News and events from across the country.
May 30, 2015
TORONTO - The road to the priesthood for the first North American Spiritan to be ordained in 26 years began while flipping through the pages of The Catholic Register.
May 29, 2015
OTTAWA - Canada's Religious Freedom Ambassador Andrew Bennett has blasted Russian efforts to foment religious division in Ukraine.
May 28, 2015
For two months the St. Catherine of Siena community was the target of several acts of vandalism. On May 28, the story ended on a blessed note.
May 27, 2015
OTTAWA - Social justice think tank Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) has issued a report that puts a positive spin on taxes as a way to reduce poverty and clean up the environment.
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Brampton, Ont., will be home to the first Catholic school in the Greater Toronto Area named after Pope Francis.
May 26, 2015
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - A 22-year-old Mississauga man has been charged in connection with alleged hate crimes committed at St. Catherine of Siena Church and its neighbouring elementary school over the past two months.
TORONTO - When it came to supporting the work of his brothers and sisters in Christ, the late Joseph Barnicke could be counted on to put his money where their mouths were.
OTTAWA - Archbishop Paul-André Durocher has written the Justice Minister requesting that Canada’s Catholic bishops be included in consultations regarding assisted suicide legislation.
May 25, 2015
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Peel Regional Police are investigating another incident of vandalism at St. Catherine of Siena School in Mississauga.
May 24, 2015
The Canadian military’s first Roman Catholic Chaplain General in a decade says his top priority is to recruit more chaplains.