TORONTO - Midway through January, a number of Toronto area churches were still cleaning up from the ice storm that swept across the region just days before Christmas.

OTTAWA - While not everyone is called to full-time pro-life activism, all are called to be pro-life in everyday life, says Canadian Centre for Bio-ethical Reform executive director Stephanie Gray.

Forget teddy bears, eight-year-old Sean Hutton wants polar bears.

Most people don’t think God or the devil will be picking the NFL playoff winners this weekend or any other sports champions.

TORONTO - Beneath the cold winter streets of downtown Toronto, Alana Walker Carpenter has volunteered with the Yonge Street Mission’s Annual Longest Underground Clothing Drive since it began 16 years ago.

OTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops say when evangelizing in today’s pluralistic world, Catholics must retrace the footsteps of their brethren from the Church’s earliest days.

TORONTO - The eternal questions of life will be hashed out when the archdiocese of Toronto launches the Chesterton Debate Series.

OTTAWA - Ottawa’s new auxiliary bishop said the charism and heritage of his Companions of the Cross community, and in particular its founder, will inspire his entire ministry.

OTTAWA - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops president Archbishop Paul-André Durocher extended congratulations to Cadinal-designate Gerald Lacroix on behalf of all the bishops of Canada, noting it indicated “the importance of the See of Quebec and the important role it played in evangelizing the New World.”

OTTAWA - At a time when “Quebec needs encouragement,” Pope Francis has named Quebec Archbishop Gerald Lacroix as Canada’s newest cardinal.