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Real ‘spiritual direction’ has defined boundaries

March 6, 2020

That Jean Vanier preyed on women who thought of him as their spiritual director is obviously a serious case of spiritual and sexual abuse. It’s also an illustration of the difference between real spiritual direction and mumbo jumbo, said Montreal-based spiritual director Jesuit Br. Dan Leckman.

For-profit multinational given welfare project

March 6, 2020

The job of helping people on welfare in Ontario’s Peel Region to find a job has fallen to the Canadian subsidiary of an Australian multinational.

Religion a factor in more than a third of hate crimes

March 6, 2020

The number of hate crimes motivated by religion are down, according to the latest statistics, but that doesn’t bring much comfort to those who are targeted.

MP’s bill targets sex-selection abortion

March 6, 2020

OTTAWA -- Sex-selection abortion is “antithetical to our commitment to equality” and should be banned, said a Conservative MP as she introduced a private member’s bill that targets health workers who knowingly abort a fetus because it is a girl.

Government given more time to change law

March 5, 2020

OTTAWA -- The federal government’s request for a four-month extension to comply with a Quebec court ruling that struck down a key element of Canada’s legal suicide regulations has been granted.

Cutting Vanier ties a daunting task

March 5, 2020

The fall from grace of Jean Vanier is leaving school boards, universities, publishers and even his beloved L’Arche organization in a bind.

Assisted suicide policies under fire

March 5, 2020

Two Canadian palliative care hospice centres thousands of kilometres apart are standing firm against pressure to start providing medically-induced deaths at their facilities.

Knights earn an assist for Flying Fathers

March 1, 2020

The Flying Fathers’ goal of playing and praying for a better world is getting a much-needed boost from the Knights of Columbus.

Historian ready for long archive journey

February 29, 2020

Getting an early look at the full archive of the wartime papacy of Pius XII is more than a passing interest for King’s University College historian Robert Ventresca.

‘Shoppable Girls’ spreading the word

February 28, 2020

What’s a teenage girl worth? About $280,000 per year in income for sex traffickers, according to Covenant House research.