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Peterson finds her new home in Mary

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Peterson finds her new home in Mary

Sheila Nonato · April 3, 2024

Cancer survivor and Canadian podcaster Tammy Peterson has chosen the confirmation name of “Mary” and says she feels like a new woman in Christ.
MAID decision 'blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities,' says activist

MAID decision 'blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities,' says activist

Gina Christian · March 27, 2024

A decision by a judge in Calgary, Alberta, in favor of a young woman seeking medically assisted suicide over her father's objections amounts to "the blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities," a Canadian activist told OSV News.
Doubt, skepticism, but also relief, greet Rivoire report

Doubt, skepticism, but also relief, greet Rivoire report

Justice Denis absolved Oblates of aiding in flight of abusive priest

Quinton Amundson · March 26, 2024

Some anger has greeted the release of a report on the abuse of Indigenous children, but there has also been relief that French Oblate priest Joannès Rivoire was declared guilty of the crimes in an Oblate-commissioned report.
Ukrainian Catholic church in Toronto receives a bomb threat amid Sunday liturgy

Ukrainian Catholic church in Toronto receives a bomb threat amid Sunday liturgy

Gina Christian, Maria-Pia Chin · March 26, 2024

Parishioners of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toronto had to evacuate the building toward the end of their 10 a.m. liturgy March 24, due to a bomb threat apparently made by a woman experiencing mental distress.
Conscience rights’ battle rages in Nova Scotia

Conscience rights’ battle rages in Nova Scotia

Luke Mandato · March 21, 2024

Christian physicians in Nova Scotia have taken up the fight against the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons over a policy that would force physicians to refer patients for euthanasia, abortion and transgender services.
Manitoba introduces ‘bubble zone’ law

Manitoba introduces ‘bubble zone’ law

Law would prevent protests near abortion clinics

Quinton Amundson · March 20, 2024

The Manitoba government is following in the footsteps of provinces like British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec by advocating for legislation prohibiting pro-life protests, demonstrations and picketing near clinics and hospitals that offer abortion and the residences of abortion providers.
Chrism Mass celebrates Indigenous ways

Chrism Mass celebrates Indigenous ways

Anna Farrow · March 19, 2024

Sault Ste. Marie Bishop Thomas Dowd asked his priests to take a road trip last week to Wiikwemkoong on Manitoulin Island to celebrate the Chrism Mass.
Report concludes Oblate abused Nunavut children

Report concludes Oblate abused Nunavut children

Joannès Rivoire fled Canada in 1993, refuses to return

Quinton Amundson · March 19, 2024

Following an exhaustive investigation, retired Superior Court of Quebec Justice André Denis concluded French priest Joannès Rivoire was guilty of sexually assaulting five minors in Naujaat, Nunavut, between 1968 and 1970, and one in Arviat and Whale Cove, Nunavut, between 1974 and 1979.
Funds secured for new schools as demand grows in Edmonton, Calgary

Funds secured for new schools as demand grows in Edmonton, Calgary

Quinton Amundson · March 17, 2024

New schools are on their way to address growing enrolment and demand in Catholic schools in Alberta’s two largest cities.
Prison ministry offers comfort, connection

Prison ministry offers comfort, connection

Profound loneliness is apparent in our jails

Nicholas Elbers · March 17, 2024

Of the seven Corporal Works of Mercy it seems that the sixth, “Visiting the Imprisoned,” receives the least attention.