VANCOUVER -- For the second year in a row, pro-lifers were prevented from gathering by the thousands on Government Street and the lawn in front of the legislature buildings in Victoria, B.C., due to various pandemic and travel-related restrictions.
Parish helps Chinese adapt in new land
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterIf you call Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) Chinese Catholic Church in Calgary these days, it’s likely pastor Fr. Joseph Nguyen will be the one picking up the phone.
Lindsay Shepherd carries on fight for free speech
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterJohn Carpay, the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) in Calgary, holds the conviction “that truth has the opportunity to emerge through debate, but if you censor debate, you silence truth.”
Sisters seek removal of Mike Harris from Chartwell board
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Loretto Sisters want some answers and some accountability from Canada’s largest for-profit operator of retirement homes and private long-term care facilities.
Feds’ daycare plan falls short, says Cardus
ByOTTAWA - The federal government’s much-hyped national daycare plan will cost up to four times the price tag the Liberals promised in its recent budget, according to the religious think tank Cardus.
Biden call fuels vaccine effort for poor nations
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAfter U.S. President Joe Biden’s surprise turnaround in favour of temporarily suspending patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines, Church leaders are redoubling their lobbying, hoping a World Trade Organization agreement will get vaccines into arms south of the equator.
Alberta churches dealt harshest COVID-19 measures in a year
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterHouses of worship were among the many sectors of Alberta society hit with the most stringent COVID-19 capacity guidelines since the first wave of the virus last spring. New regulations are limiting in-person worship services to 15 people in high case areas, down from the 15 per cent of building fire code capacity.
Hundreds ignore restrictions to join March for Life
ByOTTAWA - The ongoing COVID pandemic could not silence Canada’s pro-life movement as hundreds marched through the streets of the nation’s capital May 13 while thousands more gathered online for the annual March for Life.
Bill 21 ruling headed to Quebec Court of Appeal
ByOTTAWA - Two organizations trying to have Quebec’s secularism law Bill 21 — which bans public sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work — overturned by the courts will be joining the provincial government in appealing an April 20 court decision that upheld most of the controversial law.
A backbench MP who gets things done
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterLiberal MP John McKay doesn’t give a damn whether he’s in cabinet or not. But he does give a damn.
ShareLife campaign off to a steady start
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSupport for the 2021 ShareLife parish campaign is off to a promising start as the fundraising arm of the Archdiocese of Toronto has accumulated over $3.2 million following the first of three ShareLife Sundays.