At least 29 deacons, 120 priests, 19 bishops, a nuncio, a cardinal, dozens of religious and seminarians, and hundreds of faithful people gathered at St. Joseph Basilica in Edmonton, Alberta on the evening of September 3 to celebrate the ordination of Bishop Gregory Bittman. It was announced on July 14, 2012 that the Holy Father ...read more

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, former Archbishop of Milan, died today at the age of 85. Cardinal Martini published more than 40 books, and was said to have a working knowledge of 11 languages. He was known as a strong pastor who did not shy away from controversial issues, promoting discussion about issues such as roles ...read more

Registration for WYD Rio 2013 is officially open.  Pilgrims must be registered in groups and the number of pilgrims in each group cannot be more than 50. Each pilgrim group needs to have a leader and a second-leader.  If the groups are co-ed the team leaders should be a man and a woman. All Canadian ...read more

Today’s photo comes from Deacon Pedro Guevara Mann who participated in the Our Lady of Guadalupe Pilgrimage to the Canadian Martyr’s Shrine in Midland, Ontario. Hispanics from across the Archdiocese of Toronto gather every year in Midland for this special Marian event. ...read more

A woman walks down a city street, glancing at storefront windows as she goes by. Suddenly she stops, walks backwards a few paces, and turns to look through a window. She spends a few moments looking through the window, glancing at the other objects in the window, yet her eye seems drawn to one item ...read more

If you’ve outlawed religion and politics when dining with the in-laws, then you should avoid bringing up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at your Labour Day BBQ. This volatile mixture of policy and prophecy will singe everyone on the patio, and becomes even more combustible with a little alcohol. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a ...read more

Today on Perspectives, Pope Benedict’s weekly Angelus, an Archbishop riven from Syria, Pakistani Christian children being slaughtered and the the Canadian Church seeks to help those in need. ...read more

St. Monica with her son, St. Augustine. This week we celebrate two saints who belong to the same family. More incredibly, one is responsible conversion of the other. We’re speaking, of course,  about St. Monica and St. Augustine. St. Monica was born in Tagaste, which is now Algeria. Because of her name and place of ...read more

Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. To his saving power open the boundaries of states, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization, and development. Do not be afraid. Christ knows what is in man. He alone knows it. So often today man does not know what is within ...read more

When you first heard about the food crisis in the Sahel — if you’re not learning about it now, for the first time — you probably felt a sense of déjà vu. Wasn’t it just last year that a major famine struck Africa? Yes, but that was the Horn of Africa, consisting of Somalia, Ethiopia, ...read more