Critics call decision ‘shameful’ By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – Critics of euthanasia in Canada say it is shameful that the federal Liberal government with the help of the Bloc Quebecois decided…
[This article is re-printed with permission from St. Thomas More College] By Paul Sinkewicz, St. Thomas More College The newly established Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace, and Justice (CFRPJ) hosted an online event recently in…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News As of March 19, 2021, numbers permitted to gather for worship under COVID-19 public health orders in Saskatchewan will increase to 30 per cent of building capacity or…
Editor’s note: On March 11, the CCCB added a clarification to their March 9 statement on vaccines (referred to in the article below), noting that their statement did not relate to or question the efficacy…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – Calls by some Conservative MPs for the federal government to reopen an office dedicated to advocating for religious freedom around the globe come as this year…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic British Columbia’s health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has turned down Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller’s request to let churches open to 10 per cent capacity. In a seven-page document sent…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register Canada’s bishops are continuing to study federal legislation that provides legal protections for Indigenous communities in the form of internationally recognized rights. Bill C-15, which would incorporate the United…
By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency [Rome Newsroom – CNA]- In his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for an end to violence and extremism so that ordinary Iraqis can live, work, and pray in…
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register Roughly a decade in development, the new Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace and Justice at St. Thomas More College couldn’t be more timely. In a polarized social and political…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – A federal Conservative MP has put forward a new private members bill in the House of Commons that would protect health care workers from having to…