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Pope unites two Canadian dioceses under Archbishop Prendergast

April 26, 2018

VATICAN – Pope Francis has united the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall with the Archdiocese of Ottawa "in the person of the bishop," Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, indicating the situation may change in the future.

Ontario cities target payday loan shops

April 26, 2018

The sin of usury has come to the attention of city planning committees across Ontario as they begin to craft zoning laws to control the spread of payday loan stores.

Pro-life activist explores how western aid hurts African women in new documentary

April 26, 2018

OTTAWA – Western aid dollars are hurting, not helping, the women of Africa, says pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha.

London diocese rattled by ‘relicmania’

April 25, 2018

The London diocese calls it “relicmania.”

Students rally in Toronto for peace mission

April 25, 2018

Violence ends where love begins.

Canada's newest senator adds his voice to summer jobs funding protest

April 25, 2018

Canada’s newest senator refuses to be bound by partisanship, so he doesn’t hold back when the subject is the Canada Summer Jobs funding policy that has unleashed much debate the last few months.

Saskatchewan archbishop charts a new path to reconciliation

April 25, 2018

REGINA – Archbishop Donald Bolen can tell you why we can’t just get over it and move on when it comes to our relationship with Canada’s Indigenous people.

MP Charlie Angus wants Parliament to approach Pope directly for apology

April 25, 2018

OTTAWA – The NDP has considerably softened a motion to invite Pope Francis to apologize for Indian residential schools after a previous motion failed to get unanimous consent April 18.

Schools take Pope's lessons on environment to heart

April 20, 2018

Even if spring refuses to get sprung this year after a stubbornly long winter, Earth Day will still be an intensely educational and intensely religious occasion in Catholic schools across Ontario.

Quebec bishops have ‘open discussion’ on married priests

April 20, 2018

OTTAWA – The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec have discussed the ordination of married men to the priesthood, but have reached no conclusions, said the Assembly’s president.