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Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured, has embraced the recommendations of an expert panel that the government didn’t need to undertake any new legislative protections before opening up assisted suicide to the mentally ill.

‘Hunches’ will determine life or death in MAiD cases with mental illness, critics say

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In mere months, federal law will permit Canadians who are mentally ill to access the country’s already permissive assisted-suicide regime on the sole grounds that they are suffering from a mental disorder.

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller

Archbishop welcomes call to delay MAiD for mental illness

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Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller says it’s a “sign of hope” that dozens of Canadian psychiatrists are opposing the federal government’s plan to introduce assisted suicide solely for mental illness next March.

Protesters at the March for Life in Toronto in 2019.

Angus Reid poll reveals complex views on abortion

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Newly released data from the Angus Reid Institute indicates roughly 52 per cent of Canadians are “completely pro-choice,” around eight per cent are “completely pro-life” and approximately 41 per cent consider themselves “somewhere in between.”

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany March 18, 2021. Lawyer Stephan Rixen, the state-appointed chairman of the commission to investigate abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne, has quit.

Chairman of Cologne’s abuse commission resigns

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The state-appointed chairman of the commission to investigate abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne has quit, saying he doubted the independence of the commission and wondered whether its main aim was to protect Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki.

Pope Francis greets Syro-Malabar Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, India, at the end of the pope's general audience at the Vatican June 15, 2022. In late July, the pope named the archbishop apostolic administrator of the Kochi-based Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church. The archbishop has been given police protection in India after a dispute over the liturgy led to a protest.

Indian court orders police protection for Vatican appointee

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A top court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ordered police protection for the apostolic administrator of an archdiocese in the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church, which is embroiled in a bitter liturgical dispute.

Food bank volunteers unload donations. At the Mississauga Food Bank, some clients have asked about assisted suicide.

Food bank director raises MAiD alarm

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As the CEO of the Mississauga Food Bank, Meghan Nicholls felt the pressing need to spread the word on how tough things are these days. 

Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, center, and Anglican Bishop Robert Innes of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe, chat during a meeting in in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 1, 2022.

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Ukraine to show support as winter begins

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Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby spent three days in Ukraine to show solidarity with the people there. It was the first visit of an archbishop of Canterbury to an independent Ukraine.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington Oct. 2, 2022.

U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to support web designer in free speech case

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In a case examining the scope of free speech protected by the First Amendment, the Supreme Court Dec. 5 ultimately seemed to favor a broad view of free speech.

A young woman in Kinshasa, Congo, carries a cross during a march to protest escalating violence in the the country, Dec. 4, 2022.

Congolese Catholics take to the streets to protest increasing violence

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Catholics and other Christians in Congo took to the streets Dec. 4 to protest increasing violence, often caused when neighboring countries seek the nation's valuable minerals.

B.C. hospice plan takes on MAiD 'tyranny'

B.C. hospice plan takes on MAiD 'tyranny'

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The Delta Hospice Society has launched an innovative, three-pronged counter-offensive against Canada’s ever-more-permissive assisted-suicide law.

Catholic educators Suzanne Stubbs and Michael Phaneuf with their Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medals.

Prince Albert educators honoured, surprised by Queen’s Jubilee medal

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Prince Albert Catholic School Division (PACSD) leaders Suzanne Stubbs and Mark Phaneuf were surprised and honoured upon finding out they would both be feted with a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.

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