Citizens for Public Justice called for a carbon tax as the most effective way of taxing pollution. The tax can be used as credits to benefit low income people, families, businesses and the development of green technologies.

CPJ puts positive spin on taxes as way to promote common good

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OTTAWA - Social justice think tank Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) has issued a report that puts a positive spin on taxes as a way to reduce poverty and clean up the environment.

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic district school board is the first board in the Greater Toronto Area to name a school after the Holy Father.

Dufferin-Peel school first in GTA to be named after Pope Francis

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Brampton, Ont., will be home to the first Catholic school in the Greater Toronto Area named after Pope Francis.

Police are investigating the desecration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue outside Mississauga, Ont.’s St. Catherine of Siena Church as a hate crime.

Police make arrest in suspected hate crime at Mississauga Catholic church

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - A 22-year-old Mississauga man has been charged in connection with alleged hate crimes committed at St. Catherine of Siena Church and its neighbouring elementary school over the past two months.

Joseph Barnicke speaks at a recent Cardinal’s Dinner. The Catholic philanthropist and real estate broker was instrumental in starting the dinner 36 years ago.

Joe Barnicke stood up for, supported his Catholic faith

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TORONTO - When it came to supporting the work of his brothers and sisters in Christ, the late Joseph Barnicke could be counted on to put his money where their mouths were.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher

Canada’s Catholic bishops want in on euthanasia debate

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OTTAWA - Archbishop Paul-André Durocher has written the Justice Minister requesting that Canada’s Catholic bishops be included in consultations regarding assisted suicide legislation.

Another incident of vandalism happened over the St. Catherine of Siena school this past weekend. In this photo, graffiti is displayed on the nearby church walls.

More vandalism over weekend at St. Catherine of Siena

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Peel Regional Police are investigating another incident of vandalism at St. Catherine of Siena School in Mississauga.

Fr. Guy Chapdelaine has been appointed Chaplain General of the Canadian military. He assumes the post in August.

Military’s new top chaplain to go on recruiting drive

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The Canadian military’s first Roman Catholic Chaplain General in a decade says his top priority is to recruit more chaplains.

Students pose with Sr. Cyril Mooney in India.

Students to catch up on India experience

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TORONTO - Volunteering with the Loretto Sisters community in India is not an experience that students easily forget. For many participants in the program, the trip has a life-changing impact.

Romeo Maoine meets Pope John Paul II. Mr. Maoine was the first director of Development and Peace. He died May 12.

Romeo Maoine was a man of Catholic action

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Romeo Maione was all talk but it was glorious talk, talk that made things happen. Mr. Maione used every podium and platform he could find to make the Church real and alive in the world.

The St. Catherine of Siena church and property in Mississauga, Ont., was vandalized on three separate occasions.

St. Catherine of Siena Church vandalized three times in the past month

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Mississauga were distraught when they found their church stained with black spray paint Wednesday morning.

St. Andrew’s Church in Oakville, Ont., celebrates its 175th anniversary this year.

All in the family at St. Andrew’s for seven generations

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Over its 175 years, St. Andrew’s Church in Oakville, Ont., has played an important role in many families’ histories. Terry Murphy-Johnson’s family has a connection to the parish that goes back 163 years.

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