TORONTO - At St. John’s Bakery, the spiced, sweet scent of freshly baked hot cross buns fills the air. The bakery revives this popular tradition every year in anticipation of the joy of Jesus’ resurrection. But more than preparing an Easter treat, the hands that make the hot cross buns are symbols of hope and community.
Catholic doctor taking conscience fight to next level
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAlready battle scarred in conflict with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario over the college’s insistence that doctors must actively help patients access abortion, morning-after pills, chemical contraception, hysterectomies and vasectomies, Dr. Agnes Tanguay is not backing away from a fight for her right to practise medicine according to her conscience.
Canadians are becoming ambivalent on religion
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanadians are increasingly becoming ambivalent about religion or rejecting it outright, but people across the religion spectrum admire the Pope, according to an Angus Reid Institute study released before Easter.
Syria mission a humanitarian necessity: Chaldean eparch
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Chaldean Catholic Eparch of Canada says Canadian military intervention against the Islamic State is a humanitarian necessity to protect defenceless people in Iraq and Syria.
St. Basil’s parish reflects on environmental impact
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Construction has become the soundtrack of daily life at St. Basil’s parish.
In vitro moms pressured to abort some fetuses
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsGATINEAU, QUE. - Women who achieve multiple pregnancies through in vitro fertilization are increasingly being pressured to abort all but one of the babies, a conference on life and family was told.
Immigrant bishop, builder, martyr: Telling the story of Blessed Budka
By Laura Ieraci, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - More than a century after he first set foot in North America, the story of a little-known Canadian blessed and martyr of the Soviet regime is starting to come out of the shadows.
Montreal's Cardinal Turcotte admitted to palliative care
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal, one of the most popular Quebeckers alive even as the province grew more decidedly secular, has entered the last stage of his life.
Make mining companies accountable, bishops demand
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCatholic bishops and religious orders from the high arctic to the southern tip of Patagonia are demanding accountability for Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America up to and including the right of villagers and farmers to sue in Canadian courts in the event of environmental disasters and human rights abuses.
Christian doctors take College of Physicians and Surgeons to court
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAfter seven months of refusing to meet face-to-face with the affected doctors, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario will now face them in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Former deacon gets jail time over child porn charges
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - A Catholic deacon who was arrested with more than 100,000 pornographic pictures of children was sentenced Mar. 24 to two years less a day in prison.