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Wendy Ashby, the trustee for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) mired in controversy because of her past Twitter activity deemed anti-Christian has reportedly resigned from her position.
Archdiocese of Toronto welcomes seven new priests
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterSeven men handed their lives over to service in the Church, service to the Eucharist, service to the Gospel at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on Saturday, May 13.
Canadians help keep hope alive in Holy Land
By Susan KorahDespite living under dark clouds of uncertainty and fear, Christians in the Holy Land are still a beacon of light and a much-needed presence there, says Joseph Hazboun.
Universities increasingly go international
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterKing’s University College principal David Malloy found something more precious than gold on an April trip to India — students.
Thousands gather for annual March for Life protest in Ottawa
By Catholic Register StaffOn a 25-degree blue sky May day in Ottawa, Canada’s national pro-life movement made clear it has no intention of calling “may day” in the battle against abortion and Medical Aid in Dying.
More child porn charges laid against Milton teacher
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterHalton Regional Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (I.C.E.) has laid 28 additional child pornography charges on a former Catholic elementary school teacher who has already been in custody since Jan. 5.
Oblates ready to divest from fossil fuels
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThis year’s Earth Day announcement of organizations shedding their investments in fossil fuels rang up another 31 religious institutions globally divesting from oil, gas and coal, and a Canadian order is expected to soon add to that number.
March for Life takes aim at government’s pro-abortion agenda
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterCampaign Life Coalition is calling on Canadians to emulate the United States in extending rights to all human beings, particularly those in the womb.
Newfoundland acquires 32 schools owned by archdiocese
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA recent tentative agreement struck in a St. John’s courtroom will transfer control over 32 schools on the Avalon and Burin peninsulas from the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s (RCESJ) to the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Somalia on the verge of famine
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMore than 8.25 million Somalians are in pressing need of humanitarian aid due to the impacts of devastating droughts, conflict and hunger, devastation viewed first hand by Stefan Epp-Koop.
Expanding MAiD for mental illness ends all hope, bishops say
By Catholic Register StaffBy expanding euthanasia and assisted suicide to those suffering with a mental illness, the federal government is closing the door to “any hope of recovery,” Canada’s bishops have said in an open letter to the Government of Canada.