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April 22, 2017

Living in multi-faith Canada is a real-life challenge for Muslims

Toronto-born Sumaiya Desai, second from the right, is hoping people can get past the niqab she wears and realize that Muslims are not bad. From left to right: Yunis, Mohammed, Habeebah, Bilal, Sumaiya and Faizah.

The worst of it was the day Sumaiya Desai went grocery shopping with her then eight-year-old son.

Published in Features
March 2, 2017

Our challenge is to put total trust in God

Our challenge is to put total trust in God

Second Sunday of Lent, March 12 (Year A) Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 33; 2 Timothy 1:8b-10; Matthew 17:1-9

When we depart on a journey, preparations and planning are the order of the day.

Published in Fr. Scott Lewis
August 30, 2016

Judge won’t stop California assisted suicide law or suit challenging it

Riverside County Courthouse as seen in 2009. The county's superior court judge Daniel Ottolia ruled that he will not put California's new assisted-suicide law on hold while challenges by a group of doctors is ongoing.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A California judge ruled Aug. 26 that he will not put the state's new assisted-suicide law on hold while a group of doctors are challenging it, but he also ruled that their challenge could continue.

Published in International
November 6, 2015

Challenges of work and student debt

Maria Montemayor, Youth Speak News

More students today are facing unemployment or underemployment, even in specialized fields. A report from the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, based on 2011 data, has found that only 29.7 per cent of those with engineering degrees actually work in their fields as engineers.

Published in YSN: Speaking Out
May 31, 2015

Priests need prayers to deal with disillusionment

Fr. Scott McCaig

OTTAWA - Though a recent study shows most Catholic priests are happy in their vocations, they face many challenges that could lead some to become disillusioned.

Published in Canada
May 31, 2015

Church voice will be heard to combat child poverty

Former Canadian senator Hugh Segal addresses the Faith in the City symposium earlier this month at Toronto City Hall.

TORONTO - Former senator Hugh Segal is encouraging faith groups to use their collective voice to help put an end to child poverty in Canada.

Published in Canada
April 23, 2015

Constitutional challenge seeks truth of abortion numbers

We Need A Law campaign director Mike Schouten and media relations assistant Niki Pennings on the front lawn of Queen’s Park, where the campaign had arranged a display of 100,000 pink and blue flags to represent 100,000 abortions performed in Canada each year. The We Need A Law parent organization, ARPA Canada, is going to court to challenge an Ontario law that limits access to abortion information.

TORONTO - With 100,000 pink and blue flags littered across the front lawn of Queen’s Park representing Canada’s annual abortion toll, a blogger and a Protestant civil rights organization announced a constitutional challenge to Ontario freedom of information laws that keep all abortion statistics secret.

Published in Canada