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{mosimage}TORONTO - In Sierra Leone and Kenya, women die from child birth or related complications on a weekly basis. But Dr. Robert Walley, president of Matercare International, hopes to change that by raising $5.5 million to equip both countries with the specialized services women need.
Attempts to ordain women means instant excommunication
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation has decreed formally that a woman who attempts to be ordained a Catholic priest and the person attempting to ordain her are automatically excommunicated.
Nine ordained to permanent diaconate
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}TORONTO - As Jesus was asked by the Father to live a life of service, so too have the nine men ordained to the permanent diaconate May 31 been asked to dedicate their lives to serving the Lord.
Christian media needs to highlight positive, not be afraid of negative
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}TORONTO - Jesuit Father Frederico Lombardi urged Catholic media to highlight the positive and beautiful in Christian life, but at the same time not to duck the responsibility to recognize and denounce evil.
Truth will only come out in words
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}TORONTO - Ethicist Margaret Somerville challenged Catholic media to become “word warriors” and ethics agents to give people “the words they need to protect human dignity.”
Archdiocese of Toronto clergy appointments
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}The following clergy appointments for the archdiocese of Toronto will take place as of June 25, unless otherwise noted.
Immigration Canada's future
By Eugene Mccarthy, Catholic Register Special{mosimage}WATERLOO, Ont. - Multiculturalism, far from representing a static state, has become an ever-evolving social pattern in Canada.
That was the view expressed in a recent talk at St. Jerome’s University by Gregory Baum, professor emeritus at McGill University’s faculty of religious studies.
Spiritual traditions keep Myanmar's people going
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - The Burmese people have fallen back on their spiritual resources as they struggle to recover from Cyclone Nargis, a source inside the tightly controlled Stalinist state has told The Catholic Register.
Groups join to fight Bill C-484
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - More than 50 organizations, labour unions and groups have lined up against the Unborn Victims of Crime Act that passed second reading in the House of Commons March 5.
Billion poor threatened by food crisis
By John Thavis, Catholic News Service{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - A Vatican representative said the recent rise in global food prices threatens the lives of the one billion people who spend most of their daily income in search of food.
Toronto mayor takes handgun ban proposal to churches
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Toronto Mayor David Miller wants churches and other faith communities to stick their necks out on behalf of the urban poor who live in the city's most violent neighbourhoods.