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Students to catch up on India experience

May 23, 2015

TORONTO - Volunteering with the Loretto Sisters community in India is not an experience that students easily forget. For many participants in the program, the trip has a life-changing impact.

Romeo Maoine was a man of Catholic action

May 23, 2015

Romeo Maione was all talk but it was glorious talk, talk that made things happen. Mr. Maione used every podium and platform he could find to make the Church real and alive in the world.

St. Catherine of Siena Church vandalized three times in the past month

May 22, 2015

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Mississauga were distraught when they found their church stained with black spray paint Wednesday morning.

All in the family at St. Andrew’s for seven generations

May 18, 2015

Over its 175 years, St. Andrew’s Church in Oakville, Ont., has played an important role in many families’ histories. Terry Murphy-Johnson’s family has a connection to the parish that goes back 163 years.

Dominicans open up the conversation

May 17, 2015

TORONTO - The biggest theological conference in Toronto since 1967 brought more than 200 scholars to the University of St. Michael’s College to look at the same subject theologians were wondering about then — the Second Vatican Council.

Topless protesters disrupt rally as 25,000 march for life in Ottawa

May 14, 2015

OTTAWA - About a half dozen half naked women tried to disrupt the National March for Life here May 14, disrobing and screaming while pro-life politicians addressed thousands on Parliament Hill.

TTC ends Sunday streetcar stops outside of churches for ‘safety’

May 13, 2015

TORONTO - For almost 100 years in Toronto, thousands of Sunday worshippers have relied on Sunday only streetcar stops to help get them to church on time.

In Eucharist, cardinal welcomes Toronto’s new priests

May 11, 2015

TORONTO - It is most fitting that the Archdiocese of Toronto welcomed its two newest priests during the celebration of the Eucharist, said Cardinal Thomas Collins.

New priest rediscovered his love of the Church in aftermath of 9/11

May 11, 2015

TORONTO - Fr. David Twaddle always wanted a career where his work would be close to Heaven, but being a priest wasn’t his first choice.

Priesthood wins in struggle with celebrity

May 11, 2015

TORONTO - Fr. Ricardo Davis struggled with a calling from two cities half a world apart. One called him towards a life of celebrity, the other to a life of celibacy.