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A new ban on foreign flags being flown at Toronto City Hall and civic centres will not prevent the Vatican flag from flying this year on Oct. 22 for Pope John Paul II.

The Archdiocese of Toronto will welcome more than 1,500 new adult Catholics across Easter Vigil celebrations this season.

It was on Good Friday in the heart of Old Montreal many years ago when, amid the quiet of faithful footsteps, John Zucchi had an interaction with a young girl he remembers to this day.

At St. Padre Pio Parish in Kleinburg, Ont., this year’s We Believe will add a striking new chapter to the parish’s young Passion Play legacy.

What does it mean to be sorry? To some, perhaps an apology is nothing more than a mere expression of remorse. Others question whether or not apologies require subsequent action as a step toward a restored relationship to be considered genuine.

Lay Catholics devoted to realizing synodality at the parish, diocesan and national levels are urging the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) to provide more visible leadership on this ecclesiastical mandate.

Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, advanced to the Senate. The House of Commons adopted it with a 186-137 vote at third reading.

Dominic Montpetit fondly recollects running the 42-kilometre marathon at the Great Canadian Death Race near Grand Cache, Alta., alongside his brothers and Bishop Mark Hagemoen of Saskatoon in 2022.

On the eve of Palm Sunday, youth from across the Archdiocese of Montreal will turn the city into a living Jerusalem in a five-kilometre procession of song and prayer from St. Joseph’s Oratory to Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to remind us that Holy Week begins with triumphant joy.

On a cold, crisp Ottawa morning, a crowd of approximately 2,000 packed Rogers Centre in the shadow of Parliament Hill today to celebrate Canada’s Christian heritage and to pray together for unity in a divided world.