This year’s Earth Day announcement of organizations shedding their investments in fossil fuels rang up another 31 religious institutions globally divesting from oil, gas and coal, and a Canadian order is expected to soon add to that number.
March for Life takes aim at government’s pro-abortion agenda
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterCampaign Life Coalition is calling on Canadians to emulate the United States in extending rights to all human beings, particularly those in the womb.
Expanding MAiD for mental illness ends all hope, bishops say
By Catholic Register StaffBy expanding euthanasia and assisted suicide to those suffering with a mental illness, the federal government is closing the door to “any hope of recovery,” Canada’s bishops have said in an open letter to the Government of Canada.
Newfoundland acquires 32 schools owned by archdiocese
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA recent tentative agreement struck in a St. John’s courtroom will transfer control over 32 schools on the Avalon and Burin peninsulas from the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s (RCESJ) to the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Somalia on the verge of famine
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMore than 8.25 million Somalians are in pressing need of humanitarian aid due to the impacts of devastating droughts, conflict and hunger, devastation viewed first hand by Stefan Epp-Koop.
Pembroke diocese celebrates its 125th anniversary
By Susan KorahThe Diocese of Pembroke, spanning two provinces, with 60,000 Catholics within its borders, marked the 125th year since its establishment.
Busy retirement beckons Cardinal Ouellet
By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News AgencyCardinal Marc Ouellet has handed over the reins of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops office to Bishop Robert Francis Prevost.
You can be Indigenous and Christian, speakers insist
By Anna FarrowAt the Ottawa offices of Cardus, coinciding with the 343rd anniversary of the death of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, four Indigenous Canadians spoke to a mixed crowd of what it means to be both Indigenous and a person of faith.
Roe v. Wade looms over March for Life
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe buzz leading up to the 26th National March for Life in Ottawa on May 11 is very encouraging to event organizers at Campaign Life Coalition.
Effect of Bill C-11 on religion remains to be seen
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterBill C-11, one of the most hotly debated pieces of legislation in recent Canadian history, received royal assent and became law on April 27.
Order of Malta elects Canadian as grand master
By Justin McLellan, OSV NewsThe Sovereign Order of Malta has elected Canadian Fra' John T. Dunlap as its 81st grand master, the first non-European ever to head the order.