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May 2, 2021

The law, theology ... and Happy the elephant

Court will decide if an elephant should have “personhood.”

Is an animal a person?

That’s the central question surrounding the fate of a 48-year-old female Asian elephant in the Bronx Zoo named Happy, a question that has enticed legal, moral and even theological debate.

Published in Canada
February 19, 2021

Animal welfare and the Church

For five years Fr. Donatello Iocco has been making vegan meals for himself daily. He encourages his parishioners at Toronto’s St. Ambrose Church to think more compassionately about the food they consume.

Since watching a Netflix documentary on veganism five years ago, Fr. Donatello Iocco has never been the same. 

Published in Features
April 3, 2018

Bob Brehl: Coyote attack a sign of upside down world

Lucy had an unpleasant encounter with the neighbourhood coyote population.

Do you ever wonder if sometimes the world is upside down?

Published in Robert Brehl
December 17, 2016

What the animals knew at Christmas

Donkeys and lambs are part of the Holy Spirit Catholic School’s nativity scene performance.

You may have wondered, and rightly so, why the ox and the ass appear so often beside the Christ child in various images of the Nativity.

Published in Christmas