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St. Elizabeth Health Care sending message of HOPE

October 22, 2018

When Archbishop Fergus P. McEvay started the St. Elizabeth Nurses in Toronto 110 years ago, it was all about the beginning of life. Four qualified midwives were stationed in the city’s poorer neighbourhoods to deliver babies, ensure the mother’s health and then get those babies baptized.

Archbishop Richard Smith outlines Canadian bishops' action plan on sex abuse

October 19, 2018

EDMONTON – Trust in the Catholic Church has been broken in the wake of horrific reports of clergy sex abuse, but that trust can be restored, said Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith.

Lack of safe drinking water on reserves ‘disgraceful’, Canadian bishops say

October 19, 2018

OTTAWA – The latest statement about drinking water from Canada’s bishops “might shock” some people, admits Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver.

Legal marijuana will have 'disastrous effects,' Canadian bishops say

October 19, 2018

OTTAWA – Canada’s bishops reiterated their opposition to the legalization of recreational marijuana Wednesday, the same day that legal marijuana sales began across the country.

‘Bold action’ urged in wake of UN report on climate change

October 18, 2018

OTTAWA – Bold action on climate change is needed in the wake of an ominous report by the United Nations’ International Panel on Climate Change, says Development and Peace.

Euthanasia snub led to Canadian withdrawal from the World Medical Association, doctor says

October 18, 2018

Canada’s sudden withdrawal from the World Medical Association is likely due to a Canadian delegation feeling wounded and angry after their proposal to alter the world body’s code of ethics on euthanasia was resoundingly rejected, according to a Canadian doctor.

Proposed law to ban religious symbols in Quebec violates religious freedom, Catholic leaders say

October 18, 2018

OTTAWA – A proposed law by Quebec’s new government that would ban religious symbols is a clear violation of fundamental rights, said Montreal’s archbishop and Canada’s former Ambassador of Religious Freedom.

Fr. Patrick Desbois warns of growing anti-Semitism in Europe

October 18, 2018

Electoral successes for the ultra-right across Europe is being accompanied by a frightening rise in attacks on Jews, while left wing parties give ethical cover to anti-Semites with constant criticism of Israel, Fr. Patrick Desbois said at an event hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Theatre Oct. 15.

Church restoration leaves stain on Edmonton priest’s memory

October 16, 2018

EDMONTON – If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, this beholder is pretty upset about one bad window.

Mass to End Women Abuse sends strong message, CFS Toronto says

October 14, 2018

About one-third of the work at Catholic Family Services of Toronto starts with a woman who has been abused.