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Abortion drug to be available by July

April 27, 2016

OTTAWA – With Health Canada expected to make an abortion drug available in July, pro-life groups and doctors are concerned with how it will change perceptions surrounding abortion.

Church did not ‘weasel’ out of residential school settlement

April 27, 2016

A $21-million shortfall on a $25-million fundraising campaign was a fiasco, but it wasn’t an attempt to weasel out of the legal or moral obligations Catholics have in the wake of the residential schools tragedy, Grouard-McLennan Archibishop Gerard Pettipas told The Catholic Register.

Marist Brothers shaped faith of new Montreal auxiliary

April 26, 2016

OTTAWA – When Bishop-elect Alain Faubert looks back at his faith journey, he credits the Marist Brothers and their charisms with helping him meet Jesus Christ and share Him with others.

Thornhill parish raises concerns about euthanasia legislation to MP

April 26, 2016

THORNHILL, ONT. – A suburban Toronto parish community is not sitting idly by as assisted suicide makes its way to becoming the law of the land.

Pro-life activist Mary Wagner set free

April 26, 2016

TORONTO – Despite receiving the maximum penalty at a sentencing hearing for her pro-life activism, Mary Wagner walked out of Toronto's Old City Hall a relatively free woman April 23.

Stay engaged, but the Supreme Court has spoken, says bioethicist on euthanasia bill

April 22, 2016

TORONTO – One of Canada’s two members of the Pontifical Academy for Life – a leading bioethicist and major researcher into disability issues – is urging Catholics to engage legislators to minimize the damage of the new assisted suicide law.

A pro-information look at abortion without the hostilities

April 22, 2016

Pro-life versus pro-choice has dominated the abortion debate for as long as the issue has been around. A new documentary film hopes to go beyond that debate.

Divine Mercy painting finds a new home

April 21, 2016

TORONTO – A painting of the Divine Mercy put up for adoption last year by the man who commissioned it more than a decade ago has finally found a new home at St. Francis de Sales Church in Ajax, Ont.

D&P joins NGOs calling for food security

April 21, 2016

OTTAWA – The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, along with 25 NGOs in the Canadian Food Security Policy Group, is calling for Canada to help small family farms worldwide that are suffering from the impact of climate change and pressures from agribusiness.

#280today: LifeCanada takes to social media

April 20, 2016

A pro-life message aimed at bringing to light the 280 abortions that take place in Canada each day is set to hit multiple social media platforms.