Health care must maintain ‘life-affirming ethos,’ faith leaders say
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Faith groups from across Canada are calling on Canada’s new government to focus on palliative care instead of euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Bishops not preaching to the converted on euthanasia
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Catholic fight to keep doctors from administering lethal drugs to patients who say they want to die continues as the deadline nears for a Supreme Court of Canada mandate that physician-assisted suicide become legal as of Feb. 6, 2016.
$8-million donation opens St. FX to marginalized
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterThe largest private alumni donation ever to St. Francis Xavier University will help bring post-secondary education to more of Nova Scotia’s marginalized people.
Project Hope already making a difference for refugees
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - More than 105 refugee families fleeing unrest in the Middle East will be arriving in Canada in the next three to four months through the efforts of Project Hope.
Bishops issue urgent call to aid refugees
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops have issued a plea for “urgent action” to meet the unprecedented needs of refugees fleeing war, persecution, natural disasters and the effects of climate.
Brockville Catholics, Anglicans unite in aid of refugees
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterWith growing concern about the plight of refugees, a Catholic parish in the City of Brockville, Ont., is coming together with two Anglican parishes to make a difference in the lives of three refugee families.
Bioethics institute opens new branch at Windsor’s Assumption University
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs Windsor’s Assumption University continues along its path to rebirth, it now has a foothold in bioethics.
Student conference tackles Synod
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - As the Synod of Bishops on the Family draws to a close, students from campus chaplaincies across Ontario and Quebec are gathering at the Newman Centre Catholic Chaplaincy in Toronto to talk vocations, marriage and family.
It took 50 years, but Hartney now a priest
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Michael Hartney dreamed of being a priest as a young man, but his early sense of vocation was never fulfilled. That changed five decades later as Hartney has been ordained to the priesthood in Ottawa.
Dan Prendergast was a shaper of men
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO -When Leo Rautins visited Dan Prendergast in early October, the former NBA player and TSN basketball analyst knew it was the last time he’d ever see his former coach alive.
Canadian churches mum on election result
By Catholic News ServiceOTTAWA - They have written electoral guides, identified national issues, and invited Canadians to vote in the Oct. 19 federal election, but one day after voters swept Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party to a majority government, most Canadian churches had no official reaction.