Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register
Pro-life opportunity knocking
Over 100 of the most impassioned and committed Canadian anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia activists will convene in Calgary for Cultivating a Culture of Life, a Pro-Life Action Conference.
Reaching for the top
St. Mary’s University leaders have publicly conveyed an aspiration for their Calgary-based school to emerge as the premier Canadian Catholic postsecondary learning centre.
New Premier to reverse New Brunswick gender changes
New Brunswick Premier-designate Susan Holt said one of her first orders of business will be reversing the parent-friendly changes to the province's gender policy when it comes to schools.
Bishops champion life over MAiD
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) and collaborating stakeholders have crystalized a vision of palliative care that champions life rather than medically assisted death.
New program reaches out to socially isolated
A December 2023 National Institute on Aging (NIA) report drew significant attention to social isolation by indicating that “as many as 41 per cent of Canadians aged 50 years and older are at risk” of this phenomenon.
Churches open up to mental health challenges
New research to be published next month shows progress has been made in normalizing mental illness and mental health challenges among Canadian Christian congregations.
Faith transforms pain into determination
Marshall McLuhan, Jean Chrétien, Moira McQueen, and very soon, Anita Imperioli.
Assumption University, a Roman Catholic higher-education institute federated with the University of Windsor, recently announced that Imperioli, the founder of the non-profit organization In Honour of the Ones We Love, is the 2024-25 recipient of its Christian Culture Series Gold Medal.
Alberta city looks to cancel Bishop Grandin
St. Albert, Alta.’s naming committee has received an application requesting the late Bishop Vital Justin Grandin’s name be removed from a prominent downtown neighbourhood.
Physicians, heal thyselves: Society seeks to heal, renew profession
Dr. Farr Curlin aligned with fellow U.S. physicians over the past several years to form The Hippocratic Society, a group aiming to restore moral formation and conscientious clinical judgment as cherished ideals in practising good medicine.