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Poverty produced by senseless war

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A girl looks on at a display of Russian weapon systems used in their attacks, outside St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. During the month of November, Pope Francis is asking people to pray for children who are suffering because of poverty, war and exploitation.

War produces tremendous poverty, and its violence strikes those who are defenseless and vulnerable, Pope Francis said.

‘Seismic’ shift hits religious landscape in Canada

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It is true that many Canadians do believe and retain their religious faith. But those numbers are dropping, and dropping fast, according to the latest census figures.

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

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Post-pandemic, Canada is facing a refugee crisis as more and more people seek to resettle in Canada.

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

Campion alum touched by sojourn to Ukraine

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Dr. Katherine Owens encounters a retired psychologist in her travels to Ukraine earlier this year.

Dr. Katherine Owens’ long career as a psychologist has afforded her opportunities to go abroad and provide post-disaster psychological support, serving among those affected by devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Somalia.

Brescia professor’s dream comes true

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Peggy O’Neil, a professor in Brescia University College’s Food and Nutritional Sciences and Leadership Studies departments.

Growing up in Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Peggy O’Neil said she and her family would encounter Brescia College — now Brescia University College — on their route to pick up pizza for dinner.

King’s course shows economics should seek meaning

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A man stands beside a sign indicating the Toronto Stock Exchange index in downtown Toronto in this CNS file photo.

Pope Francis challenged young Catholics to “transform an economy that kills into an economy of life” at a three day “Economy of Francesco” meeting in Assisi Sept. 22-24.

Encounter, heal and purify: St. Jerome’s plan for reconciliation

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When Pope Francis delivered his apology to Canada’s Indgenous peoples in Alberta this summer, students and faculty at Waterloo, Ont.’s St. Jerome’s University watched intently alongside an Indigenous elder.

All histories are contested. If they weren’t, there would be no reason to study history. For an historian running a Catholic university in Canada right now, this nation’s history of colonialism and residential schools has created a special responsibility — not to the past but to our future understanding of ourselves.

Irish unity: will dream come true?

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A seagull flies in front of a mural which shows a group of men, led by then-Fr. Edward Daly, right, carrying the body of shooting victim Jackie Duddy during 1972’s Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland, one of the most infamous days in Northern Ireland’s “The Troubles.”

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

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Denyse Thomasos, above, sits before her piece Arc. Fr. Dan Donovan says what is important about Thomasos’ work is not so much its religious affiliation, but its spiritual instinct.

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

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Deacons prepare to distribute communion at Mass.

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.

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