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With the sale of church properties in the greater St. John’s area almost complete, the Newfoundland archdiocese is now eyeing the sale of some of its rural properties to compensate abuse survivors from the Mount Cashel Orphanage.
Saint Elizabeth improvises in launching homeless hospice
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterLike a healthcare jazz band, the Saint Elizabeth Foundation, the charitable arm of SE Health Care, has improvised its way around provincial funding priorities to launch a new hospice for the homeless in Windsor, Ont.
For 100 years, Catholic Family Services Toronto has followed in Christ’s path
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe people who work at Catholic Family Services of Toronto aren’t the sort who celebrate themselves. So when the social workers, counsellors and their support staff came together Nov. 17 to celebrate a century of work with the poor and the distressed of Toronto, they were there “because of the people we serve,” Catholic Family Services counsellor Dominique Lemelin told The Catholic Register.
Civil rights league concerned by Bill C-11
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Catholic Civil Rights League is concerned that Bill C-11, the federal government’s proposed Online Streaming Act, could limit the free speech of Catholics on issues that might run up against federal policies.
Quebec religious orders face off over abuse liability
By François Gloutnay, Catholic News ServiceThe Grey Nuns of Montreal are asking a court that the Congregation of Holy Cross compensate them should they be required to pay the victims of clergy sexual abuse who are part of a class action authorized against the order of women religious.
Protect life until the end, archbishop tells health workers
By Canadian Catholic NewsIn the face of “morally depraved laws” allowing and expanding euthanasia, doctors and health care workers may be called to conscientious objection while working to make palliative care available as an alternative, said Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller.
COP27 deal ‘simply isn’t enough,’ says D&P delegate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMoney for the damage done isn’t the same thing as preventing even more damage. That simple distinction left Yusra Shafi, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada delegate to the COP27 climate change conference, disappointed as she flew home from Egypt.
Repairs to historic P.E.I. church in motion
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA distressing dispatch greeted the parishioners of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Cumberland, P.E.I., in the days following the post-tropical storm Fiona’s devastation on Sept. 24.
Halifax settles abuse claim for $10 million
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth will pledge up to $10 million to settle a class action lawsuit over acts of sexual abuse committed by diocesan priests dating back nearly seven decades.
Guide brings trafficking awareness to pews
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Archdiocese of Vancouver is teaming up with the Dioceses of Victoria and Saskatoon to unveil the Working Towards Freedom study guide, a resource designed for clergy, parish groups and individual congregants to learn more about human trafficking.
Opportunity, frustration for COP27 delegate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFor 21-year-old Development and Peace activist Yusra Shafi, being at the COP27 meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, is “an incredible opportunity,” but sometimes an incredible opportunity to be frustrated.