Looking to build excitement leading into the annual National March for Life, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) has announced this year’s itinerary and list of speakers three months in advance.
Abuse scandal lingers a quarter century later
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTwenty-five years on, the case that began the world-wide Catholic sexual abuse scandal is still crawling through the court system and still on the minds of Newfoundland Catholics.
Quebec wants own foreign aid agency
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA campaign in Quebec to establish its own international development agency is being welcomed by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace as a possible new source of funding.
Think tank with Christian roots to change the lives of eight students
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterYou say you want a revolution? The Cardus think tank wants one too, and it plans to help eight young people make it happen.
D&P launches campaign to end world hunger
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf 842 million people are hungry you can’t just invite them over for lunch. But that doesn’t mean we’re helpless. Development and Peace wants Catholics to stop thinking of world hunger as a permanent condition or an unsolvable problem that will never change.
Ordinandi Dinner attracts another sell-out crowd
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - More than 1,500 people crammed the Pearson Convention Centre in Brampton, Ont., on March 4 to wine, dine and celebrate seven soon-to-be priests at the Archdiocese of Toronto's 24th annual Ordinandi Dinner.
Pope Francis names six Toronto monsignors
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When Msgr. Gregory Ace received a call from Cardinal Thomas Collins his first reaction was a slight sense of panic.
“When the Cardinal called me he called me on my cellphone and when the Cardinal calls you kind of think, oh, am I in big trouble or something?”
Community fights to save only Polish church in Atlantic Canada
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterA Polish Catholic community in Sydney, N.S., seems to be fighting a losing battle to keep its beloved St. Mary’s Polish Church afloat, but it is determined to keep up the fight.
Catholic input on prostitution consultation sought
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsVancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller has asked the British Columbia government to reconsider its decision not to prosecute violations of Canada’s prostitution laws.
A polarized debate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Supreme Court has given Canadians a year to figure out how they want to deal with prostitution and so far the answers have ranged from nothing to police crackdowns and new criminal laws.
Deacon guilty of child porn
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterWilliam Kokesch, a deacon in the Montreal archdiocese, plead guilty in court on Feb. 21 to the possession, manufacturing and distribution of child pornography.