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OTTAWA -- Two Ottawa-based faith leaders have joined together to offer comforting words to Canadians during the COVID-19 health crisis that has closed most places of worship across the country.
Pandemic putting ethics to the test
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn a crisis, hard decisions have to be made.
When there aren’t enough ventilators or Intensive Care Unit beds for everyone who needs one, it’s left to medical ethicists to provide guidance to clinicians faced with dire decisions about who lives and who dies.
ShareLife’s many needs can’t be put on hold
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterThe needs of the thousands of people served by ShareLife agencies don’t go away in a time of crisis.
Helping hands in time of crisis
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterB. and Toby have been camping in a green tent on a strip of muddy ground between an on-ramp to the Don Valley Parkway and a fence near St. Paul’s Basilica in downtown Toronto for a couple of weeks.
Priests finding ways to connect
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterWhen Fr. Rico Passero celebrates Mass in these days of crisis, he does so with a full congregation joining him.
In Rome, ‘it feels like living in a war’
By Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- Vancouver priest Fr. Davide Lanzani compares Rome to a war zone.
Ottawa’s March for Life looking at alternatives
ByOTTAWA -- There will be some sort of national March for Life event on May 14, but whether there will be an actual march through the streets of the nation’s capital and a rally of thousands of pro-life Canadians at Parliament Hill is still to be determined.
Asylum seekers deserve better, say advocates
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterDenying refugee claimants entry to Canada at the United States border during the COVID-19 pandemic is dangerous, immoral and legally dubious, says a Catholic law professor and other refugee advocates.
Cardinal Collins issues instructions for Holy Week and Easter
By Catholic Register StaffIn a letter to priests of the Archdiocese of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins said it is “essential” to proceed with Holy Week and Easter ceremonies even though every church in Canada’s largest diocese will be closed throughout the holiest days on the Church calendar.
Court overturns ruling on funding of non-Catholic students at Catholic schools
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterIn a unanimous decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has upheld the right of separate schools in the province to receive government funding for the education of non-Catholic students.
Priests try to adapt to empty churches
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterParish priests, whose life’s work revolves around other people and their relationship with God, have experienced COVID-19 losses as they adjust to life without Sunday Masses, prayer groups and close contact with parishioners.