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News and events from across the country.

‘I am blessed’ inspires giving from gratitude

February 2, 2020

CALGARY -- Grade 9 student Lidya Estifon was enjoying her lunch outside of St. Monica School in late January when she noticed a classmate without a coat. The temperature was -3 Celsius.

Indigenous friendship symbol installed at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, B.C.

February 1, 2020

VANCOUVER -- Sr. Denece Billesberger admits she knew little about the history of the land on which St. Thomas Aquinas Regional High School stood when she began teaching there in 1969.

Church is given a design wake-up call

February 1, 2020

OTTAWA -- When flames ripped through one of the world’s most famous Catholic churches in Paris, France, on April 15, 2019, the world — not just Catholics — mourned the damage done to one of Western civilization’s most iconic structures.

The race is on for ‘soul’ of Conservatives

January 31, 2020

OTTAWA -- Social conservatives are gearing up for what they call a battle for the “soul of the party” as the federal Conservatives head into a leadership campaign.

Cancer survivor fights for hospice’s future

January 30, 2020

VANCOUVER -- Angelina Ireland first learned about Delta Hospice five years ago.

The changing world of child welfare

January 30, 2020

Mark Kartusch is a 53-year-old suburban dad, overseer of a real estate windfall and the guy entrusted to make sure a Catholic agency serving more than 6,000 vulnerable families has a future despite declining government funding.

Activists claim assisted suicide lacks safeguards

January 29, 2020

As most Canadians support fewer restrictions on assisted suicide, disability activists are worried the current system lacks safeguards.

Church and school officials keeping close eye on coronavirus

January 29, 2020

As the deadly Wuhan coronavirus spread around the world, including two known cases reported in Toronto, Church officials continued to monitor the situation before making any decisions about implementing the types of safety protocols that followed similar outbreaks in the past.

Christians united in ‘midst of the storm’

January 27, 2020

“Simple trust in the provident hand of God,” will be the key to Christian unity, Cardinal Thomas Collins told more than 300 people who gathered for the final liturgy of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Toronto Jan. 26.

Lack of Share Lent letter a ‘non-story,’ says CCCB president

January 26, 2020

For the first time in a half-century, Development and Peace will appeal for funds during Lent without an explicit letter of support from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.