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Canadian religious leaders condemn Bill C-7

Canadian religious leaders condemn Bill C-7

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Religious leaders across Canada have expressed their concern and opposition with the recently reintroduced Bill C-7 which would expand access to medically assisted dying.

The people of Saskatchewan are going to the polls later this month and Catholics will have a tool to help them choose.

Catholic voters given tools for discernment

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Saskatoon - A Catholic Action campaign examining issues and party platforms from a Catholic social teaching perspective is underway for the Saskatchewan election to be held Oct. 26.

Angie Carboni leads the rosary at the Marian Shrine of Gratitude in Toronto.

Marian shrine draws faithful following

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Every Saturday a group of people gather at the Marian Shrine of Gratitude in northwest Toronto to pray the rosary.

Children tend to the garden at Calgary’s Land of Dreams urban farm.

Urban farm reaps bountiful harvest

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CALGARY - Year two of the Land of Dreams’ 30-acre urban farm in southeast Calgary has brought twice the bounty of the first.

Journalists attend a press conference for the release of Pope Francis’ new encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship,” in the synod hall at the Vatican Oct. 4.

Fratelli Tutti: A vision of unity and dignity for all

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In an encyclical that might be characterized as ripped from the headlines, Pope Francis speaks some hard truths to Canadians, to Catholics and to the world.

Peter Jon MItchell, family program director for Cardus.

Child-care policy can’t be one-size-fits-all

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OTTAWA - The federal government’s commitment “to make a significant, long-term, sustained investment to create a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system” sounds good on the surface to a national religion-based think tank, but only if it doesn’t create a onesize- fits-all government-mandated system.

With a second wave of COVID-19 being declared by epidemiologists, churches are being vigilant so as not to bring further restrictions.

Churches grapple with second wave

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Constant vigilance will be the unofficial motto for Catholic Church leadership in Quebec and Ontario for the foreseeable future as epidemiologists have declared the second wave of COVID-19 is underway in Canada’s two most populous provinces.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director, Alex Schadenberg,

Wife loses her battle to stop husband’s death

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OTTAWA - A Nova Scotia man got what he wanted — a medically assisted death — just one day after his estranged wife lost her bid to block him from using Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) system.

Alex Schadenberg, left, and Winnipeg Archbishop Richard Gagnon.

Assisted-suicide bill re-introduced

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OTTAWA - A bill to make it easier for Canadians to legally kill themselves with a doctor’s aid goes far beyond what a court decision prompting the legislation calls for, say euthanasia opponents.
Sculptor and Knights of Columbus member Ignacio Mogado restores a statue of St. Padre Pio at St. Patrick’s Parish in Markham, Ont.

Parish Knights rally to restore statues

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It’s an incident that caused some despair among St. Patrick’s parishioners, but they would soon receive some solace with the help of local Knights of Columbus.

St. Aloysius Gonzaga music teacher Julia Jung, left, with Arkells’ lead singer Max Kerman and a shipment of musical instruments from the Nick Nurse Foundation for the Mississauga, Ont., school.

Raptor coach, Arkells ensure band plays on

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A Mississauga Catholic school has received a shipment of brand-new musical instruments, courtesy of Toronto Raptors’ head coach Nick Nurse and Canadian rock band the Arkells.

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