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Cultivating a Culture of Life conference in Calgary

Quinton Amundson · November 4, 2024

Over 100 of the most impassioned and committed Canadian anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia activists will convene in Calgary for Cultivating a Culture of Life, a Pro-Life Action Conference.

Reaching for the top

Quinton Amundson · November 4, 2024

St. Mary’s University leaders have publicly conveyed an aspiration for their Calgary-based school to emerge as the premier Canadian Catholic postsecondary learning centre.

Achtman brings out humanity in end-of-life stories

Luke Mandato · November 1, 2024

On Oct. 30, the Province of Quebec implemented its highly controversial euthanasia directives that allow certain patients to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD), beating any national changes to the current law. Now, patients can request MAiD well before the natural end of life under the guise that the appeal is required before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.

Talks with rabbinic council to resume

'Lacklustre' response to Oct. 7 attack derailed earlier dialogue

Luke Mandato · November 1, 2024

A year after the suspension of discussion between the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, the two parties are expected to resume official communication.

Toronto Equestrian Order continues to support the Holy Land

Catholic Register Staff · November 1, 2024

Knights and Dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem were urged at their annual Toronto gala to dig deep and keep moving forward in helping the afflicted of the Holy Land.

New Premier to reverse New Brunswick gender changes

Policy 713 didn't sink Higgs, polls show

Quinton Amundson · October 31, 2024

New Brunswick Premier-designate Susan Holt said one of her first orders of business will be reversing the parent-friendly changes to the province's gender policy when it comes to schools.

Anglicans denied Quebec assembly booking

Refused lunch reservation at legislature restaurant a ‘mistake’

Anna Farrow · October 31, 2024

Despite Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s insistence that secularization is a done deal in the province, a bureaucratic misstep that prevented a group of 50 Anglicans from dining at a restaurant attached to the National Assembly may indicate that consensus is more wishful thinking than reality.

Bishops champion life over MAiD

CCCB share vision of palliative care, 'life as a gift'

Quinton Amundson · October 30, 2024

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) and collaborating stakeholders have crystalized a vision of palliative care that champions life rather than medically assisted death.

Demand for Out of the Cold continues to grow

'The hunger is very real'

Luke Mandato · October 29, 2024

St. Catharines in Ontario's Niagara Region is not unlike other cities around the country when it comes to the high numbers of people using area food banks.

Taking the Word to Toronto streets

Luke Mandato · October 21, 2024

The Archdiocese of Toronto is hosting three days of continuous, public Bible reading in an effort to unite Christians of various traditions and cultures.