Fr. Daniel Chui lost his battle with cancer on Dec. 21. The Basilian priest passed away suddenly inside his room at Anglin House, the Basilian retirement home in Toronto, after a three-year battle with esophageal cancer.
Social justice defined the life of John Mihevc
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - John Mihevc, a sojourner in Africa, a pioneer in ecumenical social justice work, teacher and writer, has died at the age of 56.
Catholics need better spiritual preparation for the end of life
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Priests need to preach the Church’s teachings on end-of-life issues more frequently to better spiritually prepare parishioners for the inevitable, Fr. Kevin Belgrave believes.
Pro-lifers hope new law will keep RU-486 out of Canada
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canadian pro-lifers hope that a law requiring mandatory reporting of adverse drug reactions will be enough to keep the abortifacient drug RU-486 out of Canada.
Family of Faith passes halfway point of total goal
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAt $55.8 million, Toronto Catholics are closing out 2014 having raised more than half the $105-million goal Cardinal Thomas Collins set for them in May.
Parishes have a missionary role
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Canadian bishops’ doctrine commission, in a new booklet, is stressing the role of all Catholics in the new evangelization.
Guelph landmark church designated a basilica
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterGuelph, Ont.’s Church of Our Lady Immaculate now dons the title basilica. The landmark church perched on a hill overlooking the city was designated a basilica earlier this month by Pope Francis, catching parishioners by surprise.
350,000 pass through Quebec Holy Door
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterA year of celebration in the Archdiocese of Quebec drew more than 350,000 pilgrims through the Holy Door of Quebec City’s Cathedral-Basilica of Notre Dame de Québec.
Students’ eyes opened to real world problems
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - At Bishop Allen Academy’s annual charity dinner for the community Dec. 8, Vanessa Rasile was served a cocktail of emotions.
Pope Francis bringing synodality back to Church
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Giving advice to the Pope is not a one-way street. It begins with Pope Francis giving advice to his advisors — including Canadian theologian Moira McQueen.
Christmas is the Good News, wherever nuncio may be
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsChristmas in the small town of Gandino, in the foothills of the Italian Alps, was a wondrous time for Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi.