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Cardinal Collins blesses pro-life movement at virtual candlelight vigil ahead National March for Life

May 14, 2020

OTTAWA -- In a country where thousands of babies are aborted each year before they can draw their first breath and euthanasia towards the end of life is now a legally protected aspect of the public health care system, Toronto Archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins blessed Canadians on the frontline of the pro-life movement during a virtual candlelight vigil on May 13.

Virus brings troubled times to airport

May 14, 2020

It’s not been difficult for Fr. John Mullins to practise social distancing in his ministry at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

Guadalupe Circle warns of violence risk

May 13, 2020

Canada’s bishops and their Indigenous partners in the Guadalupe Circle are calling for “a decarceration plan” — sending inmates home to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 in heavily Indigenous prison populations.

Suspects sought after fire at Catholic school in Brampton

May 12, 2020

A weekend fire suspected to have been deliberately set and an accompanying vandalism spree has caused about $8 million in damage to a Brampton Catholic school.

Teen helps build spiritual bouquet against pandemic

May 10, 2020

If there’s strength in numbers, 14-year-old Benedict Joseph Claridad has been building spiritual muscle around the world.

Silent Voice a hub for deaf community

May 10, 2020

A modest Catholic agency that serves the deaf and their families has landed at the centre of efforts to keep deaf people across Canada informed and connected during the COVID-19 crisis.

CNEWA tackling new enemy

May 10, 2020

If the Church isn’t there for displaced and refugee Christians in the Middle East, nobody else is going to protect these impoverished and persecuted minorities from COVID-19.

Clinic dealing with grief, isolation issues

May 9, 2020

Perhaps the frustrations of being a priest in a time of pandemic can be no better summed up than in the anguish that followed the slaughter of 22 people in Nova Scotia.

Priest projecting hope in outbreak town

May 9, 2020

Daily Mass is looking a lot different for Fr. Mario Infante during the coronavirus pandemic.

Expect a ’new reality’ when churches allowed to open, says Cardinal Collins

May 8, 2020

While restrictions are expected to remain in place for the immediate future, preparations are under way for a time when churches will re-open, Cardinal Thomas Collins wrote in a pastoral letter.