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Bioethicist Margaret Somerville says a euthanasia advocate’s recent comments to media show the slippery slope the euthanasia argument is on.

Belgian-style euthanasia feared as next step

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OTTAWA - The secretary of Quebec’s College of Physicians has mused Belgian-style euthanasia of Alzheimer’s patients and terminally ill children could follow should Quebec’s euthanasia Bill-52 become law.

Bishop Francois de Laval, immortalized in a statue near Notre Dame Basilica Cathedral in Quebec City, is expected to be canonized later this year.

Laval, Marie de l’Incarnation intertwined with Canada’s history

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The beginnings of the Church in Canada include a series of firsts that go beyond reminding us of who we are. If Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation and Blessed Bishop François de Laval become saints this year, in time for the 350th anniversary of the founding of the diocese of Quebec, these new saints could inspire Canadian Catholics to imagine what their Church will become.

Quebec’s politicians are debating two pieces of controversial legislation right under the crucifix that adorns the legislative chamber in Quebec City.

Quebec’s Catholic paradox

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The seeming uncomfortable paradox of the Catholic Church in Quebec is illuminated by two pieces of legislation making their way through the province’s National Assembly.

Retired Archbishop Kelvin Edward Felix has been plucked from St. Mark’s Church in Soufrière, Dominica, to become a cardinal in February. His brother Val in Toronto is not surprised.

Caribbean cardinal has Canadian connection

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TORONTO - If Pope Francis intends to reshape the college of cardinals so it more roughly approximates the Catholic world, he’s made a start by appointing Val Felix’s big brother.

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.

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