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Catholic Conscience gets set for federal election
Right out of the gate, when Pope Francis was elected in 2013, he declared, “A good Catholic meddles in politics.” Eight years on, the young, non-partisan organization Catholic Conscience is ramping up its meddling to encompass all of Canada.
Federal Court of Appeal overturns Safe Third Country ruling
For the foreseeable future, asylum seekers at official Canada-U.S. border crossings will be turned back to try their luck in the U.S.
Taking science back from the culture wars
In the COVID era, there’s no news like science news — the fastest vaccine development in human history has been news all year.
Flynn first layperson to helm St. Joseph’s College
The new boss at St. Joseph’s College in Edmonton happens to be the old boss — but not that old.
New King’s program takes holistic view of human rights
On the one hand, human rights might seem obvious. There is surely a minimum of freedoms, responsibilities, care and solidarity owed to all humans just because they are human. On the other hand, is there anything Catholics and Canadians argue about more fervently?
Good Shepherd pivot allows it to continue feeding the poor during pandemic restrictions
Two sandwiches, a fruit bar, three granola bars, one chocolate bar, maybe a muffin or some other baked treat and a fruit cup all in a brown, paper bag — times 200,000.
Matching Catholic values with investments
The Global Catholic Climate Movement in Canada has a plan to make Catholic money stand up and speak for the environment, against the climate crisis and in favour of reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
Canadians affirm support for UN nuclear weapons ban treaty
Three-quarters of Canadians say their country should sign the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty even if the United States and NATO oppose it.
Resurrecting The Resurrection has not been easy. Over 80 singers, dancers, musicians, set designers and more have been through quarantine, donned masks, practised at a distance to remount an Opera Atelier production that was stopped dead in its tracks just before Easter 2020.
The day Presentation Manor went into lockdown for COVID-19 was Charles Hendrick’s birthday, but he wasn’t there to celebrate. He had died the previous October of pancreatic cancer.