News/Canada
Doctors who object to assisted suicide must give referrals, court rules
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
A doctor’s conscience takes a back seat to a patient’s right to have medical procedures such as assisted suicide and abortion, Ontario’s Divisional Court ruled Jan. 31.
Pro-life group refused injunction on Canada Summer Jobs attestation
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA – A Toronto pro-life group has failed to get an injunction against the pro-abortion attestation required in the Canada Summer Jobs application.
A couple that prays together, stays 70 years together
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
Gasperino De Gasperis is a tough, but gentle soul, while his wife Elena is a regular spitfire. After 70 years of marriage, they still make each other laugh.
Canadian delegates chosen for pre-synod youth meeting at Vatican
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops have announced the names of two Canadian young adults who will be attending as delegates at the Vatican's pre-synod meeting.
Canada's bishops keep up abortion fight 30 years after Morgentaler decision
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA – Thirty years after Canada’s abortion law was struck down, Catholic bishops and pro-life groups are as determined as ever to battle for the protection of unborn human life.
Pro-life centre refutes claims on graphic abortion images
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
The anti-abortion organization cited by the employment minister for questionable use of an employment subsidy refutes claims it provoked the government into forcing all Canada Summer Jobs applicants to attest that their “core mandate” supports a woman’s right to obtain an abortion.
Cardinal Collins joins more than 80 religious leaders asking government to drop Summer Jobs attestation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO – Eighty-seven religious leaders, including Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins, have called on the Canadian government to strike down a new policy that forces organizations seeking summer jobs grants to accept the pro abortion and gender policies of the Liberal Party.
ISARC making billion-plus budget push for affordable housing
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
Religious organizations that run Ontario’s food banks, shelters, soup kitchens and more are asking for an immediate $1.3 billion investment in affordable, subsidized social housing.
EQAO student testing debate heating up again
By Meggie Hoegler, The Catholic Register
As Ontario thaws out from a deep freeze, schools and administration offices across the province are heating up a two-decade old debate.
Canadian bishops relying on youth for Synod 2018 guidance
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register
As Canada’s bishop delegates prepare for this fall’s Synod on Young People in Rome, one objective is immediately clear — the voices of the young must take centre stage.
Chaldean Bishop Biwai Soro is on a new world mission
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
Chaldean Bishop Biwai Soro had been a priest and pastor for more than a decade when he stumbled on a simpler, more basic understanding of priesthood.