Suzanna Scorsone, Royal Commission member for five years, says, "Surrogacy for hire would set a dangerous precedent because it would, in effect, legalize a form of child trafficking."

Assisted reproduction, surrogacy laws challenged

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A private member’s bill that would decriminalize the purchase of sperm, eggs and rent-a-womb surrogacy would open the door to exploitation of poor women and legalize a form of child trafficking, according to a member of the 1990s Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.

Hans Koehle announces his $11.6-million donation June 5 that will create a palliative care centre at Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Hospital.

A giant palliative ‘payback’ for St. Joseph's Hospital

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With an $11.6-million donation, Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre will create one of the largest, most advanced and most comprehensive palliative care units in Canada.

Birthright founder Louise Summerhill. Birthright is marking a half-century of service with its annual convention on June 9.

Birthright marks a half century of service

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When Birthright first took root 50 years ago, little did the founders foresee it growing from its little office in Toronto to an organization spanning North America and even making inroads into Africa.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that courts have no authority to decide on religious group rules May 31.

Supreme court ruling a boost for religious freedom

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OTTAWA – Courts have no place in deciding a religious group’s rules, the Supreme Court said in a unanimous judgment May 31.
Pope Paul VI made several predictions about the effects of contraception, among them the general lowering of morality and lessening of respect for women.

Pope had it right in ’68, conference on Humanae Vitae hears

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OTTAWA – Humanae Vitae’s predictions of contraception’s effects proved far worse than Pope Paul VI’s prophetic vision, said speakers at an event marking the document’s 50th anniversary.

For the kids participating and for their teachers, Special Olympics is “the biggest single day of the year."

Special Olympics celebrate integral members of Toronto Catholic schools

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For over 360 special needs students from 24 Catholic high schools across Toronto, a day spent running around an old hangar at the former Downsview air force base is more than special.

Stan and Marilyn Pidsadny say their faith and ministry have helped keep them together for 60 years.

Couple's prison ministry inspires prisoners of love

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VANCOUVER – In 60 years of marriage, Marilyn and Stan Pidsadny have found one of the most fulfilling things they’ve ever done together is to go prison.

Emily Carreiro, who graduated from Toronto’s Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School six years ago, helped start a program at her alma mater making care packages for homeless and vulnerable people who walk through the doors at St. Michael’s Hospital.

‘Be An Angel’ project offers a little taste of humanity for most vulnerable patients

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Socks, toothpaste, tampons, tissues and a handwritten note from a teenager aren’t likely to rewrite a life story that includes  sleeping in shelters, seeking comfort in opioids and waking up in the emergency room at St. Michael’s Hospital. 

Still wearing their deacons’ stoles, Canadian Jesuits Arthur Suski and Edmund Lo are presented to Archbishop Terry Prendergast for ordination into the priesthood at St. Paul’s Basilica, Toronto, May 19.

Father General Arturo Sosa attends Jesuit ordinations in Toronto

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Father General Arturo Sosa, leader of over 16,000 Jesuit priests worldwide, attended the ordinations at St. Paul’s Basilica in Toronto, May 19, during his Canada visit. “This moment in the life of the Society, but even more in the life of the Church, is an opening,” he said.

Canadian Jesuits Arthur Suski and Edmund Lo were presented to Archbishop Terry Prendergast for ordination into the priesthood. The archbishop handed each of them a book of the Gospels and said, “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you now are.  Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” 
Sr. Mechtilde O’Mara at a May 26 farewell party honouring the outgoing ministry director of Faith Connections.

Sr. Mechtilde's passion for teaching served her well at Faith Connections

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Sister’s passion for teaching served her well at Faith Connections

Archbishop Murray Chatlain, above, co-chair of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, a coalition of Catholic groups. The Circle has been invited by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett to aid the federal government in obtaining a papal apology for the Church role in residential schools.

Government seeks help from Catholic coalition to push papal apology

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OTTAWA – The Minister of Indigenous Affairs has asked the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, a coalition of Catholic groups, to help government efforts to obtain a papal apology for the Church’s role in residential schools.

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