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News/Canada

Modern slavery is deeply embedded in Canadian economic supply chains where it is out of sight from companies and consumers.

Senate takes on slave labour with bill

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OTTAWA -- An organization associated with the Catholic Church in Canada is happy to see the issue of slave labour being addressed within the Canadian government, but says that a proposed bill introduced in the Canadian Senate falls short of taking meaningful steps to actually have a real impact.

The average rent on a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto is $2,300, which puts housing out of reach for many on welfare.

For-profit welfare scheme draws concerns

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The idea of a welfare system in Ontario run by multinational, for-profit corporations strikes Dr. Gary Bloch as a bit odd.

Mario Biscardi.

Ordinandi youth event sidelined

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The youth event held each year in conjunction with the Serra Club’s annual Ordinandi Dinner in the Archdiocese of Toronto has fallen victim to the labour struggles between the province and its teachers’ unions.

MPs will be facing new legislation on euthanasia this month in the House of Commons, which has re-located to the West Block of Parliament Hill while renovations go on in the Centre Block.

‘Somebody needs to step up’

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OTTAWA -- As the federal government moves towards expanding who can access a legal medically-induced suicide, a vocal critic of state-sponsored death is demanding that conscience rights for doctors who don’t want to take part in what the Canadian government calls medical assistance in dying (MAiD) be protected by a federal law.

Francois Legault.

Board caught in crossfire over Bill 21 fight

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OTTAWA -- Montreal’s English language school board is vowing to continue its fight in the courts against Quebec’s secularism law Bill 21 even though it has decided not to accept funding from a federal court challenge program and the fact that the school board will soon cease to exist.

A group of villagers in India listen to a Lok Manch speaker as he educates them on their rights under the National Food Security Act.

Power to the people: Giving India's poor the tools to fight for their rights

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Even though a substantial number of people the Lok Manch organization serves are illiterate or never properly schooled, the easiest way to start a Lok Manch meeting is to have everyone stand up and recite the pre-amble to India’s constitution, said Jesuit lawyer Fr. Stanislaus Jebamalai.

Ed Panes, state secretary for the B.C. and Yukon district of the Knights of Columbus, presents rosaries during an initiation ceremony.

Knights of Columbus remove secrecy around initiation ceremony

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Secret, lengthy and complex rituals for fledgling Knights of Columbus have become a thing of the past.

Jesuit Fr. Alan J. Fogarty.

Fr. Alan J. Fogarty appointed Salt + Light CEO

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Jesuit Fr. Alan J. Fogarty has been appointed chief executive officer of Salt + Light Media, effective Aug. 1.

Drummers from the parish of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Aboriginal Church perform at St. Boniface Cathedral.

World Day sets sights on reconciliation

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WINNIPEG -- The Paradis brothers —  Francois and Edmund — somehow knew they were destined for the life of an Oblate missionary.

Lisa Noble is the new director of Edmonton Prolife, which is planning its biggest public awareness campaign this spring.

Pro-life group isn’t pulling any punches

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EDMONTON -- Edmonton Prolife’s new executive director is planning an ambitious public campaign that emphasizes some uncomfortable, and perhaps unknown, facts about abortion.

Jill Lanz, co-ordinator of Catholic Social Services’ Morning Star program, tells Archbishop Richard Smith, foreground, about the challenges and final success in finding housing for a woman who had lived in the bush near a Red Deer parking lot. Smith met with CSS staff during a listening session last month.

Pain, hope, healing on ministry frontlines

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EDMONTON -- The term for her was “rough sleeper” because for years she didn’t have a roof over her head.

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