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News and events from across the country.

Winnipeg Free Press partners with faith communities to put religion back in the news

January 9, 2020

Whether Canada’s faith life is hidden, secret or just ignored, it represents a rich vein of news for any enterprising journalist, as far as Winnipeg Free Press columnist John Longhurst is concerned.

Halifax pastoral plan on ‘pretty good’ path

January 9, 2020

A pastoral plan three years in the making which resulted in a two-thirds reduction of parishes in the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth has put the archdiocese in a position to succeed amid the realities of the modern Church, said John Stevens.

Sisters of Sion ‘horrified’ by anti-Semitic attacks

January 8, 2020

A spike in attacks on Jews in North America and Europe has prompted the Sisters of Sion in Canada to speak out.

Campus pro-life group wins appeal over security fees

January 7, 2020

Alberta’s top court has sided with a pro-life group that claimed a security fee imposed by the University of Alberta violated its right to freedom of expression.

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco: Priest, poet, author

December 29, 2019

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco — Toronto’s former poet laureate, a writer and consultant on urban affairs, jazz trumpeter, ground-breaking literary critic and the author or editor of over 20 books — has died. He was 70.

New start in historic year

December 28, 2019

For the nearly 6,000 children a year who find refuge and a new start with the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, the fact the organization has a 125-year history probably doesn’t matter much.

Releasing list ‘the right thing to do’

December 27, 2019

OTTAWA -- The decision by the Jesuits of Canada to release a list of priests “credibly accused” of abuse of minors is a step in the right direction, but an honest accounting of the extent of child abuse will take a lot more work, said the president of an abuse survivor group.

New year bringing big changes in Ottawa

December 26, 2019

OTTAWA -- The merger of the Catholic Church in eastern Ontario that would create one large archdiocese stretching from Ottawa south to the St. Lawrence River is about to become reality.

Funding gives renters a break

December 24, 2019

A pledge to spend $1.4 billion helping people find shelter in an increasingly unaffordable housing market in Ontario has Catholic social agencies cautiously optimistic.

Leaders given failing grade on climate

December 22, 2019

Despite months of protests from youth climate activists around the world, leaders at a global climate summit in Madrid have kicked the can of climate change down the road until the next UN-sponsored negotiations in 11 months.