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Angela Kirby fighting MS around the world, 5 km at a time

July 19, 2015

PICKERING, ONT. - Angela Kirby believes in living life to its fullest and won’t let the challenges of multiple sclerosis get in her way. Diagnosed with MS at the age of 50, she never felt deterred from hiking up mountains and travelling the world.

Vancouver mayor to meet Pope at climate conference

July 19, 2015

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is to meet with Pope Francis July 21 to discuss climate change.

No reason to celebrate as same-sex marriage turns 10

July 18, 2015

OTTAWA - On July 20, 2005 same-sex marriage became legal in Canada. Ten years later, Canada has experienced a steady erosion of religious freedom and conscience rights, undergone negative changes in sex education and parental rights, while also seeing a shift in the rights of children, according to several observers.

CCCB promotes dialogue with Muslims

July 17, 2015

OTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops have released a pamphlet to promote understanding and dialogue with Muslims meant to coincide with Id al-Fitr, the July 18 feast marking the end of Ramadan.

Saskatchewan Catholics called to 'Be not afraid' in battling euthanasia

July 15, 2015

REGINA - Saskatchewan’s bishops are urging the province’s Catholics to raise their voices in defence of life and human dignity for all.

OECTA preparing for job action when school starts

July 13, 2015

Ontario's Catholic teachers have signalled that they are ready to strike just before school is set to resume in September.

Gift Box will unwrap horrors of trafficking for Pan Ams' visitors

July 7, 2015

TORONTO - With thousands expected in Toronto for the Pan Am Games this summer, Faith Alliance To End Human Trafficking's Gift Box project seeks to share with the city and its guests the horrors of selling souls.

20 years of feeding homeless

July 5, 2015

TORONTO - The Street Patrol ministry not only feeds the homeless, it feeds the souls of those in service.

Celebrating Marian icon of love

July 5, 2015

TORONTO - In 1866, Pope Pius IX appointed the Redemptorists as custodians of the 15th-century icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help with the mission to “make her known throughout the world.”

The morality of a cap-and-trade system

July 2, 2015

The Ontario government is steaming ahead with a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gasses despite a clear warning from Pope Francis about buying and selling “carbon credits.”