Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

E-mail scam uses Cardinal Collins’ name to lure victims

October 4, 2018

Toronto Catholics are being warned about a new e-mail scam involving someone impersonating Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Assisted suicide plans for children unveiled at Toronto's Sick Kids hospital

October 4, 2018

TORONTO – In a prestigious medical journal, doctors from Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children have laid out policies and procedures for administering medically assisted death to children, including scenarios where the parents would not be informed until after the child dies.

Canadian bishops working on palliative care resources for every parish

October 3, 2018

CORNWALL – Canada’s Catholic bishops aim to have palliative care resources available in every parish to help Catholics grapple with suffering and dying under a regime of legal euthanasia.

Canada’s religious freedom at risk in the courts and in Parliament

October 3, 2018

OTTAWA – Experts warned religious freedom is at risk in Canada as it is no longer seen as a fundamental right but something that can be trumped by vague “charter values” and partisan politics.

Canadian bishops’ new sex abuse guidelines focus on prevention

October 2, 2018

OTTAWA – New sexual abuse policies which Canada’s bishops have vowed to implement will focus on prevention, but will not include a mechanism to censure a bishop who commits or covers up an offence.

Society calls on Canadian Catholics to live out the Church's missionary nature

October 2, 2018

Everyone is called to mission and this year, the Pontifical Mission Society is calling for Canadian Catholics to answer that call.

‘Don’t call it an old ladies’ home!’: Catholic home for senior women is re-discovered

October 1, 2018

VANCOUVER – Hostelling International boasts some interesting locations for their nightly accommodations. World travellers booking with HI can spend a night in a cell at the Carleton County jail in Ottawa, in old army barracks on Jericho Beach, or inside the former Olympic Village in Whistler.

Quebec Ursulines leave 17th-century monastery, ending a 400-year era

September 29, 2018

QUEBEC – Daylight illuminates the monastery's long corridors, seeping through the old windows dotting its thick walls. The floor responds to the slightest step with an enveloping rustle, as today's Ursulines follow the footsteps of their predecessors. But this uninterrupted cycle that dates back to 17th-century New France is coming to an end.

Priest convicted of fraud, theft returns to Ottawa ministry

September 28, 2018

OTTAWA – A popular and charismatic priest, Fr. Joe LeClair, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to stealing parish funds to pay for a gambling addiction, has returned to ministry in Ottawa.

Grow Hope banking on ecumenical harvest to provide for the world's hungry

September 28, 2018

It’s harvest time across Canada, and the back-breaking labour on some farms will be supporting people around the world with emergency food supplies and long-term food security.