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New Syriac bishop wants to make Canada home for faithful

March 20, 2016

MONTREAL - Canada’s first Syriac Catholic bishop says his immediate challenge is to minister to refugees from the Middle East and at the same time move forward with plans for evangelization in his vast new Canadian diocese as he prepares for the demands of the Easter season.

Educator should mentor as well as teach

March 20, 2016

TORONTO - Today’s educators need to reach back to the 19th century and adopt the mentoring mentality of the late Cardinal John Henry Newman, says Cardinal Thomas Collins.

TRC chair Justice Murray Sinclair named to the Senate

March 18, 2016

OTTAWA - Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), is among seven people Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recommended be appointed to the Senate March 18.

More protection needed for religious freedom, says Rabbi Sacks

March 17, 2016

The Jewish argument for freedom of religion is embedded in the Old Testament, the former chief rabbi of Britain told an enthralled audience at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio March 15.

Syrian children bear the brunt of war tearing nation apart

March 16, 2016

With seven million Syrian children forced into poverty, almost three million out of school and two million living in cities under siege, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF estimates 80 per cent of Syria’s children have suffered harm in the five-year-old war.

March for Life opens doors to wide pro-life spectrum

March 15, 2016

OTTAWA - Campaign Life Coalition has paved the way for every organization fighting for the unborn to take part in this year’s National March for Life May 12.

Native suicide crisis part of the heartache of ministering in First Nations’ communities

March 11, 2016

Living alongside Canada's First Nations people is a ministry of highs and heartaches for Archbishop Murray Chatlain. And the heartache comes to the forefront at times like now, highlighted by a suicide crisis that has struck the First Nations’ community of Cross Lake, Man.

Halifax’s Saint Mary’s University offering language course for those welcoming Syrian refugees

March 11, 2016

Retired lawyer Bob Doherty has no illusions about becoming fluent in Arabic but he’s taking a language course at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax in order to ease the transition for the Syrian refugee family his parish will soon welcome.

Faith communities must be moral dimension in fighting climate change

March 11, 2016

OTTAWA - Faith communities must stay hopeful and engaged to ensure governments live up to climate change commitments, says the leader of the United Church of Canada’s delegation to COP21.

Canadian aid could fund abortions

March 10, 2016

OTTAWA - Pro-life groups charge that the federal government intends to resume funding for overseas abortions as part of its international child and maternal health program.