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Phil Horgan, president of the Catholic Civil Rights League.

Union ‘intransigence’ at heart of Tory motion

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OTTAWA - With the Conservative Party aiming to take a hard line with unions, a number of Catholic voices are speaking out, both pro and con.

Brazilian Archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro shakes hands with Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, after he gave a presentation at a gathering of bishops and church leaders at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Nov. 16. The leaders from the Americas met Nov. 16-19 to discuss the new evangelization in the Americas.

Church is about mission, not maintenance, says Ottawa archbishop

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MEXICO CITY - Archbishop Terrence Prendergast of Ottawa, Ont., recalled once having a parish that needed a new furnace and was considering hiring a youth pastor. The parishioners raised $90,000 in three weeks for the furnace, but failed to find funds for the youth pastor, figuring there were few young people to serve.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a quadrupling of Canada’s aid to the typhoon stricken Philippines on Nov. 18, 2013.

Canada to quadruple emergency aid to Philippines

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TORONTO - In a crowded church basement, surrounded by boxes of emergency supplies donated and packed by parishioners, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a quadrupling of Canada’s aid to the typhoon stricken Philippines.

A woman retrieves a teddy bear from a pile of debris in the aftermath Typhoon Haiyan in Tanauan, Philippines, Nov. 14. The powerful storm killed an estimated 2,500 people and left hundreds of thousands displaced in the central Philippines.

Cardinal supports Filipino community during typhoon aftermath

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Toronto - The love we have for one another is hope and peace in this dark hour, says Cardinal Thomas Collins at a packed mass for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan at Our Lady of the Assumption parish, a hub for many Filipino Catholics.

Gina Magcalas (right) helps fellow Live-in Caregiver Program participants fill out some paperwork while visiting the Live-in Caregivers’ Ministry at Our Lady of Assumption parish.

Caregivers cautiously await minister’s vow coming to fruition

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TORONTO - While pleased the federal government has committed to clearing up the backlog of permanent residency applications through its Live-in Caregiver Program, Faye Arellano is waiting to see the results before she begins to jump with joy.

Michelle and Jared Brock

Inside the sex trade

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With the legalization of buying and selling sex soon to be decided at Canada’s Supreme Court, a new documentary is taking Canadians to places where prostitution and sexual exploitation are either flourishing or dying off and asks why this is the case.

People line up for food and water in typhoon-battered Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 14. The city was devastated by the powerful Typhoon Haiyan and a tsunami-like wall of seawater believed to have killed thousands.

Flood of money follows typhoon

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As of Friday morning, Nov. 15,  Canada’s Catholic aid agency had raised over a quarter million dollars in emergency relief for the typhoon stricken Philippines.

Tim Lau

Happy parents make happy kids

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OTTAWA - Psychiatrist Tim Lau has a prescription for happiness based on what he has learned from his patients, his wife and his six children.

Elder John Robinson of the Native People’s parish leads an opening prayer in the four sacred directions of native spirituality at St. Paul’s Basilica in Toronto Nov. 10.

Praying for the persecuted

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TORONTO - If you are what you pray for, Toronto is now one with the thousands of Christians around the world who suffer for their faith.

Public health workers need to think more about the ethical dimensions of what they do and how it affects their clients, says St. Michael’s Hospital scientist Diego Silva.

Stronger ethics needed in public health

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TORONTO - People working in the public health field need to think more about the ethical dimensions of what they are doing, a St. Michael’s Hospital scientist argues in a commentary published this month in the Canadian Journal of Public Health.

Fr. Mark Miller

Everyone needs advance care directives

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TORONTO - Doing the right thing is important. But who gets to do it matters almost as much, medical ethicist Fr. Mark Miller told about 70 people gathered for a Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute lecture.

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