Mickey Conlon

Where many people would be tempted by the money they could reap by selling a property in a desirable Toronto location to condo developers, the Daughters of St. Paul are staying put to continue their mission in a place that is home. And has been home for decades. The sisters, rather than take the money and run, are renovating their building at 3022 Dufferin St. south of Lawrence Avenue and building the future of their media ministry in Toronto and beyond. “(It’s) our mission and desire really to…

New director not discouraged as network aims for 200 ‘green’ churches this year

Church doors may be closed and the opportunity for a communal celebration of the Eucharist have ceased for the time being, but the Mass will go on, said Cardinal Thomas Collins. Health restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have forced the cancellation of Sunday and daily Mass celebrations,...

Relief programs implemented by the federal government to counter the economic fallout from COVID-19 have staved off significant pay cuts for priests and saved staff at the Archdiocese of Toronto offices and parishes from layoffs. But the financial pain of the pandemic has been felt in a number of dioceses that lack the financial means to withstand the lack of resources coming in with the cessation of Sunday Masses.With churches closed, the main source of revenue has abruptly stopped. “The reason…

Viewership has skyrocketed, appreciative comments are flowing in from around the world and the phone is ringing constantly in the Markham, Ont., offices of the National Catholic Broadcasting Council. It certainly isn’t business as usual. That’s a good thing for Deacon Mike Walsh and the council that...

It’s a cliché heard all the time: “This is a movie that is so right for its time.” Perhaps it’s never been truer when it comes to Love and Mercy: Faustina. It’s a film that tells the birth and growth of the devotion to Divine Mercy by St. Faustina Kowalska, and if ever the world needed to understand...

Fr. John Mullins has witnessed the ‘shocking’ impact at Canada’s busiest airport

Reconciliation will be the major theme for the annual Cardinal’s Dinner in the Archdiocese of Toronto on Nov. 23. It will be held virtually again in these continuing pandemic days of 2021, with a distinct focus on the Church and its relationship with Indigenous peoples. The theme of the event will b…

The Saskatchewan government has tabled its Parents’ Bill of Rights Act — complete with the notwithstanding clause — to prevent children under the age of 16 from changing their names or pronouns without parental consent. The Saskatchewan Party had introduced legislation last month but a judge granted an injunction at the end of September pausing the pronoun policy. Premier Scott Moe vowed to recall the legislature early and re-introduce the law and invoke the notwithstanding clause, which he did…

A decades-old sexual assault allegation has entwined the priest who stands accused and a bishop who is now under a Vatican probe for allegedly not taking the complaint seriously. A lawsuit launched in March has accused Fr. Thomas Rosica, the national director of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, of s...