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Senator Don Plett says he expect the new transgender law, which received royal assent June 19, to be challenged for violating religious freedom or freedom of expression.

Senator warns transgender law will be challenged

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OTTAWA – Senator Don Plett expects the new transgender law will soon be challenged for violating religious freedom or freedom of expression.

Toronto Auxiliary Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, back row centre next to principal Anthony Arcadi, is surrounded by students from Pope Francis Catholic Elementary School in Kleinburg, Ont.

Pope Francis surprises Pope Francis school with gifts

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Toronto Auxiliary Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick suprised Pope Francis Catholic Elementary School in Kleinburg, Ont. June 16 with a special present directly from the Vatican.

Christian Medical and Dental Society executive director Deacon Larry Worthen is “cautiously optimistic” after arguing against ‘effective referral’ in Ontario Superior Court of Justice June 13-15.

Ontario conscience rights case now in judges’ hands

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TORONTO – Three days and nearly two dozen lawyers arguing the broad principles and technical details of constitutional law before a three-judge has panel left Christian Medical and Dental Society executive director Deacon Larry Worthen “cautiously optimistic.”

Last May, Fr. Trevor Plug was in all likelihood the first Catholic priest ever ordained who suffered from spina bifida. He died unexpectedly June 13 while on vacation.

Priest who had spina bifida dies while on holiday

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Just a year after his extraordinary ordination and while celebrating a friend’s ordination in British Columbia, Fr. Trevor Plug has died.

A recent study by Covenant House International shows an ever-increasing number of homeless youth are victims of human trafficking.

Homeless youth prime target for trafficking

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Canada’s homeless youth population is younger and more diverse than their American counterparts, but they are just as vulnerable of becoming trafficking victims.

As opioid deaths strike close to home, some school boards in Canada are preparing themselves by stocking Naloxone kits in schools.

Schools move to fight opioid overdoses

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With opioids now killing two people per day in Ontario, some school boards are preparing to equip staff with the overdose antidote Naloxone.

Sr. Sue Mosteller told the nationwide consultation process to form a poverty-reduction strategy that how we care for our less fortunate shows the kind of society we are trying to create

Sisters of St. Joseph make case to battle poverty

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Given the chance to tell politicians from Ottawa about poverty, Sr. Sue Mosteller didn’t want to argue about economics.

The House of Common's Health Committee wraps up hearings of witnesses on the impact of violent pornography in February. The report came out June 9 to the disappointment of anti-porn advocacy groups.

Anti-porn advocates disappointed by health committee’s report on violent porn

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OTTAWA – Anti-porn advocacy groups expressed disappointment in the report by the House of Commons health committee on the public health effects of violent and degrading pornography.

John Carpay, president of Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, speaks at the March for Life in Victoria.

Pro-life club fights U of Alberta in court for allowing mob to suppress opinion

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OTTAWA – A University of Alberta pro-life club is fighting a growing trend on campuses to allow mobs to suppress unpopular opinion, says the group representing it in a court battle.

The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada is in Ontario Superior Court of Justice June 13-15 challenging the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario over its “effective referral” policy.

Ontario conscience rights case goes to court

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TORONTO – In historic Osgoode Hall, 17 lawyers along with eight banker boxes of documents were arrayed three benches deep in front of Justice Herman J. Wilton-Siegel, Justice Richard A. Lococo and Justice Wendy W. Matheson before lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos made his opening arguments on behalf of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada and in favour of the Charter right of doctors to practice medicine according to their conscience.

Pope Francis has appointed two Canadians, Dr. William F. Sullivan, a Toronto family physician and ethicist, and Bistop Noël Simard of Valleyfield, Que., to the Pontifical Academy of Life on June 13.

Two Canadians appointed to Pontifical Academy for Life

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VATICAN CITY – Two Canadians are among the group appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Life on June 13.

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