TORONTO - When Saskatoon’s Bishop Don Bolen worked for Cardinal Walter Kasper in the Vatican, the boss would tell him that all those documents produced at the Second Vatican Council weren’t supposed to sit on shelves gathering dust. 

TORONTO - Watching the world slide down a slippery slope to euthanasia and assisted suicide, or “medical aid in dying,” is disheartening to a Second World War veteran who confronted state-sanctioned killing while helping to liberate Europe. 

TORONTO - On Nov. 11 the entire student body, full roster of staff and a couple dozen community members came together at St. Anselm Catholic School to celebrate the sacrifice of soldiers, both living and deceased. That included one of their own.

OTTAWA - Though liberation theology developed many streams, many shrouded in controvery, its principal founder said it remains anchored in the commitment to the poor in the Gospel.

An initiative that began at a London, Ont., high school saw one Hail Mary prayed for each Canadian soldier who has died in service since the First World War. 

With another, bigger Synod coming next October to discuss Christian family life, Canadian bishops are beginning to ask themselves: “What next?”

TORONTO - It’s Out of The Cold season in Toronto. That means thousands of volunteers working in church basements, mosques and synagogues over the cold winter months to keep the homeless safe. 

TORONTO - Christians must pay attention to the reality of evil but do so with hope-filled joy, Cardinal Thomas Collins told a packed hall at the annual Cardinal's dinner.

A former priest of the Archdiocese of Kingston faced nine additional sexual assault charges when he appeared Nov. 5 in a Kingston court on previous sex charges.

TORONTO - Months of closed-door conversations, community consultations and a lack of follow-up communication leaves Faye Arellano skeptical about the federal government’s intentions to clear up the Live-in Caregivers Program’s backlog.