OTTAWA - An unborn baby is a child under the law if the child is likely to be born alive, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
Miehm ordained as auxiliary bishop for Hamilton
By Tony Gosgnach, Catholic Register SpecialHAMILTON, ONT. - Surprised, grateful, humbled and excited.
Canada joins U.S. Romanian eparchy
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - At 19,811,345 square kilometres the Byzantine-rite Romanian Eparchy of St. George the Martyr based in Canton, Ohio, has likely become the largest Catholic diocese in the world.
Federal government abdicating leadership in health care, critics say
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA federal government attempt to kill off the Health Council of Canada has Catholic health care advocates upset and disappointed.
Scarboro Missions adapts program to modern reality
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Hoping to win over more young people to mission life, Scarboro Missions is betting that a one-year commitment compared to three will be its lucky number.
Catholic hospitals footing the bill for refugee treatments
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterUpdated 05/03/13
TORONTO - Toronto’s two large, acute-care Catholic hospitals have written off more than $174,000 in treatment costs for more than 800 refugee patients no longer covered by federal health insurance, The Catholic Register has learned.
Income-splitting the way to tax fairness for families
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s tax system discriminates against single-income families, but that can be remedied by introducing income-splitting into the system, a new study shows.
High visibility assisted suicide in Swiss clinic should not prompt change to laws
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The highly publicized assisted suicide death of a Winnipeg woman in a Swiss clinic April 25 should not prompt Canada to change its laws, says Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
COLF calls for end to feticide
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is calling for an end to female feticide through sex-selective abortion, the theme of this year’s National March for Life May 9.
Catholic Missions the lifeline to Canada’s mission territory
By Ruane Remy, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - When the Oblates in 1857 found an Innu community in the isolated interior of Labrador, they were shocked to hear the rosary being recited, said Sr. Sheila Fortune, a Sister of St. Joseph.
Cardinal Collins appeals to CRTC to keep Vision TV on basic cable
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsGATINEAU, Que. - Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins has urged the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to not to let the faith community get “rolled over.”