Archbishop Prendergast calls for support for a culture of life
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - As the federal government prepares to begin consultations in order to draft euthanasia and assisted suicide legislation, the archbishop of Ottawa issued a pastoral letter that called on people to support a culture of life.
Civil liberties’ group onside with campus pro-lifers
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Pro-life groups at Ontario universities have gained an influential ally in their fight for free speech on campus.
The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) released a position paper on April 29 opposing “the evident statutory and institutional bias that exists in Ontario against the free-expression rights of pro-life campaigners.”
Catholics join efforts to save Yezidi
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - For Ghina Al-Sewaidi — lawyer, Muslim and Iraqi-Canadian — the correct word to describe Islamic State attacks on Yezidi and Mandaean people is genocide. The correct response is to sponsor the survivors through Canada’s refugee system.
OCY to launch urban missionary program
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When discussing missionary work, it is easy to picture evangelization in small rural communities in remote corners of the world. However, there is missionary work to be done in big cities as well.
Dialogue is a Church reality
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When Pope Francis talks about dialogue he’s not advancing an agenda or solving the political problems of the Church, Saskatoon’s Bishop Don Bolen told audiences in Waterloo, Ont., and Toronto at a pair of lectures on ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
Mulroney takes world view of Catholic education
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The diplomat’s take on what it means to be educated includes getting out of your country and out of your comfort zone. For incoming University of St. Michael’s College president David Mulroney, his diplomat’s understanding of education also happens to be Catholic.
CNEWA Canada marks 10th anniversary with urgent appeal for Iraq and Syria
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - As Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) Canada marks its 10th anniversary this year, it is making an urgent appeal for continued help for imperilled families under Islamic State siege in Iraq and Syria.
Canada's bishops, D&P launch emergency campaign for Nepal
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada's Catholic bishops and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) have launched a joint emergency campaign to help earthquake victims in Nepal.
Ontario marks Catholic Student Youth Day May 7
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The efforts of a few is bringing acknowledgement to all Catholic students as the province prepares to celebrate the first Ontario Catholic Student Youth Day on May 7.
Mother of one of 43 “disappeared” Mexican students testifies on Hill
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - A Mexican group that includes the mother of one of 43 students who disappeared from a teacher-training college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, is asking Canada to take Mexico off its list of safe countries.
Toronto's Ethiopians rally against Islamic State brutality
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Close to 1,000 Ethiopian immigrants — a mix of Orthodox, Protestant and Muslim — gathered in the late afternoon and evening of April 28 in Dundas Square to mourn together the death of two Ethiopian migrant workers murdered April 19 in Libya by Islamic State militants.