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Legal marijuana in Canada will break international treaties, warns pro-family women's group

Legal marijuana in Canada will break international treaties, warns pro-family women's group

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OTTAWA – Canada’s impending legalization of marijuana puts it on a collision course with the United States, warns a national pro-family women’s group.

Art teacher Donna Sistilli, left, and English teacher Rita Sarra Macchios with some of the artwork that is part of the exhibition on Indigenous themes by adult students at Toronto’s Msgr. Fraser College. The teachers are part of the team in the Native Studies program at the school.

Catholic schools sow seeds of understanding Indigenous culture

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As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was wrapping up its work in 2015, commission chair Justice Murray Sinclair repeated over and over, “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out.”

Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine and Prime Minister Stephen Harper on June 11, 2008, when Harper made an historic apology for the government’s role in Indian residential schools.

Ten years after: Archbishop Pettipas recalls “celebratory feel” at Harper apology

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OTTAWA – Archbishop Gerard Pettipas recalls the “celebratory feel” 10 years ago when Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the government’s Indian residential schools policy.

The Progressive Conservatives, led by Doug Ford, took 40.6 per cent of the popular vote and 76 of 124 seats in the Ontario legislature after the June 7 elections.

Election result good news for Catholic doctors in Ontario

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In the wake of Ford nation storming the citadel of Queen’s Park, Catholic agencies and groups are already adjusting to the new reality.

A group of Haitians wait to cross the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec from New York in late August 2017.

Catholic refugee council wants government to change sponsorship agreement

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Spiralling costs and mountains of red tape may force some Catholic refugee sponsorship agencies out of business and cause others to cut back on the number of refugees they’re prepared to welcome, according to the Catholic Refugee Sponsorship Council representing 20 agencies across Canada.

Suzanna Scorsone, Royal Commission member for five years, says, "Surrogacy for hire would set a dangerous precedent because it would, in effect, legalize a form of child trafficking."

Assisted reproduction, surrogacy laws challenged

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A private member’s bill that would decriminalize the purchase of sperm, eggs and rent-a-womb surrogacy would open the door to exploitation of poor women and legalize a form of child trafficking, according to a member of the 1990s Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.

Hans Koehle announces his $11.6-million donation June 5 that will create a palliative care centre at Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Hospital.

A giant palliative ‘payback’ for St. Joseph's Hospital

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With an $11.6-million donation, Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre will create one of the largest, most advanced and most comprehensive palliative care units in Canada.

Birthright founder Louise Summerhill. Birthright is marking a half-century of service with its annual convention on June 9.

Birthright marks a half century of service

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When Birthright first took root 50 years ago, little did the founders foresee it growing from its little office in Toronto to an organization spanning North America and even making inroads into Africa.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that courts have no authority to decide on religious group rules May 31.

Supreme court ruling a boost for religious freedom

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OTTAWA – Courts have no place in deciding a religious group’s rules, the Supreme Court said in a unanimous judgment May 31.
Pope Paul VI made several predictions about the effects of contraception, among them the general lowering of morality and lessening of respect for women.

Pope had it right in ’68, conference on Humanae Vitae hears

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OTTAWA – Humanae Vitae’s predictions of contraception’s effects proved far worse than Pope Paul VI’s prophetic vision, said speakers at an event marking the document’s 50th anniversary.

For the kids participating and for their teachers, Special Olympics is “the biggest single day of the year."

Special Olympics celebrate integral members of Toronto Catholic schools

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For over 360 special needs students from 24 Catholic high schools across Toronto, a day spent running around an old hangar at the former Downsview air force base is more than special.

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