Luke Stocking: Time to overcome fear
How little it takes. How few people cross our borders before we allow narratives of fear to start taking hold of us.
Catholic youth bring 'zeal' for faith, policy as Holy See interns at U.N.
Young trustee candidates see age as advantage in leading at Catholic school boards
Study proposes merging Ontario’s Catholic and public boards, heating up a long-running debate
It isn’t just polls that show more than half of Ontarians wish there were no publicly funded Catholic schools.
Speaking Out: I want to be a prime minister
When I was five and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be the first female prime minister of Canada.
Tories adopt several pro-life stands
OTTAWA – While divided on abortion, the Conservative Party has adopted policies to remove the controversial pro-abortion attestation requirement of the Canada Summer Jobs program and to end funding for overseas abortion as part of Canada’s maternal and child health program.
Editorial: Listen to parents on sex ed
It’s probably a safe bet that Ontario’s new premier has never read Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae, which reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on marriage, parenthood, procreation and contraception.
Ontario sex-ed curriculum back to drawing board
OTTAWA – The repeal of Ontario’s controversial sex education curriculum by the new government has elicited reactions ranging from jubilation to gloom among Catholic education stakeholders.
Nicaraguan bishops to inform Pope of worsening crisis
Anyone looking for hope from the June 15 Supreme Court of Canada decision on Trinity Western University can find it shining in the pages of the judgment itself.
Refugee sponsors brace for budget crunch
The churches that sponsor refugees may be nervous about their budgets over the next three years, but they will probably get through the coming flood of refugee arrivals, according to the organization that represents sponsorship agreement holders across the country.