TORONTO - Since it was launched in Toronto in 2005, Israel Apartheid Weeks have spread across university campuses in North America. In recent years there have been events claiming Israel is “an apartheid state” at New York University, Cambridge University in England, in Johannesburg, South Africa and in Jerusalem.
Program to acclimatize foreign clergy in Toronto graduates its first class
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Shortly after arriving in Canada this summer from Hungary, Fr. Jeno Rigo pulled into a self-serve gas station to fill up his car. He studied the pump but, perplexed, was soon inside the station asking the attendant for help. When you are new to a country even the most mundane tasks can be challenging.
D&P sticking to tried and true aid plan
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTwenty-million dollars in matching funds from Ottawa for Philippines typhoon relief have so far gone to a familiar list of United Nations agencies and heavyweight non-governmental organizations with experience in emergency relief and development.
Coalition forms to take on destructive porn industry
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - A coalition comprising feminists, religious, aboriginals, NGOs and human-trafficking experts are joining forces with Conservative MP Joy Smith to take on the porn industry.
Woodworth introduces human dignity motion
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Warning of a “dark and dystopian future” if society accepts any instance of the state stripping even one person of their status as a human being, Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth tabled another motion in Parliament that highlights the status of the unborn child.
Typhoon teaches students to be globally aware
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA typhoon half a world away is a lesson in global responsibility and the golden rule for students at Senator O’Connor Catholic Secondary School in Toronto’s east end.
Church beefs up presence in prison ministry
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOn any given day more than 160,000 Canadians over 18 are in jail, though only 38,000 of them have been convicted of a crime. Despite a decline in crime rates, the rate at which Canadians are jailed rose by five per cent between 2001 and 2011, according to Statistics Canada.
Antigonish continues sex abuse reconciliation
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Nova Scotia’s Antigonish diocese plans a series of public encounters to reach out to sexual abuse victims and those hurt by a former bishop’s child porn conviction.
Religious argument can lose euthanasia debate
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe Catholic argument against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia need not be based on religious precepts, and if it is presented in explicitly religious terms it will probably lose, said students from the University of St. Michael’s College after watching Dr. Donald Low’s plea for assisted suicide recorded eight days before he died.
Francis, the defibrillator pope
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Pope Francis was elected the Bishop of Rome eight months ago, but the honeymoon isn’t over yet. The new pope continues to invigorate the faithful and captivate the secular media, and Fr. Tom Rosica believes he knows why.
Tensions in abortion debate
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Documents from the Mulroney era prior to the last attempt to pass a federal law restricting abortion reveal a deep divide in the Conservative cabinet, says Canadian Press.