Jesuits take their vow of poverty seriously, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need money. It just means they spend it on things that will help them work harder, longer and better on the spiritual well-being of everybody else.

TORONTO - It took drilling wells for more than four decades before Br. Anthony Canterucci realized that clean water wasn’t what the people of Tanzania needed most. So now he is building schools.

The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace is directing $5.4 million of Canadian government funding to Syrian refugees who are living outside official refugee camps.

TORONTO - Rather than simply treating the physical ailments associated with depression, doctors must view patients as interconnected spiritual and physical beings, believes Dr. Kenneth Fung.

TORONTO - To most Israelis and most of the world’s Jews, Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek wields a theological cudgel that threatens their very existence.

Toronto - The Office for Refugees Archdiocese of Toronto is hosting its next refugee settlement workshop Oct. 26 for parishes with an interest in helping relocate people fleeing some of the world’s most troubled areas.

TORONTO - The only route to reuniting Eastern and Western Christianity is to strengthen the primacy of the pope, according to Orthodox theologians.

And in Pope Francis they detect signs that a window to unity may be opening.

Toronto - The Church is both a global reality and local entity that works best when the two dimensions operate in an inseparable unison, Cardinal Thomas Collins told a packed audience Oct. 17 at the 34th annual Cardinal's Dinner.

OTTAWA - Catholic identity is at stake unless Catholic schools do a better job of making disciples, says Fr. James Mallon.

TORONTO - Catholic school principal Tony Casole is a champion — at least that’s how Kids Now sees him.