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Charlie Angus

Angus wants to kickstart conversation on a national palliative care plan

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How Canadians end their lives and whether we need a national plan for the health care of dying Canadians will be debated in Parliament at the beginning of April.

Organizers of PeaceQuest, a citizen-based movement supported by the Sisters of Providence of Kingston, Ont., that is committed to peace initiatives, were offended by the federal government’s promotion of the War of 1812 as a defining event in Canadian history.

New peace group aims to grieve war while promoting peace

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The federal government spent $30 million in 2012 and 2013 to convince Canadians the War of 1812 was a glorious, defining moment which forged Canada’s identity in war. The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul in Kingston, Ont., aren’t buying it.

Peter Bisson

Bishops to release refugee statement

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The fate of refugees and the struggles of immigrants in general is on the agenda for Canada’s Catholic bishops, but the bishops are steering clear of a national campaign supported by several church and lay groups which has been critical of the government’s record on refugee rights.

The Supreme Court has given Canadians a year to figure out how they want to deal with prostitution and so far the answers have ranged from nothing to police crackdowns and new criminal laws.

Catholics recognize polarized debate on prostitution

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The Supreme Court has given Canadians a year to figure out how they want to deal with prostitution and so far the answers have ranged from nothing to police crackdowns and new criminal laws.

Catholics called to respond to prostitution consultation

Catholics called to respond to prostitution consultation

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OTTAWA - Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller has asked the British Columbia government to reconsider its decision not to prosecute Canada’s prostitution laws.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

Flaherty sends signal income-splitting promise may be shaky

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OTTAWA - Negative remarks from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty have social conservative groups concerned the Tories might abandon a key promise in their 2011 election campaign to allow income splitting for families.

Bioethicist Margaret Somerville says a euthanasia advocate’s recent comments to media show the slippery slope the euthanasia argument is on.

Belgian-style euthanasia feared as next step

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OTTAWA - The secretary of Quebec’s College of Physicians has mused Belgian-style euthanasia of Alzheimer’s patients and terminally ill children could follow should Quebec’s euthanasia Bill-52 become law.

Bishop Francois de Laval, immortalized in a statue near Notre Dame Basilica Cathedral in Quebec City, is expected to be canonized later this year.

Laval, Marie de l’Incarnation intertwined with Canada’s history

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The beginnings of the Church in Canada include a series of firsts that go beyond reminding us of who we are. If Blessed Marie de l’Incarnation and Blessed Bishop François de Laval become saints this year, in time for the 350th anniversary of the founding of the diocese of Quebec, these new saints could inspire Canadian Catholics to imagine what their Church will become.

Quebec’s politicians are debating two pieces of controversial legislation right under the crucifix that adorns the legislative chamber in Quebec City.

Quebec’s Catholic paradox

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The seeming uncomfortable paradox of the Catholic Church in Quebec is illuminated by two pieces of legislation making their way through the province’s National Assembly.

Retired Archbishop Kelvin Edward Felix has been plucked from St. Mark’s Church in Soufrière, Dominica, to become a cardinal in February. His brother Val in Toronto is not surprised.

Caribbean cardinal has Canadian connection

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TORONTO - If Pope Francis intends to reshape the college of cardinals so it more roughly approximates the Catholic world, he’s made a start by appointing Val Felix’s big brother.

Pope Francis made the cover of Time as the magazine’s Person of the Year.

‘Genuine’ Francis has opened ‘new narrative’

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WINDSOR, ONT. - Veteran CBC journalist Alison Smith said Pope Francis is a compelling media story because he’s created “a new narrative” about faith and the Church’s role in society.

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