Michael Swan

Immigrants lead way in Catholic giving

March 5, 2018

The future of giving in Canada’s Catholic Church has only just arrived, or at least it arrived within the last generation.

Beyond the priesthood debate: What influence do women have in the Church?

March 2, 2018

Does the Church belong to women? Can the Church be led by women? From a young woman’s perspective, those questions have already been answered.

Dr. David Sylvester appointed to head St. Michael’s College

March 1, 2018

St. Michael’s College has its man.

About 45,000 privately sponsored refugees backlogged

February 23, 2018

As they wait to learn about 2018 quotas, sponsoring agencies are set to welcome 18,000 refugees this year, including many who have waited for years to finally start a new life in Canada.

World medical body pushes back on conscience fight

February 20, 2018

The international society of Catholic doctors is using Canada as an example of what can go wrong when doctors are forced to refer for abortion.

Doomsday clock ticking on nuclear threat

February 17, 2018

Is the world moving closer to nuclear war?

'It's the Lord, working through the music,' Catholic fiddler Natalie MacMaster says

February 16, 2018

Whether or not St. Thomas Aquinas really said “he who sings prays twice,” it’s true.

Fight over forced referral policy on assisted suicide not over yet

February 15, 2018

The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada is asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to take a second look at their case against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

A leap into drastic change in environmental policy

February 14, 2018

Development and Peace has signed onto a political manifesto that reflects in part the teaching of Pope Francis in a call for drastic change in environmental policy.

Court decision on assisted suicide referrals opens door for other challenges

February 8, 2018

While doctors who lost their right to practise medicine according to their conscience contemplate a legal appeal, a prominent pro-euthanasia organization suspects faith-based hospitals, nursing homes and hospices may be next to face demands to accommodate euthanasia and assisted suicide.