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February 2020

February 19

Psychotherapists wary of new guidelines

February 19, 2020

Canadian psychotherapists expect to soon find themselves in the same position as physicians when it comes to so-called medical assistance in dying — or MAiD — as the government looks to expand access to legal, medically-induced suicide.

February 20

Philippine bishops release additional guidelines to fight coronavirus

February 20, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- Amid continuing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, Catholics in the Philippines have been asked not to kiss or touch the cross when they venerate it on Good Friday, April 10.

Editorial: Focus on dreams

February 20, 2020

Reaction ranged from anger to relief after the Pope dodged a contentious debate about ordaining married men to the priesthood in his reflection on the recent Amazon synod.

Readers Speak Out: February 23, 2020

February 20, 2020

Indigenous anger How Canada responds to the anger of the Wet’suwet’en community and other Indigenous groups may establish a precedent for how we approach the problem of racism at large.

A season for embracing the cross

February 20, 2020

As Christmas and its light fades from our memories we enter a period of reflection — the season of Lent.

Vatican to open WWII archives, research will take time, archivists say

February 20, 2020

VATICAN CITY -- When the Vatican's wartime archives open to researchers March 2, it will be just the start of what should be a long, slow process of studying, analyzing and publishing findings, said the Vatican's archivist and librarian.

Monk’s art challenges concept of ‘neighbour’

February 20, 2020

When Emmaus O’Herlihy prays the Magnificat every evening, he’s thinking about how young and powerless Mary was when she discovered she was pregnant and carrying the Saviour of the world.

Peter Stockland: No quick fixes on this long road

February 20, 2020

Esteemed theological thinkers will doubtless spend the coming months scratching their parses on the latest exhortation from Pope Francis, Querida Amazonia.

February 21

A search for ‘strengths’ in community

February 21, 2020

Fr. Dominic Barber believes he’s found the tool that will take St. Patrick’s Parish in Markham, Ont., on the path to a stronger, more engaged parish.

Art and the Word

February 21, 2020

The Diocese of Hamilton is home to a Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible. It is a fine art reproduction of a handwritten and hand-illuminated Bible that was created in collaboration with Saint John’s Abbey and University and celebrated British calligrapher Donald Jackson.

German bishops to elect new president at meeting

February 21, 2020

BONN, Germany -- This year's spring assembly of the German bishops' conference, scheduled in Mainz March 2-5, will be dominated by the election of a successor to the its current president, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising.

ShareLife set for campaign launch

February 21, 2020

After being asked to dig deeper last year to support the most vulnerable in society, parishioners across the Archdiocese of Toronto are being urged to be just as generous as ShareLife kicks off its 2020 campaign on Feb. 26, Ash Wednesday.

Words to live by: Lenten spiritual reading

February 21, 2020

Alms, prayer and fasting are the broad categories the Church requires in the season of Lent. But let your heart and your devotion lead you over to the bookshelf, and you might find a path into the formal disciplines of Lent through spiritual reading.

Leah Perrault: It’s a beautiful day in our neighbourhood

February 21, 2020

Beauty surprised me last week when I walked out to the car with a small hand in mine: “Mommy, the road is sparkling!”

February 22

Bill 21 challengers face a long battle

February 22, 2020

OTTAWA -- Opponents of Quebec’s Bill 21 are hoping that Canada’s Supreme Court will take on a legal appeal to have the law suspended until arguments against the law are fully heard in Quebec court next fall.

Quarantined B.C. couple relying on faith

February 22, 2020

VANCOUVER -- The morning routine hasn’t changed for Marichu and Ding Camales-Torrijos since they and all other passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise were quarantined following discovery of the coronavirus on board.

Luke Stocking: Voice of Sr. Dorothy echoes in exhortation

February 22, 2020

Fifteen years ago, on Feb. 12, a 73-year-old nun walked along a rural road in the Amazon region of Para state in Brazil. She was followed by two men with guns — Clodoaldo Carlos Batista and Raifran das Neves Sales. Both men worked for a livestock company. They asked her if she had any weapons. In response she showed them her Bible and began to read, “Blessed are the poor in spirit ….”

February 23

God's Word on Sunday: Finding our way back to Eden

February 23, 2020

First Sunday of Lent, March 1 (Year A) Genesis 2:7-9, 16-18, 25, 3:1-7; Psalm 51; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 What is the root sin of humanity? Despite the many likely candidates, there is but one: self.

Her commitment was ‘second to none’

February 23, 2020

EDMONTON -- Joan Carr’s Catholic faith was her compass. It guided her in everything she did.

Couple takes the long road to wedding

February 23, 2020

ARLINGTON, Va. -- It’s sometimes said that life is a journey. For Karla and Jason De Los Reyes, preparing for their new life together involved a literal journey — travelling 120 kilometres on foot along the Camino de Santiago in the days leading up to their wedding in Spain.