OTTAWA - With legalized euthanasia looming large over the House of Commons, a Tory backbencher has tabled a motion to affirm the right of free votes on matters of conscience.
Walking fine line between faith, public service
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you ever visit Tiananmen Square in Beijing on a Sunday and decide you would like to attend Mass at Our Lady of China, you will have to catch Line Two from the Qianmen subway station just south of the square and travel six stations to Dongzhimen. Walk about five minutes west from Dongzhimen and you will find yourself at the front gate of the Canadian Embassy. Inside the embassy on Sundays expatriates from Africa, Europe, Canada and elsewhere gather to form their own parish.
10 years at D&P helm an ‘enriching’ experience for Casey
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTen years of fighting off friendly fire attacks from the pro-life movement and politically motivated budget cuts from Ottawa has left outgoing Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace executive director Michael Casey feeling inspired, consoled, hopeful and at peace.
Church mourns loss of ‘a simple priest’
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - He was a cardinal with a common touch, a street-smart Montrealer who used the media effectively, peppered sermons with references to his beloved Montreal Canadiens, returned his Order of Canada on principle and humbly served his community at soup kitchens and blood donor clinics.
Hundreds of clergy, laity mourn Turcotte, 'cardinal of the working people'
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - It was dignified and unpretentious, a funeral fit for Montreal's popular Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte.
Crowd gathers early to pay final respects to Cardinal Turcotte
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - At dawn April 16, before the doors had even opened at 7 a.m., a small crowd and three television crews had already gathered outside Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to pay their respects to Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte.
Supreme Court rules against prayer at Saguenay council meetings
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada ruled April 15 that Saguenay council must stop praying before meetings and pay damages to an atheist who launched a complaint in the matter.
Fatherly advice spurs Sens’ coach’s faith in the Hamburglar
By Alistair Burns, Canadian Catholic NewsIn professional hockey, fans call for the coach’s head during a losing streak. When Ottawa Senators head coach Dave Cameron faced this dilemma in February, he received winning advice from his parish priest.
Montreal Greek Orthodox 'jewel' destroyed in Easter fire
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - “Something died in all of us today,” said Montreal city councillor Mary Deros as she surveyed the burned-out shell of Koimisis Tis Theotokou Church.
Thousands join protest against sex-ed curriculum
By Catholic Register StaffDemanding that parents be properly consulted, an estimated 2,500 people held loud protests in Toronto and London April 14 against Ontario's new sex-ed curriculum.
Put a price on carbon to fight climate change, religious investors tell finance minister
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Religious congregations and faith groups from across Canada have urged Canada’s finance minister to put a price on carbon emissions to combat climate change.