Where there's providence, there's a way
Women religious on university front lines
Religious demand cleaner economy
More than 200 Catholic sisters from across Canada want Ottawa to deny a bailout to the oil and gas industry and invest in building a cleaner, low-carbon economy after COVID-19.
Charles Lewis: Religious liberty is fading fast
We are witnessing a collapse of religious freedom in Canada. Anyone who doubts it is naïve or completely uniformed. There may be some who simply cannot believe this is happening in a modern democracy. But it is.
Quebec’s Bill 21 puts religious freedom at risk
OTTAWA - In pursuit of a secular state, Quebec is wrong to limit religious freedom, said the president of Quebec’s assembly of bishops after the province tabled a controversial bill that will bar many provincial employees from wearing religious clothing and symbols on the job.
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Secretary of State's visit to Russia later this month comes at a crucial juncture for the country, and is packed with both political and religious significance.
Aspiring religious delay entry to pay off debt
WASHINGTON – For some aspiring priests and religious, the biggest obstacle to pursuing their vocation is student debt.
Comment: Education is the best way to tackle bigotry
My first thought, upon hearing the news of the massacre at the mosque in Ste. Foy, was that there must be a special place in hell for those who kill men at prayer, all the moreso in a house of worship.
Look around. Three in 10 people you see claim they are pretty satisfied with life, happy, healthy and moral, too.
Obama pleads for tolerance in first visit to U.S. mosque
CATONSVILLE, Md. - In times of rising Islamophobia, U.S. President Barack Obama made a plea for religious tolerance during his first presidential visit to an American mosque.
In praise of religious women
TORONTO - During his visit last month to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Francis described women religious as “women of strength” who work on the “frontlines in the proclamation of the Gospel.”
Pope makes passionate plea for religious freedom
Philadelphia, Penn. - American composer Aaron Copland’s stirring “Fanfare for the Common Man” greeted a most uncommon pope, who proceeded to speak to America’s better angels on behalf of common men and women, who thronged Independence Mall in their thousands hoping to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis.
Ethiopians yearn for religious experience
Tomics tickle the Catholic funny bone
If God truly has a sense of humour, He would probably enjoy reading the Tomics Collection book by Tom Gould.
Tomics are weekly “religious funnies” published by The Catholic Fellows, a lay ministry that fosters men’s spiritual fellowship. Every Friday, their website features a new comic strip inspired by Scripture readings, lives of the saints or Catholic teaching.