The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth hosted the youth-driven initiative Nightfever Jan. 21 at Halifax’s St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, offering passersby an invitation to join in prayer.
Josh Alexander takes next step to quash school suspension
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe legal fight continues for Josh Alexander, the 17-year-old who has been suspended from St. Joseph’s High School in Pembroke, Ont., since November 2022.
One woman crusade has outsized influence on federal government
By Anna FarrowJoyce Arthur and her Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) convinced the Trudeau government to kick pro-life organizations out of the Canada Summer Jobs program seven years ago.
Archdiocese fights rise in anti-Semitism
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterIn the face of rising anti-Semitism stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, the Archdiocese of Toronto is providing resources in support of the Jewish community.
Montreal marks diocesan service with annual Bourget Awards
By Anna FarrowAfter a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Archdiocese of Montreal announced the recipients of the Bourget awards for diocesan service, singling out four individuals and two groups.
Ecumenism can thrive in laity’s hands: prof
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterRev. Karen Petersen Finch is aiming to empower Christians to become knowledgeable and confident communicators of faith through a series of ecumenical lectures in Saskatchewan on Jan. 24 and 25.
Homeless crisis spurs King’s initiative expansion
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterIn the face of a nation gripped with a rising homeless crisis, King’s University College Community Support Centre has expanded its program to ensure it can continue to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people in the community.
RCMP say Nova Scotia rectory fire ‘suspicious’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMeteghan RCMP have opened an arson investigation after deeming a rectory fire next to the former St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S., to be “suspicious in nature.”
Database tracks persecution of Christians
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterGlobal Christian Relief (GCR) has launched a new searchable violent incidents database (VID) that chronicles all the violent attacks on Christians and people of faith around the world.
Win in Alberta for doctors’ conscience rights
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterPro-life organizations are celebrating the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s (CPSA) decision not to impose an “effective referral” mandate that would have forced health practitioners to violate conscience rights to facilitate objectionable procedures like assisted suicide or abortion.
Church burnings said to be ‘understandable’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAccording to the Catholic Civil Rights League’s (CCRL) database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery on May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.