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Naturopath doctor argues for conscience rights protection

March 23, 2017

A naturopath stole the show as hearings began into Ontario’s enabling legislation for doctor assisted suicide at Queen’s Park on March 23.

Seven Toronto-area priests named Chaplain of His Holiness

March 23, 2017

It's a blessing that he didn't expect, said newly appointed Msgr. John Borean.

Ontario doctors urged to fight harder to preserve conscience rights

March 23, 2017

OTTAWA – Ontario doctors should fight harder to preserve conscience rights in the face of a policy that is “outrageous,” said American physician and theologian Dr. Farr Curlin.

Archbishop Collins testifying at conscience rights hearing

March 22, 2017

Conscience rights for Ontario doctors will get the full attention of Queen’s Park on Thursday, March 23, in committee hearings on Bill 84.

U.S. asylum system heading down a ‘troubling’ direction

March 22, 2017

While some church and other groups continue to call for suspension of the Safe Third Country agreement with the United States, the Catholic-sponsored Center for Migration Studies in New York says the Trump administration is supporting the status quo because it has not yet made any substantial change to the U.S. asylum system.

Charter of Rights and Freedom guarantees doctors’ rights, lawyer argues

March 22, 2017

OTTAWA – The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees conscience protection for physicians and overrides policies of medical bodies that want to compel health care professionals to participate in euthanasia and assisted suicide, argued a constitutional lawyer.

Canada renews commitment to global refugee agency with additional $1.6 million

March 21, 2017

The Canadian government is giving an international Catholic refugee agency another $1.6 million to help put people on the road to a better life.

Atlantic bishops experience pastoral Pope on 'ad limina' pilgrimage

March 17, 2017

VATICAN CITY – Sitting in a circle with nine other bishops, discussing with Pope Francis the joys and challenges of ministry, Bishop Claude Champagne of Edmundston, New Brunswick, said, "I recognized the one who wrote 'The Joy of the Gospel.' It was the same guy."

National survey on vocations is the first of its kind

March 17, 2017

The National Association of Vocation and Formation Directors (NAVFD) is launching a national survey that has never been done before in Canada.

New studio at St. Michael's College is conserving pages of history

March 16, 2017

They are masterpieces of literature that are rare and in disrepair: an illustrated copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy from the 1500s and St. Augustine’s On the City of God from 1475.