Quebec sexual abuse victims settle class action for $30 million
By Francois Gloutnay, Catholic News ServiceMONTREAL - About 150 former pupils and boarders of the former Montreal Institute for the Deaf who were sexually abused between 1940 and 1982 will share $30 million after their class action was settled.
Ontario sorry for attempt to ‘crush’ French culture
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The Anglo-Protestant attempt to crush French Catholic culture in Ontario got rare acknowledgement from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Feb. 22 as she stood in the legislature to apologize for Regulation 17.
Conscience can’t trump patients’ rights
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The conscience rights of doctors and health care workers should not be allowed to interfere with a patient’s “right” to a medically assisted death, claimed a university professor from the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University.
The moral question can’t be ignored in battling Islamic State
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere’s more than political interest, strategic advantage, and military considerations in the decision to end Canadian bombing runs over Syria and Iraq in favour of more military trainers on the ground and additional spending on aid and development.
The female voice needs to be heard: Durocher
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterArchbishop Paul-André Durocher loves women. He wants to hear their voices, take their advice and see them active in the Church.
Holy Family’s resting place comes as a funeral home
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterGrowing up in Glace Bay, N.S., Trevor Tracey watched funerals pass by the windows of his elementary school and dreamed that one day he would be the man leading the procession.
Assisted suicide and salvation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWith doctor-assisted suicide now legal in Quebec and available across Canada to anyone granted permission from a Superior Court judge, bishops and pastors will face new pastoral dilemmas.
Canada to restore refugee health care funding
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The federal government announced Feb. 18 it will be restoring health care for all refugees seeking a new life in Canada.
Victor Goldbloom, Canadian pioneer for Jewish-Catholic dialogue, dies
By Philippe Vaillancourt, Catholic News ServiceMONTREAL - Dr. Victor Goldbloom, the first Jewish minister in a Quebec government and pioneer of Jewish-Christian dialogue in Canada, died Feb. 14 after a heart attack. He was 92.
Campaign revived to designate Quebec wartime cemetery a historic site
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - A century ago, more than a thousand innocent men and boys were arrested during the First World War and shipped to an internment camp at Spirit Lake in the Abitibi region of Quebec, 600 km northwest of Montreal.
Understanding the past to build for the future
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Clayton Shirt speaks bluntly when it comes to past treatment of First Nations people by the Catholic Church and Canada.