News/Canada

Pope Francis made the cover of Time as the magazine’s Person of the Year.

‘Genuine’ Francis has opened ‘new narrative’

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WINDSOR, ONT. - Veteran CBC journalist Alison Smith said Pope Francis is a compelling media story because he’s created “a new narrative” about faith and the Church’s role in society.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher

Canadian input on family consultation sent to Vatican

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OTTAWA - Canada’s bishops have sent the results of a consultation on a host of hot button issues concerning the family to the Holy See, but will not make their report public.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

'Boring' budget positions Tories for 2015 election debate

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OTTAWA - The 2014 budget, described by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as "boring," positions Ottawa for a surplus next year and a debate on the proper role of government.

Anne Leahy, Canada’s former ambassador to the Vatican, says a UN report on the Church’s handling of sex abuse hurts the UN’s credibility.

UN abuse report troubles Canadian Catholics

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OTTAWA - Several prominent Canadian Catholics have reacted with sadness and dismay to a scathing United Nations committee report on the Church’s handling of clerical sexual abuse.

Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine

Quebec bishops issue call to conscience on euthanasia

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OTTAWA - Quebec’s Catholic bishops issued a call for prayer in hopes members of Quebec’s National Assembly can be persuaded to vote against euthanasia Bill-52.

A feminist group, calling itself Radical Handmaids, has targeted three Ottawa doctors who refuse to refer patients for abortions or prescribe birth control pills.

Feminists target Ottawa doctors’ rights

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OTTAWA - A feminist group has targeted three Ottawa doctors who refuse to refer patients for abortions or prescribe birth control pills.

Bishop Cornelius Pasichny (pictured left), former Ukrainian Catholic bishop of Saskatoon and Toronto, died on Jan. 30.

Bishop linked to freedom

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From his home in Winnipeg, the epicentre of the great Ukrainian immigration to Canada, the Church was always Bishop Cornelius Pasichny’s vital link to Ukraine’s struggle for freedom.

A man and woman pray during an outdoor Mass in an olive grove outside a monastery in the Cremisan Valley. A proposed extension of Israel’s security wall will separate families from farmland and a convent from a monastery.

Bishops’ letter to Baird urges action on Israeli wall

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OTTAWA - The Canadian government should urge Israel to stop construction of a section of a security wall that threatens the livelihood of 58 Christian families and a Catholic religious order, said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in a letter to Canada’s foreign affairs minister.

MP Joy Smith

Amnesty International faces backlash for draft prostitution policy

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OTTAWA - Amnesty International would be “squandering its moral authority” and “abandoning victims” if it proceeds with a recommendation to legalize prostitution, said Conservative MP Joy Smith.

Bishop Brian Dunn

Antigonish diocese launches book study on healing sexual abuse

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OTTAWA - As part of its ongoing process of renewal and healing, Nova Scotia's Antigonish diocese is promoting a program for parishioners based on Sr. Nuala Kenny's book Healing in the Church: Diagnosing and Treating the Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) asked the Canadian Government to urge Israel to stop construction of its security wall in a letter writer to Canada’s foreign affairs minister.

Canadian bishops urge government intervention on Israeli wall

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OTTAWA - The Canadian government should urge Israel to stop construction of a section of its security wall that threatens the livelihood of 58 Christian families and a Catholic religious order, said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in a letter to Canada's foreign affairs minister.

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