News and events from across the country.
April 2, 2014
TORONTO - On the first-ever Pope John Paul II Day in Ontario, Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins celebrated the first-ever Roman Catholic Mass at Queen’s Park in the building’s 154-year history.
OTTAWA - NDP MP Charlie Angus hopes Catholics across Canada will put pressure on their representatives to support his motion to create a national palliative care strategy.
April 1, 2014
TORONTO - Despite having only played guitar for four years, Joseph Nariducci felt like a rock star for a few minutes as he shared the stage with a man who has actually lived among the real stars.
March 30, 2014
These are not your parent’s Trappist monks.
March 29, 2014
The world often treats artists as special, exceptional people. For nine years at Regis College the Jesuits have been treating Toronto artists just like everyone else by inviting them to pray.
TORONTO - Raising daughters today is difficult because much of what they learn at home is attacked by modern culture, says Dorothy Pilarski, Catholic mom and author.
To people who say they oppose abortion except in cases of rape, Mary Ellen Douglas would like to introduce them to Rebecca Kiessling. She is the “except,” a child conceived by rape.
March 28, 2014
OTTAWA - Canadian legalization of assisted suicide is inevitable so Parliament should settle the issue before it goes to the Supreme Court, said a former Conservative cabinet minister as he introduced two private members bills in support of assisted suicide and euthanasia.
There’s little chance Canada will fulfill a pledge to resettle 1,300 Syrian refugees before the end of 2014, said the director of the Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto.
TORONTO - The Canadian wing of the world-wide Focolare movement brought together interfaith leaders from Catholic, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu faiths March 20 to celebrate the memorial of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich at Toronto’s Noor Cultural Centre.