As British Columbia throws in the towel on its experiment of decriminalizing hard drugs, admitting defeat in liberalizing its drug laws, the country’s largest city has had its desire to ignore B.C.s evidence and move down the same path quashed by the federal government.
Preliminary investigation finds no evidence of abuse by Québec cardinal Lacroix
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News ServiceA preliminary canonical investigation found no evidence of abuse or misconduct committed by Cardinal Gérald Lacroix of Québec, who had been anonymously accused of abuse, the Vatican said.
Faith, finance and the bottom line
By Anna FarrowCanadian Catholic journalist Laura Ieraci is a bit of a “Jill of all trades” and when she is not editing, writing or shooting a film, she is coaching people to bring their faith and their finances into alignment.
Synod experience ‘transformative’ for Canadian priests
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterFr. Pierre Ducharme, O.F.M., is “riding a high” one week after returning from the Parish Priests for the Synod international meeting in Rome.
Discarded chalice’s new life helps spread the call for vocations in Thunder Bay
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterUpon visiting a local scrap yard last summer to dispose of some waste, one local man from the Thunder Bay District noticed someone attempting to sell an item - one he knew was too precious to be lost to time.
Partnership ‘crucial’ in trafficking fight
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterTo combat modern slavery, the fastest growing and second most profitable criminal enterprise in the world behind the illegal drug trade, anti-trafficking organizations are urgently calling for collaboration.
We ignore religious freedom ‘at our own peril’
By Susan KorahDifferent kinds of persecution are top of mind in political and media circles, but what receives little attention is Christian persecution, said John McKay.
No accounting for burial sites’ funding
By Anna FarrowThe $7.9 million allocated to the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation for “field work” at the alleged site of 215 unmarked graves in Kamloops, B.C. is only a small portion of the $110 million allocated to Indigenous communities to help them search and document burial sites at former residential schools.
York Catholic board welcomes all in Christ
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterNearly one year ago, on May 29, 2023, York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) trustees voted 6-4 against a proposal to fly the Pride flag outside board headquarters in Aurora, Ont.
Toronto welcomes five new shepherds
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterA packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, filled with family, friends and well-wishers, gathered May 11 to see five men become the newest priests for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
'I will never forget you', March for Life theme
By Anna FarrowThousands of pro-lifers packed onto Parliament Hill and spilled out onto Wellington Street May 9 for the 27th annual National March for Life.
The diverse crowd gathered on the Hill at noon with its members bearing both homemade and professionally crafted signs pledging them to stand fast for the unborn and vulnerable.