LifeCanada to host a day of prayer, fasting against abortion Friday
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterLifeCanada is calling for solidarity in the pro-life community for its National Day of Prayer and Fasting for abortion issues.
CCAS worries about future funding
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Toronto’s Catholic Children’s Aid Society is “in the black but losing money,” said executive director Mary McConville.
A homily must be about God’s word, not yours
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Perfecting the art of preaching is all about patience in preparation, says a homiletics professor.
COLF urges Catholics to speak up for physicians' conscience rights
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Canadian Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is urging Catholics to “speak up” as the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons reviews is policy on conscience rights.
St. Joe’s Sisters on new stamp
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Canada Post’s new release of stamps by prominent photographers includes a well-known shot by Michel Lambeth of two Sisters of St. Joseph and a man who helped the sisters in Toronto.
Putting religion back in the public square
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A century ago renowned Christian apologist G.K. Chesterton mused that freedom of religion once meant you were free to express your religion, but now it means you should rarely mention it.
Harper denounces persecution of Christians in Iraq
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement July 22 denouncing the persecution of Iraqi Christians.
Lawsuit launched against Quebec's euthanasia law
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Living With Dignity and the Physicians’ Alliance Against Euthanasia have launched a lawsuit challenging Quebec’s euthanasia law.
Prostitution bill passes Justice Committee with amendments
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Prostitution Bill C-36 passed the House of Commons Justice Committee with amendments that put it on track for a Third Reading vote when Parliament resumes in September.
Birth control prescriptions focus attention on Canadian doctors' rights
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canadian doctors who refuse to prescribe birth control pills have become the focus of a debate over physicians' rights to freedom of conscience and religion when practising medicine.
Bern Will Brown a 'Renaissance man' of Canada's north
By Ramon Gonzalez, Canadian Catholic NewsFrom mushing dog-teams 100 kms in minus 40C blizzards, to helping unionize a mine, Bern Will Brown had a job like few Catholic priests.