Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

Mixed reaction greets bishops Afghanistan statement

March 5, 2008

Wise and faithful or naive and badly informed — Canadians can’t agree on the most recent Catholic bishops’ statement on Canada’s role in Afghanistan.

Vision, not gender, on Caritas leader's side

March 5, 2008

OTTAWA - Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight sees her election last June as a “historical moment” for the worldwide confederation of Catholic development agencies.

Web host opens Internet for Catholics

February 21, 2008

TORONTO - A new web-hosting company hopes to make it easier for Toronto-area Catholics to have a presence on the Internet.

Toronto religious program welcomes neighbours

February 21, 2008

TORONTO - Fr. Jon Hansen and David Wangalwa sit patiently in the waiting area of the Immigration and Refugee Board appeal division office in downtown Toronto.

Sharing Christ can fill our lives: Collins

February 21, 2008

TORONTO - As Christians, particularly Catholic Christians, “we live our lives between the ashes and the fire,” Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins told more than 100 Catholic businesspeople Feb. 20.

Peace in Afghanistan should be strategy

February 21, 2008

OTTAWA - The upcoming debate on Canada’s Afghanistan mission should work towards a constructive plan, say Canada’s Catholic bishops.

Sisters take on mining giant

February 21, 2008

TORONTO - On May 6 Les Soeurs des Sainte-Anne will stand up in a Toronto hotel ballroom and call the world’s largest gold producer to account. It won’t be the first time, or the last.

Generosity of spirit at Romero House

February 19, 2008

TORONTO - Picture a flower shop window dressed with an array of plants underneath a yellow canopy overhang that reads, “The Centre.” This is how Sarah Villiger describes what to look for to people who are visiting Toronto’s Romero House for the first time.

Pro-life publication newspaper ponders its future

February 19, 2008

TORONTO - Officials with the Toronto-based Interim newspaper are mulling over the future direction of the pro-life publication, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008.

D. & P. commits $50,000 to help Kenya

February 15, 2008

TORONTO - The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace is kicking in $50,000 to the Caritas Internationalis effort to assist people left homeless by violence in Kenya.