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Culture of loneliness feeding MAiD epidemic

March 10, 2023

Caring and compassion are the most effective solutions we have to combat the growing requests for Medical Assistance in Dying, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director Alex Schadenberg told a large gathering at St. Nicholas Church in Langley.

Bill to delay MAiD becomes law

March 9, 2023

The broadening of assisted suicide access to individuals solely suffering from mental illness has officially been delayed by one year to March 17, 2024, though voices are rising to scrap any expansion altogether.

Lift Jesus Higher Rally goes live

March 9, 2023

The crowds returned for the first in-person Lift Jesus Higher Rally since March 2020, filling the Metro Convention Centre in downtown Toronto.

UN reconciliation review skips bishops

March 9, 2023

Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people is getting a check-up and Canada’s Catholic bishops want to be part of it. Whether or not they get the chance is still up in the air.

Trafficking support lacking in churches

March 4, 2023

When it comes to caring, for people experiencing cancer, death in the family or other trauma, their church is often where they can turn for support. But when it comes to sexual abuse and trafficking, many feel that’s the last place they can seek comfort.

Ordinandi Dinner back on track

March 2, 2023

The annual Ordinandi Dinner is back this year with its first in-person event since pre-pandemic days in 2020.

Patient beware, B.C. man warns on MAiD

March 2, 2023

Beware entering a B.C. hospital if you are gravely wounded, elderly or suffering from dementia, warns Richard Leskun.

Simcoe Muskoka board develops trafficking protocols

March 1, 2023

The Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board has developed a host of protocols to raise awareness about the dangers of sex trafficking.

Continental synod package getting clearer

March 1, 2023

Ten Americans and seven Canadians have less than 30 days to sum up the life of the Church in North America — everything the baptized know and love and dream and hope for.

CWL take concerns to Ottawa policy makers

February 25, 2023

A three-member delegation representing more than 63,000 members of the Catholic Women’s League nationwide brought their concerns on national issues to Parliament Hill.