The resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and the prorogation of Parliament may have postponed a non-confidence vote and an immediate election, but has not averted the risk of certain organizations losing their charitable status.

Gunfire and shouts of jubilation echoed through the streets of Damascus, Syria������Ƶapp capital, as rebel forces opposed to Bashar Assad������Ƶapp government took control of the city on Dec. 7 and proclaimed an end to the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty.

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

Red light, illuminating St. Michael������Ƶapp Cathedral in Toronto on the night of Nov. 20 stood in sharp contrast to the darkness of the city������Ƶapp skyline.

A storm of questions and concerns has broken over the new directive prohibiting military chaplains from invoking God at public military events, prompting Scott McCaig, Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Canada (a special diocese that covers all military personnel) to issue a statement pointing to the inconsistencies and lack of clarity in the new “spiritual reflection policy.”

A miracle of peace and interreligious harmony in a region deeply wounded by struggle and violence, Bethlehem University, the only Catholic University in the city, offers more than a quality higher education to its students— about 80 percent of whom are Muslims. 

As airstrikes continue to pound southern Lebanon, adding one more catastrophe to the avalanche of tragedies that have pushed its people to the limits of human endurance, churches and humanitarian organizations are urgently seeking help from international donors to provide emergency relief to millions fleeing their homes in desperation.

It������Ƶapp a long way from Montreal to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. So long that you may never get there. Because your plane might have to fly over some of the most dangerous airspaces in the world. 

A unique research project out of King������Ƶapp University College in London, Ont., has given a a face and a voice to Yazidis who settled in Canada, a decade after Islamists attempted to eradicate them from this world.

A prolonged economic crisis, exacerbated by the spill-over effects of the war in Gaza, is causing an increasing number of Catholic schools, the mainstay of the education system in Lebanon, to close their doors, say officials of Catholic charities and educators battling to help these institutions to survive.