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Features

Students pray during an assembly May 1 at the Solidarity Teacher Training College in Yambio, South Sudan.

Under the radar: South Sudan needs media attention, immediate action

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is first of all a shepherd who makes seeking out the lost and forgotten his top priority. But he also knows that wherever he goes, the cameras and news coverage will follow.

Father Scott Bullock and Christian Brother Stephen Markham pose together in late March in Dubuque, Iowa, about nine months after kidney transplant surgery. "It is without a doubt the greatest gift you can give anyone," Brother Markham said of the donated kidney he received from his priest friend.

Religious brother, priest forever bonded by kidney transplant

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DUBUQUE, Iowa – Father Scott Bullock and Christian Brother Stephen Markham are forever bonded by a kidney transplant a year ago that has changed both men physically and spiritually.

Thousands jam Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park for the consecration of Canada to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on June 22, 1947.

Seventy years ago, Canada was consecrated to Mary during the Marian Congress

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OTTAWA – Seventy years ago, Ottawa, a sleepy government town dominated by the logging industry, had never seen anything like the 1947 Marian Congress.

Husam Al Dakhil and his cousin Bahaa Hraiz serve a Syrian buffet. The cousins came to Canada a little more than a year ago. Now Holy Redeemer parish has found sponsors for their parents and siblings.

Ottawa parish sparks giant family reunion for Syrian refugees

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OTTAWA – Holy Redeemer, a parish in the Ottawa archdiocese, didn’t stop at bringing in one Syrian refugee family. They brought in three — and plan to bring in three more.

The Tsoi-Ko Din family celebrate grandmother Concepcion Ko Din’s 90th birthday.

Family heart beats strong in Philippines

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Lucila Cordovero, or Lola Lucing as I call her, is very petite. Every day, she sits in the same bamboo rocking chair by the window of her bedroom, listening to the buzz of her radio novellas. Her right hand is always clutching a small promotional fan someone gave her years ago.

Kim Phuc gives a signed poster to audience member Laurena Hensel that shows the famous photograph during the Focus on Life Gala.

Girl in chilling 1972 Vietnam War photo is now a Canadian peace ambassador

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VANCOUVER – A famous photograph of a naked child running, screaming and covered with napalm burns captured the horror of the Vietnam War 45 years ago.

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Toronto’s poet laureate from 2004-09, calls himself “a creative cities exponent with a Gospel mandate underneath.”

The gospel according to Di Cicco

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UPTERGROVE, ONT. – Ordinary lives, however quiet or unnoticed, are a sequence of miracles, tragedies and triumphs. We all stumble into hell and are repeatedly resurrected into ultimate beauty.

Tom Cigarran, chairman of the Nashville Predators hockey team, with yellow hat, and CEO Sean Henry, center, greet fans in Bridgestone Arena May 16 before Game 3 of the Western Conference finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Tennessee. The two men are active in the Nashville Catholic community.

Execs at helm of Nashville Predators aim to foster culture of service

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The recent scene in downtown Nashville of mobs of hockey fans was almost unthinkable a decade ago.

Pope Francis prays in the Little Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 12. The pope was making a two-day visit to Fatima to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions and to canonize two of the young seers.

A tender gaze: Fatima trip shows Pope's respect for pilgrims' faith

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is not shy about showing his love for Mary in public and, like many Latin American bishops, he strongly has resisted attempts to dismiss as superstitious or "simple," in a negative sense, popular devotion to the mother of God.

Pope Francis leads the blessing of candles in the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 12. The Pope was making a two-day visit to Fatima to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions and to canonize two of the young seers.

Fatima at 100 – Recap of Pope Francis’ trip

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Missed our coverage of Pope Francis' trip to Fatima for the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions? Click here to check them out.

Toronto’s Our Lady of Fatima parish is in possession of a chip of wood from the original tree on which the Virgin Mary appeared and splinters of the original caskets in which Jacinta and Francisco Marto were buried.

Fatima relics create a special connection for Toronto parish

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While Pope Francis and countless thousands of Catholics flock to Portugal this week to celebrate one of the most famous Marian devotions in the world, a little piece of Fatima can be found in the Archdiocese of Toronto.

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