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‘Seismic’ shift hits religious landscape in Canada

November 3, 2022

There were 10.9 million self-identified Catholics in Canada in 2021, a sharp drop of two million from 2011, according to the latest census religion numbers.

A refugee crisis looming, advocates say

October 27, 2022

There’s a storm coming, warns FCJ Refugee Centre executive director Loly Rico.

Irish unity: will dream come true?

October 20, 2022

The historic emergence of a Catholic majority in Northern Ireland will be a significant, though not the decisive, factor in achieving a reunited country, says a Belfast MP visiting Canada.

Catholic artist gives audience a complex experience

October 13, 2022

Trying to explain the effect of Denyse Thomasos’ immense, complex, abstract paintings, Fr. Dan Donovan reaches for St. Thomas Aquinas.

Permanent diaconate in Toronto marks 50 years

September 29, 2022

Deacon Steve Pitre is determined not to celebrate 50 years of the permanent diaconate in the Archdiocese of Toronto. Instead, he wants to celebrate the Church that embraced, encouraged and prayed with deacons over the past 50 years.

A pilgrim Church looks to Mary

September 22, 2022

For Catholics who have for years heard Mary’s first words in the Gospel of Luke as the defining moment of her life, it may seem the Pope is flipping the script on the Lord’s mother.

Queen Elizabeth was a bridge of reconciliation between Catholics, Protestants

September 9, 2022

She was known to millions as “the Queen,” as if she was the only royal matriarch in the world. But she was no ordinary monarch. She was one of the last generation of leaders in the Western world who not only publicly declared her Christian faith but lived it.

St. Paul’s celebrates two centuries of open doors

September 1, 2022

Two hundred years ago, St. Paul’s Basilica was the only Catholic church between Windsor and Kingston, making it “ground zero of Catholic life in Toronto,” according to pastor Fr. Bob O’Brien.

Exploring the Catholicity of 'Pinocchio'

August 18, 2022

A wooden puppet who dreamed of becoming a real boy takes centre stage at a mini-conference in Saskatoon hosted by Rebuilding Catholic Culture Sept. 2 and 3.

Analysis: What Canadians, Catholics can expect from papal visit

July 24, 2022

Standing at the brink of history, it is impossible not to wonder what’s on the other side. Pope Francis’ six-day penitential pilgrimage through Canada will certainly be historic. There has never been a papal journey like this. But there’s more to it that just originality.