NEWS

TORONTO - Doing the right thing is important. But who gets to do it matters almost as much, medical ethicist Fr. Mark Miller told about 70 people gathered for a Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute lecture.

OTTAWA - Quebec’s Catholic bishops warn the Charter of Quebec Values could have “heavy consequences” and represents a “crucial” stage in history for the people of the province.

MANILA, Philippines - Normally the trip from Maasin to Tacloban takes about three hours, but with the fallen trees and debris, getting aid there takes longer, said a priest from Southern Leyte province.

MANILA, Philippines - After days of watching televised scenes of dead bodies scattered around Tacloban, Order of Augustinian Recollect members organized a group of priests and a brother to bless bodies of people who died while fleeing the flood brought on by Typhoon Haiyan.

TORONTO - Priscilla Coleman strongly believes that having an abortion can lead to developing a mental illness.

TORONTO - Demand for doctor-assisted suicide isn’t about dying, it’s about disability, the director of a Quebec disability rights organization told a national anti-euthanasia symposium in Toronto Nov. 8.

BRUSSELS - The president of the Belgian bishops' conference joined other faith leaders who criticized proposed legislation to extend euthanasia to children and dementia sufferers, warning the measure risks "destroying the functioning of society."

OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace to prepare a first response and a plan of continuing aid for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan that has devastated parts of the Philippines Nov. 8.

INDIANAPOLIS - A Catholic family in Madison that owns a vehicle lighting manufacturing company won an important religious liberty victory in a Nov. 8 ruling handed down by a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- International and local groups were poised to get aid to the worst-hit areas of the typhoon-stricken central Philippines, but the challenges of getting help to communities growing desperate for food and water went beyond just making sure roads were clear.