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June 17, 2015

St. Michael's Cathedral closed over safety issues

St. Michael’s Cathedral will closed completely from June 17 to mid-December due to safety reasons.

TORONTO - A sudden decision to close St. Michael’s Cathedral will scatter cathedral parishioners to other downtown parishes on Sundays for the next nine months while structural repairs and renovations continue on the historic church.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
May 13, 2015

TTC ends Sunday streetcar stops outside of churches for ‘safety’

This streetcar stop outside Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church on Broadview Avenue, along with 41 others, is to be discontinued by the TTC as of June 7.

TORONTO - For almost 100 years in Toronto, thousands of Sunday worshippers have relied on Sunday only streetcar stops to help get them to church on time.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
March 10, 2015

Pope grants interview about his safety, politics, virtual relationships

Pope Francis meets with young people while visiting St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Parish on the outskirts of Rome March 8.

VATICAN CITY - A religious procession, a brainstorm session and a few glasses of wine led a group of residents gathered in a shantytown on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to come up with a plan to interview Pope Francis.

Published in Vatican
February 26, 2015

Where is it safe to be Jewish?

Israeli emergency personnel carry the body of a victim from the scene of an attack at a Jerusalem synagogue Nov. 18.

JERUSALEM - Where is it safe for Jews to live?

Published in Fr. Raymond de Souza
February 12, 2015

Dublin archbishop appalled by delay in applying child safety guidelines

Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, center, talks with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, before the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9.

DUBLIN - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said he would seek assurances from religious congregations operating in his diocese that they are rigidly following child protection guidelines after a fresh round of audits raised serious concerns.

Published in International