Thanks to food security grants totalling $750,000 from ShareLife, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto and a generous anonymous donor, 34 food banks or meal programs received a welcome and timely financial boost.

Sr. Surabhila������Ƶapp face glows with joy and an inner serenity that belies her horrific ordeal at the hands of terrorist kidnappers.

The "silent acceptance" of famine in the world is a "scandalous injustice and a grave offense" that requires the unified attention of the international system, Pope Francis said.

Inspired by Sirach 21:5, Pope Francis declared “the prayer of the poor rises up to God” as the theme statement for the 2024 World Day of the Poor. 

St. Catharines in Ontario's Niagara Region is not unlike other cities around the country when it comes to the high numbers of people using area food banks.

A new report shows 26 per cent of 1,515 Canadian adults polled indicate they are “extremely concerned about having enough income to cover their basic needs,” with seven per cent of respondents saying they have had to turn to food banks, food hampers or community meal programs, up from six per cent in October 2023.

Fed up with the growing food insecurity they see each day, chefs are teaming up with young cooking students to tackle the issue in Toronto with “Get Fed Up 2024.”  

While it might seem a good-news story that Good Shepherd Ministries served more than 1,200 meals to hundreds of grateful guests on Easter Sunday, it merely highlights a staggering trend in the rise of food bank usage in Toronto and beyond.

Leaders from the Yonge Street Mission (YSM) declared to over 200 Catholic Women������Ƶapp League (CWL) members living in the Greater Toronto Area that they can all make a difference in the fight against hunger.

The Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) has opened St. Gemma Outreach School for students in vital need of extra support.