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OTTAWA -- Retiring is proving to be difficult for Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.
Crisis offers opportunity
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterCatholic parents seeking to help their children make sense of world events have had their work cut out for them in 2020.
Liberals table bill to implement UN’s Indigenous rights declaration
ByOTTAWA -- The federal government is making good on a promise to bring in legislation that would set up the framework for how the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) will be implemented within Canadian law.
Catholics can be vaccinated with clear conscience
By Andrew Ehrkamp, Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON -- When a vaccine is available to treat or prevent COVID-19, the bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories have given their blessing to Catholics to be inoculated.
Quebec suspends refugee resettlement
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterBanned by the Quebec government, churches and faith communities who sponsor refugees want to face their accusers and get some sort of explanation for Quebec’s sudden one-year suspension of refugee sponsorship.
Food bank use skyrockets during pandemic
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe stock market is up, real estate is soaring and yet food bank use is through the roof.
The Good Shepherd’s volunteers stay engaged
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs Toronto and Peel Region officially went into lockdown on Nov. 23, they joined Good Shepherd volunteers who have already been in lockdown for 10 months.
‘Negligible’ savings from assisted suicide, report says
ByOTTAWA -- A fiscal analysis of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) system shows that making access to an assisted suicide easier could save Canada’s health-care system up to $149 million a year.
Elders’ presence missed in Fort McMurray schools
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterUnique circumstances are part and parcel of Indigenous learning at Catholic schools in Fort McMurray, Alta., in a year where education has already been anything but normal.
Archdiocese put Church before victims
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterSecrets, lies and threatened lawsuits protected Brian Boucher through two decades of priestly life before Montreal Church authorities finally investigated the former pastor’s bizarre, aggressive and abusive behaviour.
B.C. hospice loses appeal, mulls next step
By Agnieszka Ruck, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- The Delta Hospice Society is considering an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada after a B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal of a lower court ruling that the society did not act in good faith in launching a mail-in vote proposing changes to its constitution and accepting some applications while denying others.