TORONTO - Olivia Chow, John Tory and long-shot candidate Ari Goldkind all offered prayers for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who was being treated in hospital with a stomach tumour detected the evening before Toronto mayoralty candidates were to answer questions from faith leaders at Metropolitan United Church.
Families encouraged to promote life, peace and love
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is urging families to live up to a vocation of promoting life, peace and a culture of love.
Faith leaders urge peace and action
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The people came to pray and were told to act.
Imams decry ISIS ‘barbarism,’ ‘satanic deeds’ at Ottawa rally
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Religious leaders, including two Imams, denounced the barbarism of the Islamic State and urged the protection of Iraqi Christians and other minorities during a Parliament Hill rally on Sept. 6.
Internally displaced Iraqi Christians not refugees
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Mahir Aboudi’s aging mother and father — on the run from the Islamic State and holed up with thousands of refugees in Irbil, Kurdistan — can’t join their son and his family in Canada as refugees because they haven’t yet crossed an international border, Conservative cabinet member Jason Kenney told Aboudi and his family.
Scarborough Retirement maintains strong Catholic ties throughout 25 years
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - For the past 25 years Scarborough Retirement Centre has been providing Catholic seniors a like minded community where they can comfortably live out their golden years.
Parish, school join forces to save humanitarian project
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterRICHMOND HILL, ONT. - When a humanitarian project that turned old milk bags into sleeping mats stalled, Cathie Furfaro found new partners for the initiative at the nearby parish.
Euthanasia no way to promote human rights, dignity, coalition argues
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterKilling off the old, the infirm and the disabled won’t promote the human rights, dignity or freedom of anybody, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition argues in a factum submitted to the Supreme Court of Canada Aug. 28.
Hope for children through the power of education
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Amanda, a former youth-in-care with the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, is acutely aware that her 19-month-old son’s future is dependent on her success in school.
D&P receives $1 million in aid to help displaced Iraqis
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada is giving $1 million to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace to help displaced Iraqis.
Anti-euthanasia groups focus on court challenge
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWith the Supreme Court of Canada preparing to hear arguments on assisted suicide in October, Quebec's anti-euthanasia doctors have no time to win public support for their cause. All their energy is focused on persuading Supreme Court judges.