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Catholic doctors are concerned that they will be forced to provide an “effective referral” for patients seeking assisted suicide. It has some thinking they may have to resort to civil disobedience to get around the policy being set by physician colleges.

Catholic health workers face crisis of conscience

TORONTO – Dr. Luigi Castagna doesn’t think of practicing medicine as a protest movement. But a stalemate over conscience rights for doctors who object to physician-assisted dying may change that.

Jesus sought the lost and reminded them they are also children of God, writes Fr. Scott Lewis.

Mercy will put you on the path to God

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Oct. 30 (Wisdom 11:23-12:2; Psalm 145; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10)

It is easy to feel insignificant while gazing up at a starry night or looking at photos of countless galaxies taken from the Hubble telescope. We could come away with the feeling that we don’t count for much.

Fr. Ron Rolheiser writes about the difference between meditation and contemplation.

Reaching God through true contemplation

Contemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practised, is subject today to considerable skepticism in a number of circles. For example, the method of prayer, commonly called Centreing Prayer, popularized by persons like Thomas Keating, Basil Bennington, John Main and Laurence Freeman, is viewed with suspicion by many people who identify it with anything from “New Age” to Buddhism to “Self-Seeking” to atheism.

A mother embraces her son in Amatrice, Italy, following an earthquake Aug. 24.

Vatican raffle to benefit earthquake victims in central Italy

VATICAN CITY – Along with the Christmas-tree lighting ceremony and the unveiling of the Nativity creche, Pope Francis' raffle to benefit those in need is becoming an annual holiday tradition at the Vatican.

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the new superior general of the Jesuits, speaks at a press conference in Rome Oct. 18. Also pictured are Jesuit Father Patrick Mulemi, director of the Jesuits' Rome communications office, and Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, former Vatican spokesman.

Jesuits called to reconcile humanity with God, new superior says

ROME – Jesuits are called to face the challenges of today's world and contribute toward "reconciliation among human beings and, at the same time, a reconciliation with God and creation," the newly elected Jesuit superior general said.

Picture of the Vatican bank from July 2016. An agreement between the Holy See and Italy regarding taxation surround the Vatican bank came into effect Oct. 15.

Holy See, Italy tax agreement regarding the Vatican bank goes into effect

VATICAN CITY – Individuals and entities that have accounts at the Vatican bank and are subject to taxation in Italy will have until mid-April to report to Italian authorities the income earned by their Vatican accounts.

Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates the canonization Mass for seven new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 16.

Canonization of seven new saints

Pope Francis on Sunday canonized seven new Saints including Argentina's “gaucho priest'' Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero.

Pilgrims hold a banner of new St. Ludovico Pavoni before the canonization Mass for seven new saints celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 16.

Pope canonizes seven saints who 'fought the good fight of faith'

VATICAN CITY – The seven new saints of the church were holy not because of their own efforts but because of "the Lord who triumphs in them and with them," Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis poses with people during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 12. Pope Francis told thousands of grandparents in a belated celebration of Italy’s Grandparents’ Day Oct. 15 that they must uphold values that bring hope and wisdom to younger generations.

Promote culture of life, inclusion, hope, Pope tells grandparents

VATICAN CITY – In a world that glorifies physical strength and appearances, grandparents must uphold the values that really matter and bring hope and wisdom to younger generations, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, spoke at the CCCB plenary on 'Amoris Laetitia.'

Media reports miss ‘most beautiful aspects’ of 'Amoris Laetitia'

OTTAWA – The Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada has expressed disappointment that most media reports on the family-centred Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis have focused on homosexuality and on communion for the divorced and remarried.

From left to right: Father Lazer Shantoja, Father Giovanni Fausti, Father Anton Zogaj, Father Shtjefen Kurti. These four are among 38 communist-era Albanians to be beatified as martyrs on Nov. 5.

Persecuted by communists, 38 Albanians to be beatified

WARSAW, Poland – A priest who was shot for baptizing a child and a religious novice who died after she was tortured in a sack are among 38 Albanians to be beatified as martyrs Nov. 5, doubling the number of Catholics declared blessed from communist rule in Eastern Europe.

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