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TORONTO - Salesian Father Michael Pace need not look far to see vocations in many forms. One of his younger sisters is a consecrated Missionary of Charity in San Francisco, his brother and two older sisters are each married with 20 children between them, and his other younger sister, Antoinette, has discerned a call to the single life and works as her parish’s lay pastoral associate.

In early March, the online magazine Slate posted a study on its crime blog about “religious” criminals. The study, originally published in an academic journal called Theoretical Criminology, found that religion might actually encourage crime. The sample consisted of 48 “hardcore” offenders from Atlanta. All of them identified themselves with the Christian faith.

Toronto native Wanda O’Brien landed in India at the start of this year, ready to begin a new international adventure.

OTTAWA - Youth don’t see the need for religion, according The god Monologues, a play presented by a newly formed ministry of the United Church that seeks to unite faith and the arts through various programs

Choosing between an all-girls high school and a co-ed high school is a tough choice for teenage girls. It can determine the quality of their education and their future circle of friends.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has confirmed he will be attending World Youth Day in Brazil this July.

Dolce & Gabbana has borrowed from the Catholic Church for its latest fashion line.

I haven’t been a Catholic long enough for the death of Blessed Pope John Paul II and the subsequent papal election to have mattered much to me. A Baptist teen at the time, I was somewhat interested in the goings-on around this strange, other form of Christianity, but my i nvolvement ended there.

Students from Hamilton, Ont.’s Corpus Christi Catholic Elementary School pulled on their boots before setting out to pray March 27.

CALGARY - Good friends Janeillia Carr, 26, and Stephanie Paas, 24, have a lot in common. Both are single mothers of five-year-old boys — Malaki and Timothy — who were born six days apart. And both have struggled with faith, trying different Christian denominations before deciding to become Catholic this Easter.