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VANCOUVER -- A heated debate about whether a 10-bed hospice in Delta, B.C., should offer assisted suicide may come to a climax in February.
Rise in organ donations raises ethical issues
By CNA/EWTN NewsOTTAWA -- Increasing numbers of people killed by euthanasia are supplying a “boon” for organ transplant surgeries in Canada, according to an Ottawa newspaper. But politicians and ethicists say the practice is “rather horrifying” and raises questions of “coercion.”
Scholar sharing his ‘gift’ in Edmonton
By Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON -- Fr. Ian Boyd is a man of many titles — a pioneering scholar, a world traveller and a compassionate spiritual director.
Making churches dementia-friendly
ByOTTAWA -- An Ottawa man is on a mission to make Canadian places of worship more welcoming to the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who suffer from dementia.
More than statistics: Ontario government prepares new poverty reduction plan
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Ontario government is inviting public input as it drafts a new five-year poverty reduction strategy.
Sex, marriage, love ... and St. Augustine
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you think St. Augustine instilled the Church with phobias about sex, you probably don’t understand St. Augustine, PhD student Meghan Bowen told an audience of theology students Jan. 9 at Regis College in Toronto.
A world on edge: Middle East tensions rising
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn the wake of rising tensions in the Middle East which have seen the assassination of Iran’s top general and the downing of a civilian airliner, Canada can expect an escalation of refugee applications, say representative of aid agencies familiar with the region.
Bishops confront ‘complex’ issue
By Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News ServiceJERUSALEM -- Finding solutions to the situation in Gaza is a complicated task, said Archbishop Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg, Man.
Quebec to take ethics, religious culture out of school curriculum
By Philippe Vaillancourt, Catholic News ServiceQUEBEC CITY -- The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum, which replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.
Government launches consultation on assisted suicide
ByOTTAWA -- As the federal government launches a public consultation on laws governing assisted suicide, opponents are calling any move to expand the practice proof of the slippery slope they have long predicted.
Community shares in the grief over Ukrainian airline victims
By MICKEY CONLON AND ANDREW EHRKAMPA solemn vigil for seven students — including a Catholic high school student and an adult studying English at a Catholic school — began with two students singing the haunting words of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sounds of Silence,” and for the most part it was an evening of silence as hundreds gathered to remember the young lives cut short Jan. 8 by the downing of a Ukrainian airliner over the skies of Tehran, Iran.