NEWS
Quebec began accepting advanced requests for assisted suicide on Oct. 30, and the federal government has pledged not to stand in the Francophone province’s way.
Thousands of volunteers arrive to help with cleaning, other tasks after tragic flood in Spain
By OSV NewsAs Spain mourns the death of over 200 victims of the biggest peacetime disaster in decades, volunteers poured into the country's Valencia region to give a helping hand in cleaning up and to offer support to the devastated community.
A ‘deeply flawed system’: B.C. reconciliation
By Paul SchratzVancouver Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, called the residential school system “deeply flawed” when in 2008 he made an historic apology on behalf of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.
Pro-life opportunity knocking
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterOver 100 of the most impassioned and committed Canadian anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia activists will convene in Calgary for Cultivating a Culture of Life, a Pro-Life Action Conference.
Reaching for the top
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSt. Mary’s University leaders have publicly conveyed an aspiration for their Calgary-based school to emerge as the premier Canadian Catholic postsecondary learning centre.
Talks with rabbinic council to resume
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterA year after the suspension of discussion between the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, the two parties are expected to resume official communication.
Toronto Equestrian Order continues to support the Holy Land
By Catholic Register StaffKnights and Dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem were urged at their annual Toronto gala to dig deep and keep moving forward in helping the afflicted of the Holy Land.
New Premier to reverse New Brunswick gender changes
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterNew Brunswick Premier-designate Susan Holt said one of her first orders of business will be reversing the parent-friendly changes to the province's gender policy when it comes to schools.
Anglicans denied Quebec assembly booking
By Anna FarrowDespite Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s insistence that secularization is a done deal in the province, a bureaucratic misstep that prevented a group of 50 Anglicans from dining at a restaurant attached to the National Assembly may indicate that consensus is more wishful thinking than reality.
Bishops champion life over MAiD
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) and collaborating stakeholders have crystalized a vision of palliative care that champions life rather than medically assisted death.
Cardinal Martino, former Vatican envoy to U.N. dies at 91
By Catholic News ServiceCardinal Renato Martino, the former Vatican observer at the United Nations and former president of the pontifical councils for justice and peace and for migrants and travelers, died Oct. 28 at the age of 91.