1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (540+ words) Screenshot from 'The Ten Commandments' movie. Noah got drunk. David had an affair. Thomas was a doubter. Paul was a murderer. Moses had a stutter. These declarations from one of my favourite memes candidly express how God uplifts the unlikeliest…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (975+ words) Possible future Toronto saint shows joy of redemptive suffering Sr. Carmelina Tarantino of the Passionist Sisters of St. Paul of the Cross, who could perhaps become the first Toronto-based saint down the road, is the subject of a future feature…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (749+ words) A scene from last year's "This is Jesus" Passion Play put on by St. Padre Pio Parish in Vaughan, Ont. This year's performance, We Believe, marks the parish's fourth unique offering. At St. Padre Pio Parish in Kleinburg, Ont., this…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (620+ words) Lenten 40 runners in Saskatoon tackle the 41.9-kilometre course as a pair or as a relay team of four. Dominic Montpetit fondly recollects running the 42-kilometre marathon at the Great Canadian Death Race near Grand Cache, Alta., alongside his brothers and…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (662+ words) Program gives students tools to succeed in food industry Students comprising the inaugural cohort of Puratos' Father Michael Goetz Bakery School on the launch of the program. In a first for Canada, Puratos is bringing professional-level baking education to high…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (893+ words) Mappa mundi: Mapping the Medieval World will explore how medieval people configured their world and how medievalists are employing mapping to better understand that world In her long-ago book on English medieval gardens, historian Teresa McLean brings down to earth…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (712+ words) Man of the Shroud toured churches nationwide Visitors examine the replica Shroud of Turin during a past Man of the Shroud exhibition at St. Joseph Church in Langley, B.C. The Man of the Shroud Exhibition, a long-standing blend of faith, science…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (777+ words) On March 17, as the world's 80 million people of Irish descent celebrate Ireland's national patron St. Patrick -- a Briton who brought Christianity to the island in 432 -- the Irish convent school that gave the world Oscar-winning actress Jessie Buckley is brimming with…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (504+ words) The life story of Fran'ois Gendron (1618-1668), a French surgeon who served the Jesuit mission to the Wendat from 1643 to 1649, alongside St. Jean de Brebeuf and other Canadian Martyrs, utterly captivated University of Alberta professor Micah True." " " " "It's a cinematic story,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (463+ words) Notre Dame alumni coach Lou Holtz speaks to his team before the start of the Notre Dame Japan Bowl football game against Japan in Tokyo July 25, 2009. Holtz, a legendary college football coach and devout Catholic who led the University of…...