Anna Farrow
Mail-order abortion pills sourced in Toronto
A Canadian non-profit has become a major player in the drive to help women “self-administer abortion at home” through the distribution of abortion pills by mail, all below the radar of Health Canada.
Judge denies MAiD stay on Montreal centre
A Quebec Superior Court judge has denied the Archdiocese of Montreal’s request for a stay of the legal obligation placed on a Montreal palliative care centre to offer assisted death to its residents.
‘Graphic images’ law challenged
A Christian advocacy organization is challenging a St. Catharines city bylaw barring flyers with “graphic images” from being delivered to city homes.
Redemptive suffering a ‘ministry within a ministry’
What began as an intellectual interest in the Catholic understanding of suffering has become for Erin Kinsella both a personal encounter with suffering and a “ministry within a ministry.”
Good and bad: alive, yes, but toll is great
‘Purgatory’ for Ukraine as it battles through a decade of Russian onslaught
Mother Paradis welcomed all ‘as if they were God Himself’
Rome’s announcement of a third Canadian-born saint answers the prayers of Blessed Mother Marie-Léonie Paradis’ community and friends.
Parish lends a hand with Belleville’s drug crisis
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Belleville, Ont., is just a short walk from where a spate of Feb. 6-7 drug overdoses provoked Mayor Neil Ellis to issue a state of emergency for the small town in Eastern Ontario.
Montreal Archdiocese suing Quebec over MAiD forced upon hospice
In what could prove to be a landmark case for religious and conscience rights in Canada, Montreal’s Archbishop Christian Lépine has taken on the Attorney General of Quebec.
Ceremonies to mark consecrated life
A group that Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo calls “a true gift to the entire Family of God” will gather coast-to-coast in Canada Feb. 2-4 to mark the World Day for Consecrated Life.
MAiD expansion delayed, but fight far from over
Groups battling the federal government’s expansion of MAiD to the mentally ill say the delay announced Jan. 29 is no cause to claim victory.