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As election looms, euthanasia ‘taboo’ topic of campaign

October 14, 2015

OTTAWA - In the final days of the federal election campaign, an array of anti-euthanasia groups nationwide has accused the political parties of “fleeing their responsibilities” on an issue too important to be swept under the carpet.

Scripture’s truth must overcome secular culture

October 14, 2015

The Church must uphold “the objective truths of Sacred Scripture” in the face of a secular culture that poses a grave challenge to the Christian view of family, Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins told the Synod of Bishops meeting in the Vatican.

Synod needs to stress importance of fathers

October 9, 2015

OTTAWA - A popular American psychologist and author told an Ottawa audience he hopes bishops attending this month’s Synod on the Family in Rome will address the importance of strong fathers in the family.

Msgr. Formosi, former Catholic Missions head, passes on

October 8, 2015

TORONTO - Former Catholic Missions In Canada president Msgr. Roger W. Formosi passed away Oct. 6 after a lingering illness. He was 73.

Anti-poverty campaign wants candidates to Chewonthis!

October 6, 2015

OTTAWA - Lost in the “fight for the middle class” in the federal election campaign is the plight of Canada’s poor, said Joe Gunn of the Citizens for Public Justice.

St. Michael's bids a fond farewell to Michael Burgess

October 5, 2015

TORONTO - One of Michael Burgess's final requests was to have St. Michael's Choir School participate at his funeral Mass. With hundreds of mourners packing Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church on Oct. 5, that request was granted.

All God’s children deserve to be treated reverence, cardinal tells health care workers

October 1, 2015

TORONTO - Catholic health care workers must always remember that their patients are “a child of God” to be treated with special reverence from beginning to end, Cardinal Thomas Collins told the Catholic Health Association of Ontario.

Ontario teachers still waiting on sex-ed curriculum guidelines

October 1, 2015

TORONTO - With classes well underway, teachers are still awaiting many of the teaching supplements to instruct them on how to teach Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum through a Catholic lens.

Quebec day care more apt to produce criminals, study shows

October 1, 2015

OTTAWA - Boys enrolled in Quebec’s universal child-care program are more likely to partake in criminal behaviour than boys from other provinces, a new study has found.

Saskatchewan doctors denied conscience rights

October 1, 2015

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan doctors concerned about their loss of conscience rights are saying they will now be discriminated against for expressing conscience concerns on certain procedures.