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Ottawa professor chosen Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom

February 19, 2013

Updated 02/22/13 With a nod to slain Pakistani cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti, Prime Minister Stephen Harper inaugurated the long-awaited Office of Religious Freedom by appointing a Catholic scholar and public servant as its first-ever ambassador.

Student action helps to feed the children

February 18, 2013

When high school teachers want to show their students Christ’s work in action, they bring them to Canadian Food for Children, said Dr. Andrew Simone.

Loyola appeals to Supreme Court to settle religious freedom matter

February 18, 2013

Montreal school challenges ERC ruling OTTAWA - A private Montreal Catholic high school has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to settle whether religious freedom applies to religious institutions as well as to individuals.

Hamilton bishops’ dinner keeps growing

February 17, 2013

HAMILTON, ONT. - It has become the highlight of the Catholic social calendar in the Hamilton area over the past quarter-century and this year was no exception as more than 800 people filled Carmen’s Banquet and Convention Centre on Feb. 9 for the 28th Annual Bishop’s Charities Dinner and Dance.

Trent pro-lifers denied club status

February 16, 2013

Trent University’s student union has denied club status to the pro-life student group Trent Lifeline.

One million pennies in one year for charity

February 16, 2013

Don’t look now, but Mike Perron wants to get his hand in your penny jar. By the time he’s done, he plans to have 2,500 kilograms of pennies. That’s one million coins, or $10,000, which Perron will give to charity.

Order of Malta celebrates nine centuries of service

February 15, 2013

TORONTO - When you're 900 years old there are no rash, impulsive decisions to change. But the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta know that change is good, said Roman Ciecwierz.

Deacon leads Windsor anti-pornography protest

February 15, 2013

WINDSOR, ONT. - On one of the coldest days so far this winter a small group of men walked back and forth on the sidewalk in front of a central Windsor shopping plaza to protest the proliferation of pornography.

Pope will be missed, says Prime Minister

February 14, 2013

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Pope Benedict XVI will be missed as a “faithful steward” who “dedicated his life to serving God and his faith.”

Kielburgers' power of youth nurtured by Jesuits

February 14, 2013

Kielburgers took lessons learned at Brebeuf to Free the Children TORONTO - If you want to make people believe in something they’ve never seen and half the world says is impossible, start young. The Kielburger brothers learned that lesson from the Jesuits at Brebeuf College in Toronto.