News/Canada
Federal government seeks six-month extension to assisted suicide ruling
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - The federal government is seeking a six-month extension on the Carter decision that had struck down sections of the Criminal Code against assisted suicide.
Bishop-designate Vila preparing for a whole new world in Canada’s north
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - Growing up, Fr. Hector Vila never dreamed of visiting the Yukon. But now the Redemptoris Mater priest from Peru can’t stop thinking about making his first trip to northern Canada.
Churches ahead of government in resettling Syrian refugees
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe federal government has rewritten its timeline to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada this year and acknowledges that to resettle them here by the end of February is an enormous challenge.
Canadian aid to refugees expected to top $1 billion
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAnother $100 million in federal government aid to Syrian refugees fleeing their nation’s civil war brings Canada’s spending on the refugee crisis so far to nearly $1 billion. But a dollar-for-dollar matching fund open until Dec. 31 with approved charities is certain to push Canada’s aid to the region well past that mark.
Thousands rally for a ‘Climate of Change’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterOTTAWA - A message was delivered loud and clear from parishes to Paris in a global wave of protests Nov. 29.
Judge puts Quebec euthanasia law on hold
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - Quebec’s right to die legislation has been put on hold.
Medical aid in dying ‘a catastrophic idea’
By Alan Hustak, Catholic Register SpecialMONTREAL - After 30 years in palliative care medicine, Dr. Bernard Lapointe is adamant that regardless of what the law says he will never euthanize a patient. He is among thousands of law-abiding Quebec doctors who are facing some of the most difficult days of their professional careers as the province hurtles towards Dec. 10 and the legalization of euthanasia.
Catholics need to shape suicide law from within
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA new ethics guide on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia recommends that family doctors who cannot find ethical common ground with patients who wish to die help those patients find another doctor.
Abuse victim finds healing in prayer, art
By Ron Stang, Catholic Register SpecialWINDSOR, ONT. - Deborah Kloos believes that healing can come not just through prayer but art.
Fr. O’Brien shaped many minds in film world
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThere was one happy Jesuit in the background of a lot of your favourite movies, TV shows and broadcast journalism through the last 40 years. Smiling Fr. Jack O’Brien didn’t produce The Fifth Estate, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Bon Cop Bad Cop or Law and Order. He did, however, produce the minds that made those shows great.
Toronto seminary rector named new bishop of Whitehorse
By Catholic Register StaffTORONTO - Fr. Hector Vila, rector of Toronto’s Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary, has been appointed the new bishop of Whitehorse.
Pope Francis announced the appointment on Nov. 27.