By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News (UPDATED DIRECTIVES MARCH 17 – including cancellation of public celebrations of Mass until further notice – BISHOP LETTER.) [Saskatoon – March 10, 2020] – In response to growing…

The new Saskatoon residence for the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary — and its chapel — were blessed March 6 by Bishop Mark Hagemoen. Presently home to three members of the religious community who…

Catholic News Agency [Toronto – CNA] – Canada is embracing “death on demand” in its healthcare laws, according to Cardinal Thomas Collins. The Archbishop of Toronto issued a strong denunciation of the so-called Medical Assistance…

By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] – The federal government is touting recent statistics that indicate that the poverty rate in Canada is on a downward spiral, but social justice and anti-poverty groups…

By Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency [Ottawa – CNA] – The Catholic bishops of Canada issued a statement on Ash Wednesday, condemning parliament’s efforts to further expand medically assisted suicide to those who do not…

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency [Vatican City – CNA] – The Vatican has created a task force to help under-resourced bishops’ conferences enact guidelines on the protection of minors and the pope’s 2019 norms…

By Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic Delta Hospice Society president Angelina Ireland is “shocked and outraged” that the B.C. government will pull all funding from the hospice by 2021. Delta Hospice is a small 10-bed…

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register [Toronto – Canadian Catholic News] – For the people with disabilities who are the core members of L’Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year…

By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic News [Ottawa – CCN] –  The federal government’s proposed changes to what they call “medical assistance in dying”  or “MAiD” is eliminating the requirement that a person’s death must be reasonably…