Canadian News

New bill targets MAiD coercion

Luke Mandato · February 5, 2026

Conservative MP Garnett Genuis tabled Bill C-260, a new piece of legislation that would prevent people in positions of authority from initiating conversations about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) with individuals who haven't requested it.

Neighbours share 50 years of love, faith

Luke Mandato · February 5, 2026

After 50 years of sharing their love and faith together, two teenage sweethearts will join Catholic couples from across the Archdiocese of Toronto in renewing their wedding vows at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on Feb. 8.

Tax relief granted Iqaluit church

But local priest, bishop want return to no property tax on churches

Quinton Amundson · February 3, 2026

Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Iqaluit, Nunavut, has been granted 75-per-cent relief on its 2023 and 2024 property tax bills by city council.

Hamilton welcomes Dabrowski as its 10th Bishop

Luke Mandato · February 2, 2026

Hamilton's Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King was packed to capacity as faithful family, friends, clergy and dignitaries gathered to welcome their newest shepherd, Bishop Joseph Dabrowski, officially installed as the 10th Bishop of Hamilton.

Conservatives will protect religious freedom, Poilievre says

Quinton Amundson · February 2, 2026

During his Jan. 30 address at the Conservative Party of Canada's national policy convention (Jan. 29-31) in Calgary, Poilievre told those gathered, "You will have the ability to worship God in your own way.”

Beware the emails that prey on faith, goodwill

Phishing scams target good faith of Church, faith agencies

Luke Mandato · February 2, 2026

It’s not lost on the Archdiocese of Toronto that various fraud attempts and scams are ever evolving and remain a constant threat to exploiting trust from staff and Catholic communities at large.

Society deaf to pro-life call, says Smith

Church must find ‘a language that will reach our contemporaries’

Canadian Catholic News · January 31, 2026

Much of Western society has become “deaf to the word of life spoken not only by the Church but also by science,” Archbishop Richard Smith said at the recent Archbishop’s Annual Mass for Life at Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral.

Faith on the waterfront: Archbishop meets maritime mission

Nicholas Elbers · January 31, 2026

With the sun shining on the waves, Archbishop Richard Smith made a pastoral visit to Vancouver’s port ministry, accompanying port chaplains in their duties supporting the spiritual welfare of docked seafarers and ship workers.

Pro-lifer arrested outside Vancouver abortion clinic

Canadian Catholic News · January 30, 2026

A Vancouver pro-life activist has been charged with mischief after being arrested during a four-hour protest outside the city’s Every Woman’s Health Centre.

ShareLife 2025 campaign sets new record

Quinton Amundson · January 30, 2026

For the first time, the ShareLife campaign eclipsed the $15-million benchmark en route to an eye-popping $15,671,786 sum on behalf of over 40 social service agencies in the Greater Toronto Area.