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Thornhill parish beacon of hope for Mideast refugees

November 26, 2015

THORNHILL, ONT. - Every day Rami Kaai receives at least 50 phone calls from Christian refugees in the Middle East who plead for his help in coming to Canada.

Nova Scotia Knights’ council honoured with Star Council Award

November 26, 2015

The Knights of Columbus Sydney Council 1060 has brought the order’s prestigious Star Council Award to the shores of Nova Scotia.

Advocates fear fate of religious freedom office under Liberals

November 25, 2015

OTTAWA - The fate of Andrew Bennett and the Office of Religious Freedom is up in the air as the office was not included in the Prime Minister’s mandate letter to the Foreign Affairs Minister. Government silence has advocates for religious freedom worried about where religious freedom stands with the new Prime Minister.

Mandate changed for suicide panel

November 24, 2015

OTTAWA - Euthanasia opponents fear that the new Liberal government is “kowtowing” to the euthanasia lobby following new directions given to a federal panel that has been consulting Canadians on assisted suicide.

Missal a ‘new moment in history’ for former Anglicans

November 22, 2015

OTTAWA - Former Anglicans in the Ordinariates will celebrate according to their new missal, Divine Worship: The Missal, beginning the First Sunday of Advent.

Palliative care home in Quebec to offer assisted suicide under new law

November 20, 2015

MONTREAL - Quebec's new end-of-life care law will go into effect Dec. 10, and at least one of its 31 palliative care facilities announced that it will be offering medically induced death, or assisted suicide.

Holy Doors to open for Toronto pilgrims

November 20, 2015

TORONTO - Toronto area Catholics are getting new destinations of pilgrimage with the designation of seven Holy Doors in parishes across the archdiocese for the upcoming Year of Mercy.

Vatican on right track with banking reforms

November 20, 2015

MONTREAL - New accounting practices at the Vatican under the supervision of an independent Auditor General will make fraud and financial mismanagement a thing of the past and help curb extravagant spending, according to Maltese banker and economist Joseph F.X. Zahra.

Daily Mass originator McManus passes the torch

November 20, 2015

TORONTO - It’s been 17 years and the broadcast of well over 5,000 television Masses — marking the right moment for Barb and Mike McManus to pass the torch.

Sainthood cause opened for Montreal laywoman

November 19, 2015

MONTREAL - Calling her a star in a “constellation of holiness,” Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine has opened the cause for sainthood of a 17th-century Montreal laywoman.