The Catholic Civil Rights League is concerned that Bill C-11, the federal government’s proposed Online Streaming Act, could limit the free speech of Catholics on issues that might run up against federal policies.
Quebec religious orders face off over abuse liability
By François Gloutnay, Catholic News ServiceThe Grey Nuns of Montreal are asking a court that the Congregation of Holy Cross compensate them should they be required to pay the victims of clergy sexual abuse who are part of a class action authorized against the order of women religious.
Protect life until the end, archbishop tells health workers
By Canadian Catholic NewsIn the face of “morally depraved laws” allowing and expanding euthanasia, doctors and health care workers may be called to conscientious objection while working to make palliative care available as an alternative, said Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller.
COP27 deal ‘simply isn’t enough,’ says D&P delegate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMoney for the damage done isn’t the same thing as preventing even more damage. That simple distinction left Yusra Shafi, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada delegate to the COP27 climate change conference, disappointed as she flew home from Egypt.
Repairs to historic P.E.I. church in motion
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA distressing dispatch greeted the parishioners of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Cumberland, P.E.I., in the days following the post-tropical storm Fiona’s devastation on Sept. 24.
Halifax settles abuse claim for $10 million
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth will pledge up to $10 million to settle a class action lawsuit over acts of sexual abuse committed by diocesan priests dating back nearly seven decades.
Guide brings trafficking awareness to pews
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Archdiocese of Vancouver is teaming up with the Dioceses of Victoria and Saskatoon to unveil the Working Towards Freedom study guide, a resource designed for clergy, parish groups and individual congregants to learn more about human trafficking.
Opportunity, frustration for COP27 delegate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFor 21-year-old Development and Peace activist Yusra Shafi, being at the COP27 meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, is “an incredible opportunity,” but sometimes an incredible opportunity to be frustrated.
Catholic roots run deep on Canadian squad
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterWatching Canada clash against the greatest soccer stars from around the world in the FIFA World Cup will be particularly exciting for St. Edmund Campion Secondary School in Brampton, Ont.
Rock solid faith holds despite abuse scandals
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterJohn Swales, survivor of years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of London, Ont., priest Barry Glendenning, doesn’t want Catholics to walk away from their Church over another round of abuse revelations emanating now from France. He wants the Church to change.
Red Wednesday unveils horrors faced by persecuted Christians
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterForced conversions, lost childhoods, years of hiding, living in limbo — the persecution Christians face around the world was given specific, concrete shape by the testimony of survivors at the annual Red Wednesday vespers in Toronto’s St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.