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January 2020

January 29

Activists claim assisted suicide lacks safeguards

January 29, 2020

As most Canadians support fewer restrictions on assisted suicide, disability activists are worried the current system lacks safeguards.

Canadian students join pro-life march in U.S.

January 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C -- For 12 students of an Ontario Catholic college, a pre-dawn wakeup call and 10-hour drive were small inconveniences in the large cause to support the inherent dignity of human life.

Bob Brehl: A conservative schism or media hype?

January 29, 2020

When Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the bishop of Philadelphia on Jan. 23, some in media were painting it as pushing the pontiff’s so-called agenda aimed at moving the Church away from traditionalists.

January 30

The changing world of child welfare

January 30, 2020

Mark Kartusch is a 53-year-old suburban dad, overseer of a real estate windfall and the guy entrusted to make sure a Catholic agency serving more than 6,000 vulnerable families has a future despite declining government funding.

Editorial: Hospice stands tall

January 30, 2020

The operators of a small hospice outside of Vancouver are standing like David against a government Goliath in a showdown to block assisted suicide and euthanasia from crossing their threshold. We support their cause and applaud their courage.

Cancer survivor fights for hospice’s future

January 30, 2020

VANCOUVER -- Angelina Ireland first learned about Delta Hospice five years ago.

Readers Speak Out: February 2, 2020

January 30, 2020

Sacrificial example I want to applaud and fall down on my knees in thanksgiving for the courage and faithfulness of the Delta Hospice Society in British Columbia for not caving in to government pressure to conform to the evil agenda of MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying).

New Orleans team responds to story it helped cover up abuse claims

January 30, 2020

NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Saints said in a Jan. 24 statement that the football team has "no interest in concealing information from the press or public" in any matter related to clergy sex abuse.

Renewal of doctrine rooted in magisterium, Pope Francis says

January 30, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Christian doctrine is not modified to keep up with passing times nor is it rigidly closed in on itself, Pope Francis told members and advisers of the doctrinal congregation.

French cardinal to offer resignation, despite abuse acquittal

January 30, 2020

LYON, France -- A French cardinal welcomed an appeal court judgment that overturned his suspended jail sentence for failing to report abuse, but confirmed he will ask Pope Francis to allow him to resign.

Glen Argan: Church needs to overcome palace intrigues

January 30, 2020

When Pope Celestine V resigned as pope in 1294, he removed his papal garb and intended to return to life as a hermit. However, his successor, Pope Boniface VIII, placed him under house arrest where he remained until his death 10 months later.

January 31

Mary Marrocco: Do not fear your call

January 31, 2020

“From bitter experience she knew that pictures thrown on the screen of her imagination could seem much more unnerving and terrible than the actual facts.”

The race is on for ‘soul’ of Conservatives

January 31, 2020

OTTAWA -- Social conservatives are gearing up for what they call a battle for the “soul of the party” as the federal Conservatives head into a leadership campaign.

Parties working to get U.S., Russia to discuss nuclear arms reduction

January 31, 2020

WASHINGTON -- An effort is underway through nongovernmental channels to bring U.S. and Russian negotiators together to discuss new reductions in the countries' nuclear weapons arsenals, an official with the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said during a visit to The Catholic University of America.

Pope Francis meets with president of Argentina; no news of papal home visit

January 31, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis met Argentina's new president, Alberto Fernandez, amid widespread speculation that they would talk about the pope finally returning to his homeland for a visit.

In autobiography, Asia Bibi speaks of iron collar, 'depths of darkness'

January 31, 2020

Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, described herself as "a prisoner of fanaticism" in her newly published autobiography.

Baltimore museum showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi

January 31, 2020

BALTIMORE -- More than eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi and two companions randomly opened a prayer book three times inside their parish church of St. Nicolo in Italy.