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March 4, 2019

Angela Saldanha: What happened to Sabbath day?

A mother and her toddler attend Mass at Toronto's St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica Sep. 30, 2016.

My daughter, skyping from her home in Switzerland, remarked how quiet it was.  Very little traffic about, she said — all shops shut.

Published in Guest Columnists
June 1, 2018

Sports on Sundays OK, except when used to skip Mass, says Vatican

Pope Francis is presented with an American football helmet during a meeting with members of American Pro Football Hall of Fame June 2017 at the Vatican.
VATICAN – A new Vatican document cautions against the dangers of highly competitive children's sports, political and economic pressures on athletes to win '"at all costs" and the unsportsmanlike or violent behavior of fans.
Published in International
October 27, 2017

Speaking Out: How to make Halloween holy

Students dressed in costumes attend the annual Halloween carnival at Santa Cruz Catholic School in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 24.
When I was a child, my favourite part about Halloween was stopping at the “magnet lady’s house.”
Published in YSN: Speaking Out