OTTAWA - On July 20, 2005 same-sex marriage became legal in Canada. Ten years later, Canada has experienced a steady erosion of religious freedom and conscience rights, undergone negative changes in sex education and parental rights, while also seeing a shift in the rights of children, according to several observers.
CCCB promotes dialogue with Muslims
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops have released a pamphlet to promote understanding and dialogue with Muslims meant to coincide with Id al-Fitr, the July 18 feast marking the end of Ramadan.
Saskatchewan Catholics called to 'Be not afraid' in battling euthanasia
By Catholic Register StaffREGINA - Saskatchewan’s bishops are urging the province’s Catholics to raise their voices in defence of life and human dignity for all.
OECTA preparing for job action when school starts
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterOntario's Catholic teachers have signalled that they are ready to strike just before school is set to resume in September.
Gift Box will unwrap horrors of trafficking for Pan Ams' visitors
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - With thousands expected in Toronto for the Pan Am Games this summer, Faith Alliance To End Human Trafficking's Gift Box project seeks to share with the city and its guests the horrors of selling souls.
20 years of feeding homeless
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The Street Patrol ministry not only feeds the homeless, it feeds the souls of those in service.
Celebrating Marian icon of love
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - In 1866, Pope Pius IX appointed the Redemptorists as custodians of the 15th-century icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help with the mission to “make her known throughout the world.”
The morality of a cap-and-trade system
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Ontario government is steaming ahead with a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gasses despite a clear warning from Pope Francis about buying and selling “carbon credits.”
Timmins diocese investigates cemetery mystery
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTIMMINS, Ont. - Alex Cande and his brother Marcel Mandeville are stirring up trouble and searching for the graves of their dead ancestors.
Family of Faith tops the $100-million mark
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterWith five months of fundraising still to go, the Family of Faith campaign has passed the magic $100 million mark and has reached 97 per cent of its minimum objective.
Canadian numbers on the rise for families’ conference
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterNearly 500 Canadians have already signed up to be in Philadelphia with Pope Francis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families.