News/Canada
Having lost twice in court, the battle for conscience rights for health care workers in Ontario is now a political battle.
Toronto Raptors' player took a shot at priesthood training
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON -- When Pascal Siakam was in his young teens attending a minor seminary in Cameroon -- and mostly playing soccer in his free time -- he likely never imagined he'd be playing in the NBA Finals.
Church has more work to do, poll shows
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Church has a major communications problem when it comes to clerical abuse.
That’s the conclusion from communications professionals working for the Church after seeing the results of an Angus Reid Institute poll that said more than three-quarters of Canadians (78 per cent) believe the Catholic Church has done a poor or very poor job of handling the sexual abuse crisis.
York teachers facing layoffs
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterTeacher layoffs will be a reality for some York Catholic teachers as the school board struggles with an anticipated $7.7 million budget shortfall for the 2019-20 school year.
U.S. pro-lifers set the tone for pro-lifers in Canada
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs if tariffs, climate change and immigration policy wasn’t enough to put a wedge between Canada and the U.S., abortion laws across the states — and the lack of a law here — has become another thorny political issue.
Abortion and America: The great divide
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanadian pro-lifers are talking up American legislation that bans or severely restricts abortion, raising the question of whether American abortion debates will travel north of the border.
Coalition looking for ‘positive changes’
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- A “significant” piece of the path toward reconciliation has been completed with the release of the report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, says Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Faith sustains northern Alberta residents who fled wildfires
By Kyle Greenham, Catholic News ServiceEDMONTON, Alberta -- Residents of High Level and surrounding areas, including the Dene First Nation, were returning home after a harrowing wildfire threatened northern Alberta communities for two weeks.
Helping hands reach northward
By Kyle GreenhamEDMONTON -- A Sea-Can shipping container, jam-packed with 4,600 pounds of food and 700 pounds of clothing from Edmonton, is on a two-month journey to a remote community in the Northwest Territories.
Jesuit’s exit leaves many questions
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe sudden departure of a Jesuit priest as director of spiritual services at the University of Sudbury has sparked doubts about the school’s commitment to its Catholic roots and spurred a petition demanding the university keep him on.
Two Quebec dioceses have new bishops
By Catholic Register StaffCardinal Gérald Lacroix is losing one of his Quebec auxiliary bishops, but that’s good news for the Diocese of Joliette down the road along the St. Lawrence.