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Men of St. Augustine’s called to make Christ present

September 27, 2013

TORONTO - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino came home to Toronto and old friends to celebrate the 100th birthday of St. Augustine’s Seminary, where he studied for the priesthood in the early 1960s.

Christ remains the context

September 27, 2013

Pope Francis’ warning about overemphasizing Church teaching on abortion and other social doctrines is no cause for Canada’s pro-life movement to change its tactics or rethink its priorities, say veteran pro-life campaigners.

Pakistani Canadians rally against church bombing

September 27, 2013

VAUGHAN, ONT. - Four days after a deadly suicide attack on the historic All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, more than 200 Pakistani Canadians descended on Pakistan’s remote consulate located in suburban Vaughan to protest against the brutality and send a clear message to the Pakistani government.

COLF warns of pitfalls in New Age movement

September 26, 2013

OTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) has published a booklet warning that yoga, meditation, Reiki and other activities of the New Age movement are dangerous.

Cardinal Rodriguez urges pursuit of charity at local parish level

September 25, 2013

SAINTE-ADELE, Que. - Charity or caritas needs to begin face-to-face, at the local parish level, Caritas Internationalis president Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga told Canada’s bishops Sept. 24.

Voices of peace

September 24, 2013

TORONTO - Inside the Paulist Ministry Centre on the International Day of Peace Sept. 21, three panellists discussed their respective organization and organically concluded that a relationship between the environment and peace exists.

Canadian bishops focus on those on margins of society at plenary

September 24, 2013

SAINTE-ADÈLE, Que. - Canada’s Catholic bishops have responded to Pope Francis’ call to minister to those on the periphery of society while making efforts to ensure the Church herself is not marginalized, said the bishops' conference's outgoing president.

Citizens for Public Justice marks 50 years of advocacy

September 22, 2013

TORONTO - Citizens for Public Justice is celebrating half a century of advocating Christian values to Parliament on issues of national importance.

Lépine warns against enshrining Quebec values in charter

September 22, 2013

OTTAWA - Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine has warned against the Parti Quebecois’ plans to enshrine Quebec values in a charter.

Sainthood cause launched for PEI’s first bishop

September 22, 2013

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI - Some Prince Edward Island Catholics are confident that their very first bishop, Angus Bernard MacEachern, will one day be recognized as a saint. A committee has started the process it hopes will lead to his canonization.