NEWS
The Canadian government continues to allocate billions of dollars for the promotion of sexual and reproductive health rights in the developing world, while slashing funds to other priorities like national defence.
Haiti violence, lawlessness forces longtime U.S. missionary priest to evacuate
By Gina Christian, OSV NewsAs Haiti's capital spirals into lawlessness, a longtime U.S. missionary has been forced to evacuate -- while Haitian Catholics in the U.S. are doubling down on prayer for their troubled homeland.
‘A thousand lifetimes of service’
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterFrom humble beginnings when four of their Sisters arrived in Halifax from New York in the mid-19th century, the Sisters of Charity Halifax are set to mark 175 years of service on May 11.
D&P aid enables Haitian partners’ work
By Susan Korah, Ottawa Correspondent“Just going to work is an act of bravery. Our partners on the ground in Haiti are working in a very difficult context,” Mary Durran, the Montreal-based program officer responsible for Latin America (including Haiti) for the Catholic charity Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, told The Catholic Register. “Yet they continue to be the advocates of the poorest people suffering violence and hunger, and inform international organizations such as ours.”
Former trustee feels vindicated by dicastery’s dignity document
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterReading the passages about gender theory written in the new Vatican document Dignitas Infinita (Infinite Dignity) offered Francine Champagne, a former school trustee in Winnipeg, a feeling of vindication.
Calgary finds sheep returning to flock
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAnecdotes, facts and figures spotlighted in the Diocese of Calgary’s 2023 Impact Report, unveiled on April 7, exemplify a Catholic community on the upswing. Based on the data, the most remarkable success story of the previous calendar year was the stupefying rise in sacramental celebrations.
Calm urged after Australian bishop stabbed
By Marilyn Rodrigues, OSV NewsAustralian religious and political leaders have called for calm and unity after the attempted murder of an Assyrian Orthodox clergyman at his church’s altar in Sydney’s western suburbs, just days after a separate knife attack claimed six lives in Sydney’s Bondi Junction mall.
Israel, Iran escalation must be prevented
By Kate Scanlon, OSV NewsAs the White House responds to Iran’s attack against Israel, Catholic experts said U.S. officials should seek to prevent further escalation in the region.
Israel must prevail... or else
By Peter StocklandA former Israeli prime minister is issuing a stark warning to Canadians that Hamas-style terror tactics will spread to North America unless the Jewish State achieves its goals in Gaza.
Health Canada finds no wrong in online abortion pill
By Anna FarrowHealth Canada has determined a Canadian non-profit doesn’t directly distribute drugs despite the organization’s claim to have provided the abortion pill to over 100,000 women.
Second St. John’s parish merger revoked
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterFor the second time in a month, the Vatican’s Dicastery of the Clergy has ruled St. John’s Archbishop Peter Hundt did not follow the proper canonical procedure in closing and selling a Catholic parish.