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July 2, 2015

Timmins diocese investigates cemetery mystery

Two brothers believe a parish priest ordered to knock down the grave markers in a former Catholic cemetery in Timmins, Ont. almost 60 years ago.

TIMMINS, Ont. - Alex Cande and his brother Marcel Mandeville are stirring up trouble and searching for the graves of their dead ancestors.

Published in Canada
May 9, 2015

For Mother’s Day, a place to mourn the babies who never came home

Deacon Jim O’Rourke from the the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany, N.Y., right, speaks during a memorial service on April 28, 2015 at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Niskayuna, N.Y., for mothers who lost their children before and after birth.

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - The night she miscarried in 1968, Dorothy Caruso remembers remaining calm, as if she was watching someone else losing a much-wanted pregnancy. The baby was about three months along; she’d already bought a white baby sweater and a set of blocks.

Published in Faith
March 14, 2015

Historic cemetery inside Vatican walls a 'little piece of paradise'

Graves are seen in the Teutonic cemetery at the Vatican March 6. The history of the cemetery dates to Pope Leo III's grant of land to Charlemagne to build a hospice for pilgrims, a church, and a burial ground for German and Flemish pilgrims who died in Rome.

VATICAN CITY - A small, inconspicuous cemetery inside the Vatican walls made headlines recently with the burial of a Belgian homeless man, Willy Herteleer.

Published in Vatican
February 28, 2015

Scattering ashes not the reverent way to treat remains

In the Vancouver area the practice of illegally scattering cremated remains in public places is on the rise.

Scattering the ashes of the recently departed is a rising trend in Vancouver despite the practice breaking both civil and Canon Law.

Published in Canada
November 14, 2014

Cemetery found under Toronto church parking lot

A gravestone is uncovered under the parking lot at St. John the Evangelist Church in Toronto

TORONTO - In Toronto’s west end a long-forgotten, paved-over cemetery has been unearthed on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Church.

Published in Canada