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EDMONTON – Alberta’s NDP government has introduced a bill to create 50-metre bubble zones around abortion clinics with the hope of keeping pro-life protesters away from patients and staff.
Canadian Church ready to help Rohingya refugees
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCatholic parishes, ministries, religious orders and institutions stand ready to help should Ottawa heed Bob Rae’s advice on the Rohingya crisis.
MP plans to pressure bishops for papal apology
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA – Canada’s bishops may face an unprecedented call from Parliament to formally ask Pope Francis to apologize on Canadian soil for the Church’s role in operating residential schools.
In aftermath of Humboldt tragedy, faith leaders shared 'in their desolation'
By ANDREW EHRKAMP, Canadian Catholic NewsFr. Joseph Salihu witnessed terrorist attacks while growing up in northern Nigeria.
Saskatchewan diocese hosting vigil for missing Indigenous people
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterPrince Albert Bishop Albert Thevenot will host a prayer vigil in his diocese April 17 to remember the Indigenous people who have gone missing and their families who have been left behind.
Catholic groups scramble for summer job funds
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCorrection: A previous version of the story stated Matt Pascuzzo said the attestation came as a result of anti-abortion campaigners who used the jobs funding to aggressively campaign for criminal code sanctions on abortion. Pascuzzo did not make the statement.
Agencies rejected for Canada Summer Jobs grants because they won’t tick the pro-abortion attestation box are scrambling to come up with private funds to cover the summertime services they provide to the poor.
Prayers and tears for victims of Humboldt Broncos tragedy
By Canadian Catholic NewsCrying, hugging and shaking their heads in disbelief, the people of Humboldt, Sask. gathered at the local hockey arena April 8 for an inter-faith service to mourn 15 people who died after the bus carrying the town’s junior hockey team collided with a truck.
Msgr. Philip Kennedy led Catholic Missions in Canada for a decade
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterOnce a missionary, always a missionary. It didn’t matter whether bedridden with illness or looking off into retirement, Msgr. Philip J. Kennedy kept Canada’s mission territories close to his heart.
Faith leaders battle Sudbury casino
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMore than 50 faith leaders, including Sault Ste. Marie Bishop Marcel Damphousse, have banded together to oppose a $60 million casino project on the eastern edge of Greater Sudbury.
Quebec bishops ponder possibility of married priests
By Catholic News Service
Faith opens up wallet for international aid, study finds
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFaith is the force Development and Peace counts on when they ask for money. A new study by the Angus Reid Institute shows they have the right idea — but also that it may not be enough.