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A woman and her family from Sudan is taken into custody by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer after arriving Feb.12 by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

Churches ramp up pressure to suspend Safe Third Country Agreement

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As the flood of refugees slipping across the Canada-U.S. border continues, churches are stepping up their calls for the government to suspend Canada’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States.

The Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition is demanding an immediate $1 billion infusion to increase welfare cheques in the next provincial budget.

Billion or Bust campaign to increase welfare heats up at Queen’s Park

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With an earlier-than-usual budget coming down at Queen’s Park Feb. 25, the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition is demanding billions to help the poor rise to full participation in society.

Dying with Dignity CEO Shanaaz Gokool says the recent study study claiming assisted suicide will save health system millions is ‘incredibly premature.’

Economics can’t drive choices, says Dying with Dignity

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Palliative care is a human right and should be available to all Canadians and end-of-life choices should not be driven by economics, Dying With Dignity CEO Shanaaz Gokool has told The Catholic Register.

A new paper from the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians says a fully-funded palliative care plan saves money.

A fully-funded palliative plan saves money, report says

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Timely, fully-funded and widely available palliative care could save Canada’s health care system between $7,000 and $8,000 per patient, claims a new paper from the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians.

Dr. Jose Pereira, a palliative care expert, said palliative care should be introduced much earlier in a patient’s care.

Palliative care is about living, not dying, says expert

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OTTAWA – Palliative care is about living and celebrating life and should begin much earlier than a during a patient’s last days and weeks of life, palliative care physician Dr. Jose Pereira said Feb. 18.

Private member's motion M-103, which aims to condemn Islamophobia, has raised concerns about freedom of speech.

Islamophobia motion raised concerns about freedom of speech

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OTTAWA – A Liberal private member’s motion calling on the government to condemn Islamophobia has divided Parliament and raised concerns about freedom of speech.

Janice Robinson, executive director of the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, admits her group’s work can seem “a bit murky.”

‘People don’t really understand what we do,’ says head of Toronto's Catholic Children’s Aid

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When kids aging out of the child welfare system got together in 2012 to tell the Ontario legislature what they think the system should look like, one of the first things they talked about was how invisible they become — how little the world knows about child protection.

Hélène Tremblay-Boyko with two Syrian refugees, Ghada and Iblissam, at the Caritas Lebanon Medical Centre in Rayfoun (one of 10 throughout Lebanon) which provide medical services to refugees.

After six years, burnout increases among aid workers in Syria, Lebanon

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Humanitarian aid workers in Syria and Lebanon are exhausted, said Hélène Tremblay-Boyko.

Family members embrace in El Paso, Texas, during a massive reunion called “Abrazos, No Muros” (Hugs, Not Walls) Jan. 28. Approximately 375 families separated by immigration issues were allowed to meet for several minutes along the U.S.-Mexico border. Refugee advocates say Canada can expect an influx of refugees due to U.S. policies

Refugees are looking north for asylum

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Canada can expect to see more asylum seekers crossing its 9,000 km, mostly unguarded, border with the United States as enforcement toughens at the U.S.-Mexican border and President Donald Trump continues to issue executive orders to restrain refugee arrivals, Catholic refugee advocates have told The Catholic Register.

Catholic health care workers must engagement with tensions caused by medical aid in dying with their Christian perspectives.

Tensions caused by euthanasia is part of job dealing with dying

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Euthanasia is here to stay, so Catholic health care workers must rely on their Christian perspectives to guide them through the tensions caused by medical aid in dying.

After 15 years of organizing the Canadian delegations to the international World Youth Day gatherings, Fr. Thomas Rosica, CEO of Salt + Light Catholic Media Foundation, is stepping down.

Fr. Rosica steps down from World Youth Day post

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Fr. Thomas Rosica is stepping down as national coordinator of the World Youth Day delegations.

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