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A top-level directive ordering military chaplains to be gender-sensitive and include atheists in “spiritual reflections” on Remembrance Day is sparking unexpected emotional backlash, says Bishop Scott McCaig of the Military Ordinariate of Canada.
Broken promises torpedo Bill C-314, says Fast
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterConservative MP Ed Fast is “profoundly disappointed in the Liberal MPs who had promised” they would support Bill C-314, but ultimately chose not to when voting time arrived on Oct. 18.
Gaza Catholic parish mourns fellow Christians killed in blast at Greek Orthodox complex
By Judith Sudilovsky, OSV NewsFor Mother María del Pilar Llerena Vargas, "it was an image that will be very difficult to erase." The Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word from Peru, who is serving in the Catholic parish in Gaza, recalled the pain of watching the funeral of Christians killed in an Oct. 19 blast at a Greek Orthodox church.
Biden and Pope Francis discuss conflict in Israel and Gaza in phone call
By Kate Scanlon, OSV NewsPresident Joe Biden and Pope Francis spoke by phone Oct. 22 to discuss the conflict in Israel and Gaza and facilitating a path to "durable peace" in the region, according to the press offices of both leaders.
Cemeteries can be hubs of learning, culture
By Canadian Catholic NewsPeter Nobes stood in a Nova Scotia cemetery filled with a void as he realized that his search for his great-great-grandfather’s grave was fruitless. There were no markings, no records; the grave had been lost to time.
Greek Orthodox church in Gaza damaged in blast
By Judith Sudilovsky, OSV NewsAn explosion at the St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church campus in Gaza has left the administration building in ruins, and at least 17 people dead, though numbers have not yet been officially confirmed.
Palestine ambassador says Vatican should play role in mediating end of 'carnage'
By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV NewsThe Vatican, especially Pope Francis, must double its efforts and urge the international community to end the massacre of Palestinians killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, Palestine's ambassador to Denmark said.
Sask. school boards in tune with pronoun policy
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterThe Saskatchewan government has tabled its Parents’ Bill of Rights Act — complete with the notwithstanding clause — to prevent children under the age of 16 from changing their names or pronouns without parental consent.
Scholars note mixed Vatican response to Holocaust
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News ServiceScholars at a conference examining the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII presented a mixed bag on how the Vatican responded to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Bill C-314 defeated, MAiD will be offered for mental illness next year
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterConservative MP Ed Fast’s Bill C-314, which would have stopped the upcoming expansion of the Canadian euthanasia regime, was defeated at second reading in the House of Commons on Oct. 18 by a 167-150 vote.