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Features

An anti-trafficking demonstration in Rome’s Piazza di Santa Maria.

Breaking silence on human trafficking

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Sofia Ranke knows she “can’t change the world” and singlehandedly eradicate the evil scourge of human trafficking. Nevertheless, she is determined to fight for victimized girls, women, boys and men by using the power of her voice. 

Deacon Szymon Karol Sorbian at his diaconate ordination Mass in October at Toronto’s Holy Rosary Parish.

Corporate life proved to be a wrong turn

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After finally landing an all-important corporate gig that allowed him to overlook the CN Tower from his desk in downtown Toronto, Szymon Sorbian expected to feel a sense of true accomplishment. However, despite finding himself well-positioned in the rat race he had worked so hard for, he felt anything but. 

Fr. Leo Ramsperger alongside one of the sisters at St. Bernard’s accepting a plant from his Maynooth garden to plant at the residence.

Fr. Ramsperger soared high in priesthood, not air force

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Fr. Leo Ramsperger has been celebrating Mass as a priest since the mid-1950s, and despite retiring from formal service back in 1997, he remains deeply rooted in his faith and continues to celebrate life at every opportunity. 

The Knights of Columbus at Calgary’s St. Stephen Protomartyr Ukrainian Catholic Church pray for Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia two years ago.

Two years and counting for those who fled war

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Two years ago, Iryna Chaikovska, her husband and three children moved out of their apartment into a house near Bucha and Irpin in the Kyiv Oblast of northern Ukraine.

A church destroyed by a Russian attack on the village of Bohorodychne in Ukraine's Donetsk region is pictured Feb. 13, 2024.

Good and bad: alive, yes, but toll is great

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‘Purgatory’ for Ukraine as it battles through a decade of Russian onslaught

From left, Simon Zee (Alaa Safi), Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) and Simon Peter (Shahar Isaac) in a scene from the fourth season of The Chosen — released exclusively in theatres Feb. 1.

From modest origins, 'The Chosen' blooms

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Season four of the Biblical hit has launched in theatres

Emma Venusio skates through a Team USA defender as a member of Team Canada. The student at Toronto’s Bishop Allen Academy captained Team Canada to a bronze medal at the recent World U-18 championships in Switzerland.

Emma Venusio shines on ice and off

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Bishop Allen Academy student leads Team Canada to U-18 bronze

Re-issued book up against modern standards

Re-issued book up against modern standards

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Residential school history gets a new lease on life, but will today’s culture accept it?

Protesters take part in a march from the Ontario legislature in Toronto June 6, 2021, after claims the remains of 215 children were found on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in May.

Media buy-in drove graves’ social panic

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Reactions and reality are not always proportionate

It’s been a busy first nine months for Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo as he has gotten to know his flock. It’s been a whirlwind, meeting parishioners and religious throughout Canada’s largest archdiocese as he gets to know the ins and outs of his new role. It has led to his first pastoral letter, issued Jan. 1, about how to make the Kingdom of God a reality.

Seeking God’s Kingdom in Toronto

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Archbishop Leo issues his inaugural pastoral letter.

Café des Tours supervisor Sapphira Sinasac, along with Fr. David Bergeron, at the café within Ottawa’s Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica.

European charm brewing at Ottawa cathedral

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Caffeine culture finds home at Notre Dame’s Café des Tours

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