Fr. Damian MacPherson speaks at the Focolare event March 20 in Toronto that celebrated founder Chiara Lubich.

Focolare spreading the love for 70 years

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TORONTO - The Canadian wing of the world-wide Focolare movement brought together interfaith leaders from Catholic, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu faiths March 20 to celebrate the memorial of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich at Toronto’s Noor Cultural Centre.

An icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa is currently on the North American leg of a worldwide tour.

Black Madonna in Canada

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OTTAWA - Hundreds of people lined up to venerate, pray and touch an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, the so-called Black Madonna, that was on display Mar. 18 at St. Patrick’s Basilica.

Science writer Alanna Mitchell speaks about the changing chemistry of the ocean and its deadly global impact.

Next global extinction on its way

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There have been five mass extinctions in the last 540 million years. Science tells us a sixth is now underway. But only faith can tell us how we will live through it.

Ontario declares April 2 John Paul II Day

Ontario declares April 2 John Paul II Day

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Toronto - Ontario will make celebration of the life of Pope John Paul II on annual event following passage of legislation naming a day in his honour.

Attorney Mark Philliips represented Loyola High School at the Supreme Court of Canada on Mar. 24.

Supreme Court told Loyola is "not asking for the moon"

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OTTAWA - A Catholic school cannot be neutral when teaching Catholicism "otherwise it is not a Catholic school," said a lawyer representing Montreal's Loyola High School in arguments before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Sharlyn Barahona brushes up on her carpentry skills in preparation for the Women Entering Non-Traditional Trades Conference.

Board opening up the trades to girls

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TORONTO - Sharlyn Barahona always liked working with her hands but never thought of grasping a hammer, wrench or screwdriver professionally, until now.

With Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s maternal health summit scheduled for Toronto in late May, pro-life groups are keeping a watchful eye on developments.

Pro-lifers key on Harper’s maternal health summit

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OTTAWA - Pro-life groups say they will keep a hopeful but watchful eye on an upcoming Toronto summit called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to address maternal, newborn and child health.

SEDI CEO Elizabeth Mulholland.

St. Michael’s looking to close health-wealth gap

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TORONTO - A team at St. Michael’s Hospital is working to curb the financial ailments of its low-income patients and help people realize that health is relative to wealth.

COLf director Michele Boulva.

‘Wishful thinking’ fuels speculation on marriage changes

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OTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) will continue to focus on the Church’s teaching on marriage in the face of “wishful thinking” it will change.

Newly ordained Bishop Christian Riesbeck, who will serve the Archdiocese of Ottawa, signals a coming of age for the Companions of the Cross. The order, founded by Fr. Bob Bedard, is just short of 30 years in existence and Riesbeck is the first member called to the episcopacy

Companions of the Cross make history

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OTTAWA - The March 19 episcopal ordination of Ottawa Auxiliary Bishop Christian Riesbeck marks a “coming of age” of the Companions of the Cross, an order that is not yet three decades old, says the order’s general superior.

Defence lawyer Matthew Webber and Fr. Joe LeClair, right, head to court in Ottawa March 19 for LeClair's sentencing on charges of theft, fraud and breach of trust.

Gambling-addicted priest gets one-year jail time for stealing from parish

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OTTAWA - Ottawa priest Fr. Joe LeClair received a one-year jail sentence March 19 for stealing $134,000 from parishioners to feed a pathological gambling addiction.

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