, and called on the faithful to "touch the flesh of Christ" by caring for the needy.

More than 700 bodies have been recovered from the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh. Loblaw Cos. Ltd. has stepped forward to offer compensation to families of dead workers at one of the factories that operated inside Rana Plaza where Loblaw’s Joe Fresh clothing line sourced its products.

TORONTO - When the economy becomes a game don’t be surprised if people game the system. The financial crisis of 2008 exposed not just structural and regulatory weakness in global capitalism but the cost of an amoral business ethic detached from the real economy, outgoing Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney told a Bay Street audience.

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of Canada’s prostitution laws June 13 and several Catholic groups are among those prepared to argue against decriminalization on moral grounds.

TORONTO - Immigration hasn't just transformed the Catholic Church in Toronto, it's made the archdiocese of Toronto massively different from Catholic Canada outside the Greater Toronto Area.

LONDON, ONT. - The Sisters of the Precious Blood are a contemplative order of nuns that ordinarily goes about its work in as quiet and unobtrusive a way as possible. But on May 1 they were front and centre at a grand public commemoration to mark their 100th anniversary in London.

OTTAWA - This year’s National March for Life May 9 framed abortion as a human rights issue, damaging especially to women and girls, and drew the largest crowd ever.

OTTAWA - A major demonstration against euthanasia in Quebec City planned for May 18 could mark a turning point in the province’s plans to introduce euthanasia as a form of health care, some pro-life leaders believe.