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Fr. Borna Puskaric of Croatia recently wrapped up media studies at Toronto’s Ryerson University.

Priest uses media training at Ryerson to improve Croatian Catholic news

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TORONTO - Fr. Borna Puskaric has a major project awaiting him when he returns to his home diocese of Zagreb, Croatia.

Fr. Jonathan Inskip is the Marian order's newest priest. He was ordained May 16 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kamloops, B.C.

Marian order ordains first Canadian after more than 300 years

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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - After more than 300 years in existence, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception are rejoicing at the ordination of their first Canadian priest.

Spiritan Father Roberto Di Nardo, seen here with his sisters, was ordained to the order on May 23.

Priest is Spiritans’ first North American in 26 years

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TORONTO - The road to the priesthood for the first North American Spiritan to be ordained in 26 years began while flipping through the pages of The Catholic Register.

The Russian takeover of Crimea led to Christian families and priests fleeing the area, said Andrew Bennett, Canada's religious freedom ambassador at a fundraising breakfast for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association May 29.

Russia fomenting religious division in Ukraine, religious freedom ambassador says

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OTTAWA - Canada's Religious Freedom Ambassador Andrew Bennett has blasted Russian efforts to foment religious division in Ukraine.

Students and staff of St. Catherine of Siena Separate School gathered at the church for a prayer service led by Fr. Camillo Lando May 28. The St. Catherine school has pledged to pay for a new statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus following a third attack of vandalism on the church grounds May 20.

St. Catherine Siena community pray together in front of damaged statue

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For two months the St. Catherine of Siena community was the target of several acts of vandalism. On May 28, the story ended on a blessed note.

Citizens for Public Justice called for a carbon tax as the most effective way of taxing pollution. The tax can be used as credits to benefit low income people, families, businesses and the development of green technologies.

CPJ puts positive spin on taxes as way to promote common good

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OTTAWA - Social justice think tank Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) has issued a report that puts a positive spin on taxes as a way to reduce poverty and clean up the environment.

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic district school board is the first board in the Greater Toronto Area to name a school after the Holy Father.

Dufferin-Peel school first in GTA to be named after Pope Francis

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Brampton, Ont., will be home to the first Catholic school in the Greater Toronto Area named after Pope Francis.

Police are investigating the desecration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue outside Mississauga, Ont.’s St. Catherine of Siena Church as a hate crime.

Police make arrest in suspected hate crime at Mississauga Catholic church

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - A 22-year-old Mississauga man has been charged in connection with alleged hate crimes committed at St. Catherine of Siena Church and its neighbouring elementary school over the past two months.

Joseph Barnicke speaks at a recent Cardinal’s Dinner. The Catholic philanthropist and real estate broker was instrumental in starting the dinner 36 years ago.

Joe Barnicke stood up for, supported his Catholic faith

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TORONTO - When it came to supporting the work of his brothers and sisters in Christ, the late Joseph Barnicke could be counted on to put his money where their mouths were.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher

Canada’s Catholic bishops want in on euthanasia debate

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OTTAWA - Archbishop Paul-André Durocher has written the Justice Minister requesting that Canada’s Catholic bishops be included in consultations regarding assisted suicide legislation.

Another incident of vandalism happened over the St. Catherine of Siena school this past weekend. In this photo, graffiti is displayed on the nearby church walls.

More vandalism over weekend at St. Catherine of Siena

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Peel Regional Police are investigating another incident of vandalism at St. Catherine of Siena School in Mississauga.

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