Pro-life forces in Manitoba scored a victory on Oct. 14 when an NDP bill seeking to create a protest buffer zone around facilities providing abortions was voted down in the provincial legislature.
Therapist finds beauty in healing, faith
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterPhysiotherapist Robbie de Fleuriot believes in taking a holistic approach to physical recovery.
From pain to forgiveness: A residential school survivor shares his story
By Agnieszka Ruck, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- Rousing applause sounded as Cree elder Don Tourangeau embraced Fr. Pierre Ducharme at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Richmond, B.C., on Canada’s first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
‘This is a resurrection moment for the Church’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe 2023 Synod on Synodality can’t come fast enough for physician, ethicist and expert on sexual abuse by priests Sr. Nuala Kenny.
‘Faith is not neutral’ in caring for creation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterPope Francis isn’t going to let the next global summit on climate change slip by on the same old excuses and empty promises — and Development and Peace - Caritas Canada aims to see Canadian Catholics play their part.
Van attack victim’s light still shines
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterThe memory of Yonge Street van attack victim Anne Marie D’Amico and her positive and helping ways have been honoured with the North York Women’s Shelter unveiling a new building bearing her name.
This campaign will have to be different
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf Catholics really are going to raise $30 million to fund Indigenous-led reconciliation projects across the country, they’re going to have to run a very different campaign than the $25-million “best efforts” campaign that raised just $3.7 million between 2008 and 2014, say Catholic philanthropists and fundraisers.
Dioceses sending strong vaccination message
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe message across the country for parishioners, volunteers and staff at Catholic churches is clear: please get vaccinated.
Rise in Canadian MAiD cases a sign of things to come
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- A surge in assisted death requests in Nova Scotia has seen the province put referrals on hold until the backlog can be cleared.
Worldwide synod begins at local level
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere has never been a synod like the one that will begin Oct. 17 in cathedrals across Canada.
Catholic Missions slowly bounces back
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterRewind the clocks to late July 2020. Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic and Catholic Missions In Canada had already paid a heavy toll.