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Toronto Climate Strike takes its message to businesses

May 24, 2019

About 200 students with the the backing of their parents, grandparents and teachers sang and chanted their request for immediate and bold climate action at the latest #FridaysForFuture student Climate Strike Friday, May 24 in Nathan Phillips Square.

Rocks and the Vatican: A heavenly match

May 24, 2019

Kim Tait is not your typical rock star.

Dying Healed aims for a ‘beautiful death’

May 24, 2019

Most people don’t associate death with beauty, but a pro-life organization is trying to change that.

Odds stacked against David Anderson, MP, bill

May 24, 2019

The odds weigh heavily against Bill C-418, Conservative MP David Anderson’s private member’s bill to enshrine conscience rights for health-care providers on assisted suicide, as the first hour of debate is set for Parliament May 29.

ShareLife helps to break vicious cycle of poverty

May 23, 2019

Amanda Fellows has seen all too closely how generational poverty keeps perpetuating itself.

Another setback in conscience fight

May 23, 2019

An Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that upheld limits on health care workers’ conscience rights shows the need for governments legislation to protect those who can’t be part of a procedure that runs up against their moral or religious beliefs, said the executive director of Canadian Physicians for Life.

This is no pipe dream

May 22, 2019

Even a parishioner listening closely during Mass would not know the meticulous care that Jeffrey Moellman brings to every note he plays on the organ at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral.

Archbishop Lepine, Montreal: religious leaders oppose Quebec's secularism bill

May 21, 2019

MONTREAL -- The archbishop of Montreal worries that Quebec's secularism legislation will affect religious liberties in this Canadian province.

Charities ponder legal action over grants

May 19, 2019

Priests for Life Canada is among several charities, including four pregnancy care centres, considering legal action after being refused 2019 Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) grants.

Vanier funeral highlights God's love for each person

May 17, 2019

TROSLY-BREUIL, France -- Gathered in a makeshift chapel around a simple pine casket, members of L'Arche communities and Faith and Light groups from around the world mourned the passing of Jean Vanier and celebrated his life, his wisdom, his holiness and humanity.