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December 21, 2018

Church on the Street: Searching for a home at Christmas

Church on the Street: Searching for a home at Christmas

We all have a longing for a place to call “home.” For people who spend many aimless years living on the streets, “homelessness” is more than a condition of the body, it is a condition of the soul. 

Published in Register Columnists
February 7, 2016

Seven years later, refugees are at home

Toronto’s Cardinal Thomas Collins shares a laugh with Eman Jajoo Shakar as she gives him a tour of her new house. The Shakar family, the first Iraqi refugees welcomed by the Archdiocese of Toronto in 2009, now have their own home in Brampton, Ont.

BRAMPTON, ONT. - Almost seven years ago the Shakar family fled to Canada as war refugees from Iraq with little beyond the clothes on their backs.

Published in Features
December 4, 2015

In Rome or at home, Catholics urged to take part in Year of Mercy

In Rome or at home, Catholics urged to take part in Year of Mercy

VATICAN CITY - Whether in Rome or at home, Catholics will have a variety of ways to take part in the Year of Mercy.

Published in Faith
May 7, 2015

Iraq without Christians is not Iraq, cardinal told

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, speaks with displaced Iraqis May 4 in Irbil, Iraq.

IRBIL, Iraq - The head of the Vatican's Congregation for Eastern Churches visited Iraq to convey Pope Francis' blessing and concern for Church officials and the displaced living and working in difficult circumstances.

Published in International
June 28, 2014

Catholic Cemeteries set to open onsite funeral home

A concept drawing of what Catholic Cemeteries’ Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home, the first Catholic funeral home in the Archdiocese of Toronto, is to resemble once the facility opens in September.

TORONTO - Come September the first Catholic funeral home in the Archdiocese of Toronto will open its doors at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA