Food insecurity

ShareLife, Catholic Charities increase food security grants

In just seven years, food bank use is up 340 per cent

Quinton Amundson · August 26, 2026

For the fourth consecutive year, ShareLife, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto (CCAT) and anonymous donors are combatting the worsening food insecurity crisis with $850,000 in community grants.

Christina Philips on the need to heed food shortages in Sudan

Catholic Register Staff · April 24, 2026

Christina Philips, director of resources and public engagement for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, on why the world must heed the desperate food shortages caused by civil war in Sudan.

Mary’s Meals helps build Haiti’s next generation

Luke Mandato · April 11, 2026

As Haiti battles with ever-increasing gang violence and a reality where 5.7 million people daily find themselves up against high-level food insecurity, Mary’s Meals is hoping its extensive school meal program can become a powerful shield for the nation's next generation.

Food insecurity worsening nationwide

Situation, 'quite frankly, is dire'

Quinton Amundson · April 9, 2026

Both the 2025 Who’s Hungry Report, co-released by Daily Bread Food Bank and North York Harvest Food Bank, and the 2025 HungerCount from Food Banks Canada have presented the most unsettling accounts of Canadian food insecurity to date.

Aid groups stand with the Cuban people

Shortage of basic necessities a longstanding issue made worse by fuel blockade

Quinton Amundson · February 24, 2026

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Canada has launched a campaign to help Cubans suffering from severe shortages of food, medicine and basic goods, exacerbated by the U.S. fuel embargo on the nation.

Bishops' pastoral letter takes on food security

Pastoral letter calls for solidarity with those in need

Quinton Amundson · November 25, 2025

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (CCCB) Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace is striving to chart a promising path forward with its release of a pastoral letter on Nov. 16, the World Day of the Poor.

Budget must address food insecurity, advocates say

Quinton Amundson · October 28, 2025

It took 38 years for Toronto food banks to experience over one million client visits in a single year.

CCCB calls for prayer to end Holy Land conflict, suffering

Catholic Register Staff · August 26, 2025

The Canadian bishops are calling on the power of prayer to diffuse the complex situation that has engulfed the Holy Land for the past 22 months.

Toronto archdiocese shares $800,000 to fight food insecurity

Quinton Amundson · August 18, 2025

Through ShareLife, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto (CCAT) and with the generosity of two anonymous donors, Canada’s largest Catholic community is embarking on its biggest effort yet to tackle the ever-prevalent food insecurity crisis.

For Aid to Women, support doesn't end at birth

Luke Mandato · August 7, 2025

Across its more than 40 years, Aid to Women has stood firm in its mission of being a compassionate, physical and emotional lifeline for Toronto mothers, counselling abortion- minded women into choosing life for themselves and their babies.