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Ontario parents not backing down on sex ed

June 8, 2015

TORONTO - The voice of parents must be heard, a determined group of parents upset with Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum has vowed. They gathered again at Queen’s Park, almost 2,000 of them, on June 7 to denounce Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government for moving forward with the curriculum.

Churches focus on issues for federal election

June 7, 2015

Attack ads rule the airwaves. Sponsored Facebook posts are trying to flush out political supporters with a click. The twitterverse is dividing up by hashtags. The 2015 vote may be four months away, but political parties are already in election mode. Churches are also warming up for the coming vote.

MP takes aim at Liberal policy while defending conscience motion

June 7, 2015

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is acting contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by denying Liberal party members a free vote on matters of conscience, charged a Conservative MP during a Parliament debate.

Sacred Heart wasn’t always a cottage country church

June 6, 2015

LEBRET, Sask. - The glory days of the big stone church at Lebret were decades ago when it was the focal point of a thriving Roman Catholic mission in the heart of the Qu’Appelle Valley northeast of Regina. But Sacred Heart Church is back in the spotlight this year as the oldest Catholic parish in southern Saskatchewan celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Iraqi Knights rally funds to aid refugees

June 6, 2015

TORONTO - When the Islamic State attacked the city of Mosul in June 2014, members of Toronto’s Jesus the King Council of the Knights of Columbus knew they had to respond.

Priests on the move in Toronto: 2015 clergy appointments

June 4, 2015

The following are the clergy changes for the Archdiocese of Toronto. The changes are effective July 2 unless otherwise noted.

Church needs more open dialogue, LCWR leader tells Toronto crowd

June 3, 2015

TORONTO - Having survived five years of investigation, interrogation and suspicion as past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States, Sr. Carol Zinn of the Sisters of St. Joseph is calling for more open, honest and heartfelt dialogue across the divides within the Church.

Historic Windsor’s church is added to endangered places list

June 3, 2015

WINDSOR, Ont. - Our Lady of Assumption Church has been placed on Canada’s 2015 Top Ten Endangered Places list.

Program aims to include girls in politics

June 3, 2015

TORONTO - The walls of the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen’s Park are engraved with the names of former legislators from the province’s past. Not many of these names are female. It’s something a group of girls from Waterloo, Ont., wants to change.

TRC says Pope Francis should apologize for abuses at residential schools

June 2, 2015

[Click here to read the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.] [Click here to read other articles about the Commission's report.] OTTAWA - Pope Francis should personally apologize to residential school survivors and their communities, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says in its final report.