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Muslims, Jews and Christians of East York got together Oct. 21 along the Danforth in Toronto to demand action on poverty as part of the Dignity For All Chew On This campaign.

One in six Canadians are poor, Citizens of Public Justice report says

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Helping 5.8 million Canadians out of poverty isn’t a charity project. It’s about building a better economy and living up to the human rights we proclaim as a nation, said the author of a new report on poverty.

A Catholic abuse survivor said domestic abuse is more prevalent than most realize and that many victims have struggled to find help from medical professionals, the court system and the Catholic Church. October is observed as Domestic Abuse Awareness Month in North America.

Domestic abuse victims of Catholic marriages say escape is no easy matter

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VANCOUVER – Nothing could have prepared Adelaide for the nightmare that was 18 years of her life.
Oblate Fathers Mission School, Fort George, Quebec, January 1946 / École missionnaire des Pères Oblats, Fort George (Québec), janvier 1946

Quebec bishops denounce alleged Oblate sex abuses investigated, aired by Radio-Canada

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MONTREAL – In a statement issued a few minutes after the broadcast of a story from Radio-Canada investigating sexual abuse allegedly committed by 10 Oblate missionaries in First Nation communities, the Quebec Assembly of Catholic Bishops told of their "indignation and shame" for the "terrible tragedy of sexual and physical abuse of minors by members of the clergy or religious communities."
Maggie McAuley described the discrimination she faced as a pro-life student on campus at the University of Windsor, Ont. in a National Life Campus Network campaign last month.

Free speech policy in universities called ‘small Band-Aid’ on gaping wound

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VANCOUVER – Dehumanized. Spat on by a professor. Attacked. Assaulted.

To date, more than 250 vases have been stolen from three Catholic cemeteries in Mississauga.

Thieves target gravesite vases in Mississauga

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Peel police are investigating a rash of thefts at three Catholic cemeteries in Mississauga, Ont., where thieves have made off with bronze vases from gravesites.

Fr. Mark Miller says the challenge is to preserve spiritual care in a health care industry largely driven by technology.

St. Elizabeth Health Care sending message of HOPE

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When Archbishop Fergus P. McEvay started the St. Elizabeth Nurses in Toronto 110 years ago, it was all about the beginning of life. Four qualified midwives were stationed in the city’s poorer neighbourhoods to deliver babies, ensure the mother’s health and then get those babies baptized.

Archbishop Richard Smith speaks to reporters about the updated CCCB abuse prevention guidelines.

Archbishop Richard Smith outlines Canadian bishops' action plan on sex abuse

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EDMONTON – Trust in the Catholic Church has been broken in the wake of horrific reports of clergy sex abuse, but that trust can be restored, said Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith. 

A young boy rides his bike around his neighbourhood on an Indigenous reserve.

Lack of safe drinking water on reserves ‘disgraceful’, Canadian bishops say

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OTTAWA – The latest statement about drinking water from Canada’s bishops “might shock” some people, admits Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver.

Legal marijuana will have 'disastrous effects,' Canadian bishops say

Legal marijuana will have 'disastrous effects,' Canadian bishops say

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OTTAWA – Canada’s bishops reiterated their opposition to the legalization of recreational marijuana Wednesday, the same day that legal marijuana sales began across the country.
An oil well is seen near Ponca City, Okla. A new IPCC climate report reiterates that we need to end our dependency on fossil fuels.

‘Bold action’ urged in wake of UN report on climate change

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OTTAWA – Bold action on climate change is needed in the wake of an ominous report by the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change, says Development and Peace.

The WMA’s code of ethics has opposed euthanasia since the organization was founded in the wake of the Holocaust in 1947. The CMA contends the code of ethics should be updated to respect the positions of doctors in countries where the practice is now legal.

Euthanasia snub led to Canadian withdrawal from the World Medical Association, doctor says

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Canada’s sudden withdrawal from the World Medical Association is likely due to a Canadian delegation feeling wounded and angry after their proposal to alter the world body’s code of ethics on euthanasia was resoundingly rejected, according to a Canadian doctor.

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