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OTTAWA -- The federal government has proposed legislation that would make it a crime to force anyone into conversion therapy or provide the controversial therapy to minors.
Ontario English Catholic teachers reach contract settlement
By Catholic Register StaffOntario’s English Catholic teachers have reached a tentative contract agreement with the province that could put an end to work stoppages in the Catholic education system.
‘For richer and not poorer…’
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf you don’t get married you won’t get divorced. But as marriage and divorce both decline, that is no guarantee of a happier or healthier society, said a researcher who has documented a drop in divorce among Canadians.
Churches putting precautions in place
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterAs quickly as the coronavirus is spreading, dioceses in Canada have been working to implement measures to protect their parishioners.
Virus causing pilgrims to stay home
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterUncertainty surrounding the coronavirus is starting to take a toll on Canadian tour operators who have booked pilgrimages, particularly to Italy where the whole nation went into a lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Building blocks for a nation
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterAs we enter the third decade of the 2000s, the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Sudbury can look back 45 years to the elders who set the stage for the growth of Indigenous Studies as a discipline across Canada and, indeed, across the world.
Green Churches keeps eye on the prize
By Mickey Conlon, The Catholic RegisterIt’s been a slow process for the Green Churches Network in its aim to be a truly national chain of faith-based organizations bent on improving environmental practices, but it is making small gains every day, said its new director.
Church treasures found in antique shop
By Kyle Greenham, Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON -- Angie Frizzell’s chance trip to an Edmonton antique mall has uncovered a treasure trove of priceless Catholic artifacts that were mistakenly sold to a dealer and put up for sale.
Statistics don’t tell whole poverty story
By Brian Dryden, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA -- The federal government is touting recent statistics that indicate that the poverty rate in Canada is on a downward spiral, but social justice and anti-poverty groups say the statistics don’t tell the whole story and there is still a lot of work to be done if Canada is going to reduce poverty levels for Indigenous Canadians and those who live in remote areas of the country.
Budget stokes anxiety among Catholics
By Kyle Greenham, Canadian Catholic NewsEDMONTON -- Alberta’s Catholic community is sharing in the anxiety over the United Conservative Party (UCP) government’s 2020 budget.
Real ‘spiritual direction’ has defined boundaries
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThat Jean Vanier preyed on women who thought of him as their spiritual director is obviously a serious case of spiritual and sexual abuse. It’s also an illustration of the difference between real spiritual direction and mumbo jumbo, said Montreal-based spiritual director Jesuit Br. Dan Leckman.