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March 2023

March 9

Bill to delay MAiD becomes law

March 9, 2023

The broadening of assisted suicide access to individuals solely suffering from mental illness has officially been delayed by one year to March 17, 2024, though voices are rising to scrap any expansion altogether.

March 10

Culture of loneliness feeding MAiD epidemic

March 10, 2023

Caring and compassion are the most effective solutions we have to combat the growing requests for Medical Assistance in Dying, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director Alex Schadenberg told a large gathering at St. Nicholas Church in Langley.

Pay up: taxes and the common good

March 10, 2023

If paying your taxes seems complicated, the morality of finishing the job isn’t, according to Catholic authorities from St. Thomas Aquinas through to Pope Francis.

God's Word on Sunday: God’s living water will quench our thirst

March 10, 2023

Third Sunday of Lent (Year A)March 12 (Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42) Is the Lord among us or not? This petulant expression of anger and doubt was the first sign of the rebellion and unbelief that would plague the Israelites during the entire journey to the Promised Land. At times it would threaten to rupture their relationship with God entirely.

Enhanced security remains in place at Peel Catholic schools

March 10, 2023

Attendance is low as enhanced security remains in place for the second straight day at four Peel Region Catholic high schools that were among six schools targeted by online threats of violence.

March 11

Saskatoon congress a ‘how to’ spread the Word

March 11, 2023

Each year over the past four the Diocese of Saskatoon has been hosting a Spring Congress to liaise about diocesan plans with clergy, staff, lay leadership and Church attendees from its 92 member parishes.

Morality and the market

March 11, 2023

Individually, economists need to be saved as much as any other poor sinner. Collectively, the rest of us need to be saved from the fallen state of economics, says Catholic economist Tony Annett.

March 13

Resolutions of German Synodal Assembly support laity to preach at Mass, church blessings of same-sex couples

March 13, 2023

The final assembly of the German Synodal Way took place in Frankfurt March 9-11, where 230 bishops and lay representatives discussed issues such as blessings for homosexual couples, the ordination of women, a relaxation of mandatory celibacy and greater church involvement for lay people.

March 14

Updated: Jesuits of Canada name abusers among its ranks

March 14, 2023

Canada’s Jesuit Fathers have published the names of 27 of their own men who, over a span of 70 years, have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children and young people under 18.

March 15

Bank failures underscore 'obligation' for prudence

March 15, 2023

After the failures of two banks in March, the U.S. government has taken steps to prevent similar failures and the risks such failures would present to the economy. The precarious situation illustrates what one Catholic commentator described as the need for government and banks to take seriously the "solemn obligation" of prudence in banking policy for the sake of society's common good.

The path to Easter is Christ’s Way

March 15, 2023

In this final stretch before Easter, let’s return to where we began — looking at the entirety of Christ’s way of being, as an integral whole of truth, goodness and beauty. Any other way risks removing something essential.

March 16

CCCB, rapporteur at odds on visit

March 16, 2023

Representatives of the Catholic Church were not present at any meetings or consultations with him, and his initial report did not include any input from the Church, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples said at the end of his 10-day assessment visit to Canada.

Winnipeg looks to cancel Grandin

March 16, 2023

The Archdiocese of Winnipeg is taking a hand’s off approach as the Prairie city looks to erase the legacy of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin from its map for his association with Canada’s residential school system.

Verbatim: Pope Francis' address to editorial board of 'A Sua Immagine'

March 16, 2023

The text of the address by Pope Francis to the editorial board of the television program A Sua Immagine, which airs on the Italian national broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana.

Editorial: Failure to connect

March 16, 2023

Rising from the dead, Our Lord was able to quickly arrange a meeting, and even a fish fry, with the Apostles.

Snow reminds how to fall with grace

March 16, 2023

Several weeks ago, Eliot brought home a note for his school ski trip and asked if I would like to come as a chaperone. I know these requests could stop coming and I love being out on the hill, so I planned to go. I have been a snowboarder since my teens, which was surprising even two and a half decades before I could be called middle-aged. I went to be with him and his friends, and I went (without smaller children in tow) to test out if it is time for me to trade my snowboard in for skis. It is getting dangerous to risk a fall.

Making ‘attachment culture’ a headline subject

March 16, 2023

If it’s possible to mourn something you’ve never known, then I’ve been longing for a world in which attachment matters. Why worry about attachment now? It’s not a subject that makes headlines.

King’s partners with Sally Ann

March 16, 2023

Social work students at King’s University College are putting in-class knowledge to good use at the Salvation Army’s Centre of Hope in London, Ont.

Healing the broken breeds new strength

March 16, 2023

For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror. 1 Corinthians 13: 12 I had the pleasure recently of attending an international conference for Catholic post-secondary presidents, and I was inspired by the range and reach of the work we do to bring the joy of faith to the community through the critical lens of education.

‘Pope Sean Paul’ on path to childhood dream

March 16, 2023

Deacon Sean Raphael Jacob first felt the priesthood could be in his future during a family vacation to Rome as a young child.