Canadian News

Judge denies MAiD stay on Montreal centre

Anna Farrow · March 5, 2024

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.

Pharmacare’s contraception focus ‘deeply troubling’

Quinton Amundson · March 5, 2024

With the framework of a national pharmacare program launched by the Liberal-NDP coalition, some are finding its initial focus on contraceptives a “deeply troubling” aspect of the deal.

Brian Mulroney’s Catholic faith forged his identity

Susan Korah · March 4, 2024

When Pope (now St.) John Paul II arrived in Ottawa in 1984, the first pontiff to visit this country, greeting him in Ottawa was Canada’s 18th Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, one of 10 Catholics who have held that office since 1867.

CFS Toronto centralize offices

Amalgamated into one out of pastoral centre

Luke Mandato · March 1, 2024

Catholic Family Services of Toronto is combining its offices into one location, with a vow to continue providing care for the whole community from its midtown office at the Archdiocese of Toronto Pastoral Centre.

Senate pushes MAiD for mentally ill three years down the road

Quinton Amundson · March 1, 2024

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) access for individuals solely living with a mental illness is officially delayed until March 17, 2027, as the Senate of Canada passed Bill C-62 at third reading Feb. 29.

‘Graphic images’ law challenged

Anna Farrow · March 1, 2024

A Christian advocacy organization is challenging a St. Catharines city bylaw barring flyers with “graphic images” from being delivered to city homes.

Cash no longer king

As we move toward a cashless society, how will Canadians respond to a digital dollar?

Quinton Amundson · February 29, 2024

You approach the cashier at the gas station with a chocolate bar, a bottle of water and a bag of chips.

Breaking silence on human trafficking

Quinton Amundson · February 29, 2024

Sofia Ranke knows she “can’t change the world” and singlehandedly eradicate the evil scourge of human trafficking. Nevertheless, she is determined to fight for victimized girls, women, boys and men by using the power of her voice.

Redemptive suffering a ‘ministry within a ministry’

Normalization of comfort has spread even to Church

Anna Farrow · February 28, 2024

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.”

More supports, less death, say MAiD opponents at Parliament Hill rally

Susan Korah · February 27, 2024

Speakers at a rally on Parliament Hill demanded the federal government provide more life-saving supports for those deeply suffering from mental illness rather than giving them access to medical assistance in dying (MAiD).