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ST. ISIDORE, ONT. -- When the historic church in St. Isidore, built in 1879, was destroyed by fire after a lightning storm in 2016, the community vowed off that the spiritual centre of the small French-Canadian community in eastern Ontario would rise again.
Ontario schools back in business in September
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterOntario’s high school and elementary students will be back in school in September, with significant provincial investment in measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Assisted suicide rate continues to climb
By Catholic Register StaffThe number of medically-assisted deaths in Canada rose by more than 25 per cent in 2019 and made up two per cent of all Canadian deaths last year, Health Canada’s first annual report on Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada found.
COVID takes heavy toll on Missions
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterFr. David Reilander spent the early days of the COVD-19 shutdown alongside Catholic Missions In Canada’s financial and administration director Lina Kim diagnosing the potential impacts the pandemic would have on its operations.
Parish statues targeted by vandals
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterConstant vigilance will be required from staff and parishioners at churches across Canada to safeguard against the rising tide of vandalism inflicted upon religious statues.
Four bishops appointed to revamped Development and Peace council
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA nearly three-year process of investigation and review at the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has resulted in a slimmed-down national council with four bishops appointed to the development agency’s governing body.
Students hit hardest by WE fallout
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWhile the WE Charity scandal marches on, Catholic charities that had hoped to put young volunteers to work through the Canada Student Service Grant have been left wondering when and if they will ever see federal funding to support volunteer programs.
Several strategies at work with fossil fuel investments
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
Safe Third Country Agreement violates rights, says court
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanada’s Federal Court has ruled the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by sending refugees who arrive at Canada’s land borders back to detention in the United States.
Priest in Waterloo, Ont., suspended after allegation of misconduct
By Catholic Register StaffFr. Frank Freitas, a priest in Waterloo, Ont., has been suspended from priestly ministry after a “substantiated allegation of professional misconduct.”
Pandemic has lessons on building a more caring society
ByOTTAWA -- The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the “heartbreaking” neglect that many elderly Canadians and other vulnerable people have been facing in modern Canadian society, but that exposure can also be an opportunity for Catholics and other Canadians to reassess our “values and lifestyle” in a meaningful way, say Canada’s Catholic bishops.