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The Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board has developed a host of protocols to raise awareness about the dangers of sex trafficking.
Continental synod package getting clearer
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTen Americans and seven Canadians have less than 30 days to sum up the life of the Church in North America — everything the baptized know and love and dream and hope for.
CWL take concerns to Ottawa policy makers
By Susan KorahA three-member delegation representing more than 63,000 members of the Catholic Women’s League nationwide brought their concerns on national issues to Parliament Hill.
Catholic health care remains steadfast to its roots
By Angelica Vecchiato, Register CorrespondentWith political and legislative talk over Bill C-7 renewed following momentum to expand MAiD access across the country, Ontario Catholic health-care organizations are standing firm to their spiritual tradition.
Opposition mounts to MAiD expansion
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe legislative effort to delay broadening MAiD eligibility to individuals solely afflicted with a mental illness by a year is forging ahead, but there are signs Canadians are not comfortable with moving forward.
ShareLife falls just shy of 2022 target
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterDespite confronting formidable economic headwinds due to the highest inflation rates to hit Canada in 40 years, ShareLife’s parish fundraising campaign in 2022 came just shy of hitting its target.
Montreal sending bishops to Toronto a historical Hab-it
By Laura Ieraci, Catholic Register SpecialThe news came at 5:25 a.m. CST on Feb. 11. Despite my years of absence, big news from home can still rattle me awake: Pope Francis had named Bishop Frank Leo, auxiliary bishop of Montreal, to succeed Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto.
MAiD expansion delay bill passes
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterBill C-39, legislation that would delay by one year the expansion of assisted suicide to those suffering solely from mental illness, passed the House of Commons on Feb. 15
