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Toronto - Ƶapp one year after celebrating the 70th anniversary of his ordination, Bishop Emeritus Pearse Lacey has died. the Toronto native passed away on April 2. He was in his 98th year.
Astronaut Hadfield gives students an out-of-this-world experience
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Despite having only played guitar for four years, Joseph Nariducci felt like a rock star for a few minutes as he shared the stage with a man who has actually lived among the real stars.
Dual events to rejuvenate Catholic women and girls
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Raising daughters today is difficult because much of what they learn at home is attacked by modern culture, says Dorothy Pilarski, Catholic mom and author.
Focolare spreading the love for 70 years
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The Canadian wing of the world-wide Focolare movement brought together interfaith leaders from Catholic, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu faiths March 20 to celebrate the memorial of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich at TorontoƵapp Noor Cultural Centre.
Next global extinction on its way
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere have been five mass extinctions in the last 540 million years. Science tells us a sixth is now underway. But only faith can tell us how we will live through it.
Board opening up the trades to girls
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Sharlyn Barahona always liked working with her hands but never thought of grasping a hammer, wrench or screwdriver professionally, until now.
St. MichaelƵapp looking to close health-wealth gap
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A team at St. MichaelƵapp Hospital is working to curb the financial ailments of its low-income patients and help people realize that health is relative to wealth.
Steubenville Toronto already sold out
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - TorontoƵapp inaugural Steubenville conference has already sold out, months in advance.
Think tank with Christian roots to change the lives of eight students
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterYou say you want a revolution? The Cardus think tank wants one too, and it plans to help eight young people make it happen.
Ordinandi Dinner attracts another sell-out crowd
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - More than 1,500 people crammed the Pearson Convention Centre in Brampton, Ont., on March 4 to wine, dine and celebrate seven soon-to-be priests at the Archdiocese of Toronto's 24th annual Ordinandi Dinner.
Pope Francis names six Toronto monsignors
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When Msgr. Gregory Ace received a call from Cardinal Thomas Collins his first reaction was a slight sense of panic.
“When the Cardinal called me he called me on my cellphone and when the Cardinal calls you kind of think, oh, am I in big trouble or something?”