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Home the place for young kids, study shows

June 2, 2013

Parents overwhelmingly believe it is better for young children to be at home with a parent rather than in day care or all-day kindergarten, according to a new poll commissioned by an Ottawa think tank.

Religious women return to roots

June 2, 2013

EDMONTON - Religious women have seen their vocations change dramatically over the years. They have gone from running large institutions such as hospitals, fine art academies, schools and retreat houses to more modest ministries such as working with immigrants, abused women and inner city poor.

Healing for aboriginal Catholics includes finding native identity

May 31, 2013

OTTAWA - John Corston recalls growing up in a racist community that looked down on aboriginals like him. He remembers reading history books that painted a negative picture of native Canadians.

‘God Squad’ faces uphill battle on the Hill

May 31, 2013

MONTREAL - Federal politicians with religious principles sometimes face ridicule from colleagues who have dubbed faithful parliamentarians the “God Squad,” said NDP MP Joe Comartin.

Carmelites commemorate their first century in Canada

May 30, 2013

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus are celebrating a centenary of service in Canada.

CCCB offers condolences to Morgentaler family

May 30, 2013

Every life is sacred and Catholics should pray that God is merciful to Henry Morgentaler, said a statement from Canada's bishops conference.

Religious art on the decline due to phobia of secular institutions

May 29, 2013

TORONTO - Religious artwork is too sentimental for the art world, James Elkins told a Toronto audience May 23.

Rights league to honour Fr. de Valk

May 26, 2013

Updated 05/27/13 TORONTO - The Catholic Civil Rights League has chosen pro-life activist, writer and editor Fr. Alphonse de Valk, CSB, as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life.

Human rights museum in the wrong, say Ukrainians

May 25, 2013

Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress are demanding that the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights more fully recognize abuses suffered by Ukrainians in Canada and in the former Soviet Union.

100 years of memories at Holy Name

May 25, 2013

TORONTO - Ellen McIntrye fell in love with Holy Name Catholic School after she enrolled her daughter for kindergarten there in the 1980s. Today she’s teaching Grade 8 at Holy Name and looking forward to the east-end school’s 100th anniversary.