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May 23, 2015

TCDSB project aims to mend poor relations with First Nations

Grade 5 students at Toronto's St. Andrew Catholic School participate in a pilot project which seeks to increase Self ID registration by First Nations within the board by helping those students see their culture in the curriculum.

TORONTO - In the province’s largest and most urbanized Catholic school board, efforts are being made to mend the wounds caused by Indian residential schools.

Published in Education
February 11, 2015

Jordanians hope death of pilot, U.S. aid worker, can still yield good

Jordan's Queen Rania holds a picture of First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, executed Jordanian pilot, during a Feb. 6 march in Amman. As Jordan steps up airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria to avenge the murder, Catholic and other leaders are hoping tha t the tragedy can still yield good for the future.

AMMAN, Jordan - As Jordan steps up airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria to avenge the murder of its pilot, Catholic and other leaders are hoping that the tragedy can still yield good for the future.

Published in International
February 4, 2015

Jordan's Christian churches condemn pilot's murder, offer prayers

Saif al-Kasasbeh, second from left, father of First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian pilot, prays in Jordan Feb. 4 with other mourners during an event commemorating the Islamic State murder of the pilot.

AMMAN, Jordan - Christian churches in Jordan condemned the Islamic State militants' killing of First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot who had been held in captivity by the jihadist group.

Published in International
January 7, 2015

Christian clergy visit Jordanian family of captured Muslim pilot

Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem waves upon his arrival to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, West Bank, Dec. 24.

AY, Jordan - Christian clergy led by the Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem visited the family of the Muslim Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State and expressed support and continued prayers.

Published in International