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Mike Hyland will always remember the day when his 22-year-old son came to him with tears in his eyes and between sobs told his father he was gay. That memory surfaced again when headlines around the world trumpeted Pope Francis declaring gay people have a right to live in a family and should have legal protections.
Nuclear arms and Canada
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWith the treaty banning nuclear weapons about to become international law, Global Affairs Canada has softened its opposition. But it’s still on the wrong side of history, according to Project Ploughshares executive director Cesar Jaramillo.
China’s threats to religious freedom worrying
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- Religious and human rights groups have applauded a parliamentary committee’s condemnation of the Chinese government for its “genocide” on religious minorities.
Court challenge targets Quebec secularism law
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- Lawyers challenging Bill 21, Quebec’s so-called secularism law, are arguing that because the law disproportionately targets women the provincial government cannot use the notwithstanding clause to shield it from any challenge.
Hospitals see rise in moral distress
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register“I knew I had to quit when my 15-year-old daughter would say, ‘Mom, don’t go to work and cry again.’ ”
Eparch’s departure catches Slovak Catholics by surprise
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanada’s tiny Byzantine-rite Slovak diocese based in Toronto was shocked to learn it no longer had a bishop as of Oct. 20.
D&P collection to make up for lost Share Lent
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn the middle of the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping Canada, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada is making its second attempt to raise the money and awareness its partners in poor countries desperately need.
A Montreal boy ventures north
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterLife in a northern town can be tough. Life in three northern towns might be tougher. But Bishop Tom Dowd is relishing the challenge of leading the Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and North Bay in Northern Ontario.
Jesuits delay naming suspected abusers
By Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- The promise to release a detailed public list of all Canadian Jesuits who have been “credibly accused” of sex abuse has been delayed until at least the spring.
Safe Third Country rules remain in place
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWith an Oct. 26 ruling that keeps the status quo at the U.S.-Canada border, asylum seekers will continue to be sent back into indefinite detention in American jails before eventually being deported back to the countries they are fleeing.
Inequity on rise, systemic change needed
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- Anti-poverty groups say Canadians most vulnerable to living in poverty will fall further behind because of COVID-19 unless post-pandemic recovery efforts focus on eliminating systemic issues keeping them in a perpetual state of poverty.