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Amy Hasbrouck, left, and Jeff Preston say Bill C-7 sends the wrong message.

Bill devalues the disabled, say advocates

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Blind, traumatized and unable to work, Amy Hasbrouck is still fighting a law she believes values disabled lives as less than the lives of the able-bodied.

Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.

Christmas communion service approved for lockdown regions in Toronto

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Cardinal Thomas Collins has approved a short service to give parishes in lockdown regions within the Archdiocese of Toronto the option of offering Holy Communion on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day while maintaining the 10-person limit in churches.

Italian Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the former Vatican nuncio to France, is pictured in a Dec. 4, 2016, photo. A French criminal court found the archbishop guilty of sexual assault against four men and handed him, in absentia, an eight-month suspended prison sentence.

French court finds former nuncio guilty of sexual assault

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VATICAN CITY -- A French criminal court found an Italian archbishop who was once the Vatican's ambassordor to Canada guilty of sexual assault against four men and handed him, in absentia, an eight-month suspended prison sentence.

Toronto’s Cardinal Thomas Collins

Christmas Mass conundrum

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Catholics across Canada will mull whether they should attend Christmas week Masses in person or if they should just stay home and watch a virtual service.

Rain falls on the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Dec. 14, 2020.

US Supreme Court rules against worship restrictions in Colorado, New Jersey

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, once again siding with houses of worship opposed to pandemic-related restrictions, ordered lower federal courts in Colorado and New Jersey Dec. 15 to reexamine state-imposed indoor worship restrictions.

Archbishop J. Michael Miller

Vancouver report names more abusive priests

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VANCOUVER -- The Archdiocese of Vancouver has released the names of three priests involved in settlements related to sexual abuse and confirmed 13 more people have come forward with abuse allegations.

Justice Minister David Lametti

‘Religious right’ remark angers critics

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OTTAWA -- Changes that would open up Canada’s legally-sanctioned euthanasia system have been approved by a two-to-one margin by MPs in the House of Commons, but some MPs who voted against the changes say the government unfairly maligned religious Canadians during debate over the contentious issue.

People pray during a 2020 Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. The Archdiocese of Washington filed a lawsuit Dec. 11, 2020, objecting to Mass attendance restrictions imposed by the District of Columbia as a measure to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

Washington Archdiocese sues over D.C.'s 50-person cap on church attendance

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WASHINGTON -- The Archdiocese of Washington has petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to lift the 50-person cap on indoor religious gatherings in D.C.

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan is pictured with the Holy Missionary Choir during a pre-Christmas celebration for Iraqi Syriac Catholic refugee families in Lebanon Dec. 12, 2020. The celebration was at Sts. Behnam and Sarah Church in Fanar, Lebanon.

Pre-Christmas celebration gives hope to Iraqi refugees still in Lebanon

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FANAR, Lebanon -- Toddlers could hardly contain their excitement as they danced in the church aisles to the Holy Missionary Choir's Christmas songs during a celebration that was a bright star of hope for Iraqi Syriac Catholic refugee families.

Ernest Patenaude with his Excellence in Indigenous Education Award.

Passionate volunteer puts kids first

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Ernest Patenaude’s passion for volunteerism was sparked by his teachers when he attended St. Andrew’s School in High Prairie, Alta., in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 

Calgary Bishop William McGrattan

Calgary leans on technology to continue mission

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As much as the current landscape enables, Calgary Bishop William McGrattan is keen on being a vibrant presence this Christmas season by engaging in key charity and goodwill campaigns.

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