By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News OTTAWA – A second attempt to have the anti-religious symbols provisions of Quebec’s controversial Bill 21 suspended until court challenges to the legality of the bill are determined in the…
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Residents, staff and special guests gathered Nov. 22 for an afternoon reception and program to mark the fifth anniversary of a faith-based independent living and personal care seniors’…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – The abuse started when Veronique Garnier was just 13 years old. She was abused by her parish priest, who was also a family friend. “My…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic Deacon Rennie Nahanee remembers collecting seafood on the shores of the Tsleil-Waututh reserve, near the Second Narrows Bridge, in the 1960s. “We would go on the beach and could…
Submitted by St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation In a press conference on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, it was announced that after a lifetime of volunteering and donating to charitable causes, the late Bob Steane was…
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register The failure to end child poverty in Canada, promised 30 years ago when parliamentarians pledged to stop the scourge by 2000, has seen a generation of children grow up…
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Canadian Catholic News] – Canada stands on the brink of legally euthanizing disabled people for no other reason than self-reported suffering because life is difficult, doctors and disability experts are…
By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic Whenever a group of people with different opinions gather at a table to discuss a controversial topic, sparks are bound to fly. But Archdiocese of Vancouver lawyer Mary Margaret…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News OTTAWA – A first of its kind publicly-released review of historic cases of sexual abuse within a Canadian Catholic diocese may have far reaching repercussions across the country as other…
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News OTTAWA – Human rights and climate change are among the issues Catholic and faith-based organizations hope will feature prominently in the throne speech on Dec. 5 that will indicate what…