OTTAWA - With the release of the House of Commons Finance Committee Dec. 10 report on income inequality, it is clear to Citizens for Public Justice that Canada's poor are not on the radar with the government.

VATICAN CITY - Nine months after his election, Pope Francis has reconfirmed Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, seen as one of the most powerful offices of the Roman Curia, and expanded the international membership of the congregation.

TORONTO - It may sound strange to Catholics who look at Quebec’s Charter of Values and shake their heads over secularism run amok, but in 2010 the world’s Catholic bishops and Pope Benedict XVI came to the conclusion the only hope for beleaguered Christians in the Middle East is secularism — secularism combined with democracy.

TORONTO - For 50 years The Good Shepherd Centre has fed the hungry, clothed the naked, sheltered the homeless, cared for the sick and taken no credit for the lives it has saved.

TORONTO - Getting referred to Dr. Irene Ying can be scary for patients. Ying calls herself a palliative care consultant.

At the Catholic Women’s League there’s plenty of excitement about what Pope Francis has been saying about women.

Canada is rejecting a Vatican call for the United Nations to take a closer look at the ethics and legality of drone warfare, The Catholic Register has learned.

OTTAWA - A group of Canadian lawyers has launched a declaration against euthanasia and assisted suicide that is gathering signatures from across the country.

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott says he is confident one of his recently introduced abortion-related motions could come to a vote in the House of Commons.

TORONTO - The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has begun a three-year preparation for the order’s bi-centennial anniversary.