The Canadian military’s first Roman Catholic Chaplain General in a decade says his top priority is to recruit more chaplains.
Students to catch up on India experience
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Volunteering with the Loretto Sisters community in India is not an experience that students easily forget. For many participants in the program, the trip has a life-changing impact.
Romeo Maoine was a man of Catholic action
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterRomeo Maione was all talk but it was glorious talk, talk that made things happen. Mr. Maione used every podium and platform he could find to make the Church real and alive in the world.
St. Catherine of Siena Church vandalized three times in the past month
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterMISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Parishioners at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Mississauga were distraught when they found their church stained with black spray paint Wednesday morning.
All in the family at St. Andrew’s for seven generations
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterOver its 175 years, St. Andrew’s Church in Oakville, Ont., has played an important role in many families’ histories. Terry Murphy-Johnson’s family has a connection to the parish that goes back 163 years.
Dominicans open up the conversation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The biggest theological conference in Toronto since 1967 brought more than 200 scholars to the University of St. Michael’s College to look at the same subject theologians were wondering about then — the Second Vatican Council.
Topless protesters disrupt rally as 25,000 march for life in Ottawa
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - About a half dozen half naked women tried to disrupt the National March for Life here May 14, disrobing and screaming while pro-life politicians addressed thousands on Parliament Hill.
TTC ends Sunday streetcar stops outside of churches for ‘safety’
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - For almost 100 years in Toronto, thousands of Sunday worshippers have relied on Sunday only streetcar stops to help get them to church on time.
In Eucharist, cardinal welcomes Toronto’s new priests
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - It is most fitting that the Archdiocese of Toronto welcomed its two newest priests during the celebration of the Eucharist, said Cardinal Thomas Collins.
New priest rediscovered his love of the Church in aftermath of 9/11
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Fr. David Twaddle always wanted a career where his work would be close to Heaven, but being a priest wasn’t his first choice.
Priesthood wins in struggle with celebrity
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Fr. Ricardo Davis struggled with a calling from two cities half a world apart.
One called him towards a life of celebrity, the other to a life of celibacy.