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Violence against women out of control

March 16, 2007

TORONTO - Rape as a weapon of war, rape in the form of the globalized sex trade, rape among school children, rape as the means of transmitting HIV, rape inside marriage — former United Nations special ambassador Stephen Lewis urged Catholic teachers to think about how rape is defining the world we live in and the future we face.

Canadian Pax Christi moves a step closer

March 8, 2007

PaxChristi [images/stories/logos/PaxChristi.jpg]The movement to establish a branch of Pax Christi in Canada takes a step forward in April when the international movement’s secretary general will propose that Catholics For Peace, Toronto and a similar group in Montreal become affiliate members of the Brussels-based network.

More than 1,300 celebrate Toronto’s ordinandi

March 8, 2007

TORONTO - Any time you want to talk about religious vocations, just call Archbishop Thomas Collins. His phone number is (416) 934-0606.

Marie Deans chosen to lead Pontifical Missions Societies

March 8, 2007

TORONTO - The Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of People has appointed Toronto's Marie Deans as the next national director of the Canadian English sector of the Pontifical Mission Societies.

ShareLife begins campaign to raise $14 million

March 8, 2007

TORONTO - This year’s ShareLife campaign to “recognize, reflect and respond” is now underway.

Mentally ill have too much autonomy for their own good, says professor

March 8, 2007

homeless [images/stories/misc/homeless.jpg]TORONTO - Putting a person in jail for being sick might sound extreme, barbarous and unreasonable, but 40 per cent of the inmates in Canada’s prison systems suffer mental illness. AND Approximately 35 per cent of the homeless suffer serious forms of mental illness. Philosopher and bioethicist Barry Brown argues that society should do more for the mentally ill than tossing them in jail or out on the street.

Opponents appeal Three Parents case to Supreme Court

March 8, 2007

OTTAWA - The Alliance for Marriage and Family filed an application Mar. 5 to appeal the so-called Three Parents Case to the Supreme Court of Canada.

St. Paul’s bishop gives organizations three years to stop raising funds by games of chance

March 6, 2007

ST. PAUL, Alta. - The choice of Catholic organizations to raise funds from gambling “is scandalous and compromises the religious identity of the institution or organization,” says the bishop of St. Paul.

Symposium prepares for Eucharistic Congress

March 1, 2007

TORONTO - Leaders of Catholic lay movements in the archdiocese of Toronto will attend an annual symposium March 24.

Symposium prepares for Eucharistic Congress

March 1, 2007

TORONTO - Leaders of Catholic lay movements in the archdiocese of Toronto will attend an annual symposium March 24.