Aid to the Church in Need spokesperson Marie Claude Lalonde, right, speaks with Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine. Lalonde says that in 60 per cent of countries around the world, religious liberty is compromised.

Christianity's survival in Mideast highly unlikely

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MONTREAL - The long-term survival of Christianity in the Middle East is threatened and “humanity in the region where Christianity was born will not be the same without it,” a spokesman for Aid to the Church in Need told a seminar in Montreal this week.

A homeless man takes advantage of St. Felix Centre’s 24-hour warming station during an extreme weather alert in Toronto earlier this month.

St. Felix Centre teams with city to stay open during deep freeze

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TORONTO - Catholics in the city have forged relationships with secular partners to provide the homeless somewhere safe and warm during the sometimes fatally freezing temperatures of Toronto’s winter.

Fr. Joseph Chandrakanthan holds a 16th-century lamp believed to have been used by St. Joseph Vaz in Sillalai, Sri Lanka.

Toronto priest treasures saint’s lamp that kept flame of faith alight

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TORONTO - A light in the darkness has travelled across centuries, cultures and continents to wind up in Fr. Joseph Chandrakanthan’s living room in Toronto.

A Palestinian boy runs next to destroyed buildings in Gaza City Aug. 28. The destruction came amid the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas, and with the present blockade in place, few see any chance for reconstruction.

'Wall of ignorance' fuels Holy Land fears

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OTTAWA - A Canadian bishop who travelled to Gaza with the annual Holy Land Co-ordination visit to the Middle East Jan. 11-12 says fear is the biggest obstacle to mutual recognition of human dignity in the region.

Young people hold candles as they participate in an ecumenical Taize prayer service St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 29, 2013.

Prayer for unity embraced across Canada

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The opportunity annually extended to Christians worldwide to be unified in prayer comes this year from Brazil, and it is being embraced in Canada from coast to coast.

Image of St. John Bosco with an iPad depicts his zeal for evangelization by using every means of communication available.

Salesians carry on 200-year legacy of St. John Bosco

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TORONTO - In a west end Toronto neighbourhood, the 200-year legacy of St. John Bosco lives on.

Margaret O'Gara

O’Gara ecumenical essays published

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TORONTO - One of Canada’s greatest theologians is still publishing more than two years after she died.

At top is the new logo for Montreal’s Collective Community Services, which has dropped Catholic from its name. The name change has irritated the archdiocese and Bishop Thomas Dowd says it will create something to replace the agency.

‘Catholic’ is removed from Montreal social agency’s name

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MONTREAL - Montreal’s Catholic Community Services is no longer Catholic.

Syrian refugees warm themselves around a fire Dec. 3 in Ankara, Turkey. Martin Mark, right, executive director of Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto welcomes Canada’s pledge to bring in more refugees from the Middle East, but wished the government had consulted with refugee advocates before making its announcement.

Catholic sponsors set to answer call as Canada to take in 13,000 refugees

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TORONTO - Catholic refugee sponsors stand ready to do their part in bringing 10,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, but they want to hear more from the federal government about its plans.

Toronto Tamil Catholics will gather for a Mass of thanksgiving to celebrate the canonization of Joseph Vaz Jan. 18 at St. Theresa's Shrine of the Little Flower Church.

Toronto Tamils welcome Pope's 'message of healing'

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TORONTO - Pope Francis’ mission of healing to Sri Lanka will be a critical moment for Toronto’s huge Tamil community, which includes thousands of refugees still mourning relatives killed in the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war, said Tamil priest and theologian Fr. Joseph Chandrakanthan.

The New Brunswick Liberal government has removed the legal requirement for a specialized license to perform an abortion procedure. Any doctors can now perform an abortion.

New abortion regulations take hold in New Brunswick

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With the new year came fewer abortion restrictions in New Brunswick, to the dismay of pro-lifers.

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