Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic woman who escaped death for alleged blasphemy and who now lives in Canada, has appealed for the protection of victims of blasphemy laws in her home country.
Charges laid in London cemetery burglary
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterLondon police have charged a 35-year-old man in the theft of 43 bronze vases and multiple plaques from St. Peter’s Cemetery in the southwestern Ontario city.
Two Quebec bishops named in abuse lawsuit
By Catholic Register StaffTwo Quebec bishops, one deceased and one living, have been named in a sexual abuse class action against the Archdiocese of Quebec.
Jesuits offer Trudeau their Haiti expertise
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs Canada prepares to take the lead among the Core Group trying to solve Haiti’s anarchic and violent crisis, Canada’s top Jesuit is offering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a precious resource — 55 Haitian Jesuits, including 35 currently in the troubled Caribbean nation.
St. John’s rural properties next up on auction block
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterWith the sale of church properties in the greater St. John’s area almost complete, the Newfoundland archdiocese is now eyeing the sale of some of its rural properties to compensate abuse survivors from the Mount Cashel Orphanage.
Saint Elizabeth improvises in launching homeless hospice
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterLike a healthcare jazz band, the Saint Elizabeth Foundation, the charitable arm of SE Health Care, has improvised its way around provincial funding priorities to launch a new hospice for the homeless in Windsor, Ont.
For 100 years, Catholic Family Services Toronto has followed in Christ’s path
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe people who work at Catholic Family Services of Toronto aren’t the sort who celebrate themselves. So when the social workers, counsellors and their support staff came together Nov. 17 to celebrate a century of work with the poor and the distressed of Toronto, they were there “because of the people we serve,” Catholic Family Services counsellor Dominique Lemelin told The Catholic Register.
Civil rights league concerned by Bill C-11
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Catholic Civil Rights League is concerned that Bill C-11, the federal government’s proposed Online Streaming Act, could limit the free speech of Catholics on issues that might run up against federal policies.
Quebec religious orders face off over abuse liability
By François Gloutnay, Catholic News ServiceThe Grey Nuns of Montreal are asking a court that the Congregation of Holy Cross compensate them should they be required to pay the victims of clergy sexual abuse who are part of a class action authorized against the order of women religious.
Protect life until the end, archbishop tells health workers
By Canadian Catholic NewsIn the face of “morally depraved laws” allowing and expanding euthanasia, doctors and health care workers may be called to conscientious objection while working to make palliative care available as an alternative, said Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller.
COP27 deal ‘simply isn’t enough,’ says D&P delegate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterMoney for the damage done isn’t the same thing as preventing even more damage. That simple distinction left Yusra Shafi, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada delegate to the COP27 climate change conference, disappointed as she flew home from Egypt.