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In the face of a nation gripped with a rising homeless crisis, King’s University College Community Support Centre has expanded its program to ensure it can continue to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people in the community.
RCMP say Nova Scotia rectory fire ‘suspicious’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMeteghan RCMP have opened an arson investigation after deeming a rectory fire next to the former St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S., to be “suspicious in nature.”
Database tracks persecution of Christians
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterGlobal Christian Relief (GCR) has launched a new searchable violent incidents database (VID) that chronicles all the violent attacks on Christians and people of faith around the world.
Win in Alberta for doctors’ conscience rights
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterPro-life organizations are celebrating the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s (CPSA) decision not to impose an “effective referral” mandate that would have forced health practitioners to violate conscience rights to facilitate objectionable procedures like assisted suicide or abortion.
Church burnings said to be ‘understandable’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAccording to the Catholic Civil Rights League’s (CCRL) database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery on May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Christian unity puts God’s love in action
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterThis year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated Jan. 18-25, will have the full participation of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
‘Something’s happening’ as young seek truth
By Canadian Catholic NewsWhen it comes to supporting Catholic education, the audience that came to hear Father Deacon Andrew Bennett’s fundraising talk for Catholic Pacific College was as committed as it gets.
Alberta Catholic trustee appeals dismissal
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAn Alberta school trustee who lost her position for an Aug. 27 social media post comparing the LGBT community to Nazi Germany is appealing her dismissal.
Summer job grants flow to abortion groups
By Anna FarrowCanada Summer Jobs applicants who fail to toe the federal government’s ideological line on abortion and related issues remain out of the running for grants under the hire-a-student program.
Reborn discipleship program aims to grow
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Catholic School of Evangelization’s (CSE) Discipleship Formation Program (DFP) is experiencing a rebirth in St. Malo, Man.
‘I really wanted to touch poverty’
By Anna FarrowA chance meeting with young Guatamalan boy fueled Sr. Bourget’s desire to serve the poor.