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A nurse touches the hand of a palliative care patient.

Bishops champion life over MAiD

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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) and collaborating stakeholders have crystalized a vision of palliative care that champions life rather than medically assisted death.

Volunteers from the 2023-2024 St. Catharines Out of the Cold program work together to prepare takeaway meals for those in need.

Demand for Out of the Cold continues to grow

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St. Catharines in Ontario's Niagara Region is not unlike other cities around the country when it comes to the high numbers of people using area food banks.

Kathy Matusiak Costa (front), the executive director of Compassionate Community Care, led a volunteer training session for the charity’s new Community of Hope Outreach: Connecting with Seniors Project calling service at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Mississauga, Ont., Oct. 17.

New program reaches out to socially isolated

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A December 2023 National Institute on Aging (NIA) report drew significant attention to social isolation by indicating that “as many as 41 per cent of Canadians aged 50 years and older are at risk” of this phenomenon.

Joel Thiessen

Churches open up to mental health challenges

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New research to be published next month shows progress has been made in normalizing mental illness and mental health challenges among Canadian Christian congregations. 

From left, Father Michael McGivney Academy principal Camille Robinson with students Ethan Luvithas, an unidentified student and Deepta Yelamanchi.

Students aiding students in hard times

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As communities across the land deal with an ever-increasing affordability crisis, Ontario’s Catholic school boards are doing what they can to combat financial distress within their communities.

Alberta city looks to cancel Bishop Grandin

Alberta city looks to cancel Bishop Grandin

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St. Albert, Alta.’s naming committee has received an application requesting the late Bishop Vital Justin Grandin’s name be removed from a prominent downtown neighbourhood.

A pilgrim touches the reliquary containing a relic of the heart of Blessed Carlo Acutis during Sept. 21, 2024, public veneration at St. Anthony’s Church in Manchester, England. The relic of Blessed Carlo, who will be canonized in 2025, attracted more than 5,000 pilgrims during a Sept. 20-23 visit.

Blessed Carlo Acutis relic Ontario tour kicks off Oct. 31

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Can Blessed Carlo Acutis’ PlayStation 2 be considered a second-class relic? Some may be wondering this and other aspects of the soon-to-be teen saint’s life as the Catholic Church anticipates the canonization of its first millennial saint during next year’s Jubilee Year.
A banner depicting Canada-born Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, is displayed outside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 17, 2024, ahead of her canonization Oct. 20, 2024.

Mother Marie-Léonie Paradis Canada’s newest saint

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For the third time, a Canadian has been elevated to sainthood with the Oct. 20 canonization of St. Marie-Léonie Paradis.

Canadian Catholics turned up in force to celebrate the canonization of Quebec-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis in St. Peter’s Square, with bishops and priests, members of the congregation Paradis founded and devoted laity made the trip to Rome for the special occasion.

Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop Brian Dunn displays the monstrance ahead of the 4km Eucharist Procession where approximately 1000 people walked with Jesus through the streets of Halifax from Saint Agnes Church to Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica on Oct. 19.

Halifax experiences Eucharist's power

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Halifax-Yarmouth's first Eucharistic Congress wrapped up Oct. 20, drawing local faithful to numerous events over four days for prayer, reflection and worship. 

The climax, according to Aurea Sadi, a project coordinator of adult faith within the Office of Pastoral Life & New Evangelization, was a five-km procession Oct. 19 from St. Agnes Church to downtown Halifax's St. Mary Cathedral Basilica. The numbers that joined for this procession surprised even organizers.

The outside of Christian Church 'Church in Toronto' located at 671 Sheppard Ave. East, Toronto. Church in Toronto will be the site of this year's Proclamation events.

Taking the Word to Toronto streets

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The Archdiocese of Toronto is hosting three days of continuous, public Bible reading in an effort to unite Christians of various traditions and cultures.

At left, St. Joseph’s Centre of Hope for Women. St. Joseph’s Centre of Hope for Women is the only pro-life pregnancy centre in Canada located beside an abortion clinic, sharing a wall with Cabbagetown Women's Clinic at right.

St. Joseph's Centre celebrates life

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Like many others making their way through Toronto’s bustling morning rush hour, Frank E. D’Angelo starts his day like he has for years, with a simple cup of coffee. Instead of sipping on it at home, in gridlocked traffic or at his desk, he prefers to enjoy it on the landing steps of his crisis pregnancy centre: St. Joseph's Centre of Hope for Women in downtown Toronto.

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