Luke Mandato

While many around the world mark 81 years since the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Catholics, fellow Christians and Jews will gather at Toronto’s Darchei Noam Congregation to remember the Shoah not as mere history, but as a continued living call to action to turn past tragedy into present solidarity against hatred in its many forms.

One parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto is taking step to relight the torch for Venerable Bishop Frederic Baraga.

With growth and fullness on the back of full parishes, rising vocations and a newly expanded mission in Quebec, the Ottawa-based Companions of the Cross enter the 2026 General Assembly not only to elect the order’s newest General Superior, but to discern how God continues its call to keep the Church explosively alive.

Randy Boyagoda has examined why Catholicism at large seems to have shifted in fashion — it's "cool again" as per a recent column he wrote — and why that isn’t automatically a “good” thing.

The Diocese of Hamilton and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada are hoping a unique combination of film and post-screening discussions will spark dialogue and sustained change with its ninth Reel Justice Film Festival collaboration.

Centuries after foundress Mary Ward prophesied that “Women in time to come will do much," her Loretto Sisters are seeing Ward's promise alive and well in generations of young women and graduates.

Midland, Ont.'s Martyr’s Shrine is preparing for what could be its most eventful and spiritually vibrant year to date, with the historic site of worship and encounter hosting dual celebrations for its centennial and quadricentennial in 2026.

Catholic charities in Canada have gone into the new year going against the grain, as many seemingly defy a new report that highlights the steepest decline in charitable giving in the country since 2006.

Thinking on the current crossroads that many find themselves facing as the inevitable end-of-life decisions await them, Larry Worthen loathes the truth that dying in a country that promotes assisted death has come to render many of the faithful's final days a mere quiet crisis of conscience.

Even as an institution with 173 years of independent Catholic education and character formation behind it, Toronto’s St. Michael’s College School continues as it breaks new ground in student engagement with its inaugural TEDxYouth@SMCS event on Jan. 16.