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News and events from across the country.

Online ‘pastoral conversation’ off to slow start

December 18, 2013

Updated - 12/20/13 Less than 20 per cent of Canadian dioceses are using their web sites to consult the laity in advance of next year’s extraordinary synod on the family.

Vatican names Italian as new nuncio to Canada

December 18, 2013

OTTAWA - Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi has been appointed the new apostolic nuncio to Canada, the Vatican announced today.

Poor not on government radar, Citizens for Public Justice says

December 17, 2013

OTTAWA - With the release of the House of Commons Finance Committee Dec. 10 report on income inequality, it is clear to Citizens for Public Justice that Canada's poor are not on the radar with the government.

Pope reconfirms Cardinal Ouellet to lead bishops' congregation

December 16, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Nine months after his election, Pope Francis has reconfirmed Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, seen as one of the most powerful offices of the Roman Curia, and expanded the international membership of the congregation.

Turkey’s unity rooted in secularism

December 15, 2013

TORONTO - It may sound strange to Catholics who look at Quebec’s Charter of Values and shake their heads over secularism run amok, but in 2010 the world’s Catholic bishops and Pope Benedict XVI came to the conclusion the only hope for beleaguered Christians in the Middle East is secularism — secularism combined with democracy.

The Good Shepherd at 50

December 15, 2013

TORONTO - For 50 years The Good Shepherd Centre has fed the hungry, clothed the naked, sheltered the homeless, cared for the sick and taken no credit for the lives it has saved.

Palliative care consultancy centred on patient’s need

December 15, 2013

TORONTO - Getting referred to Dr. Irene Ying can be scary for patients. Ying calls herself a palliative care consultant.

Women like what they hear from Pope Francis

December 14, 2013

At the Catholic Women’s League there’s plenty of excitement about what Pope Francis has been saying about women.

Canada not on board with investigating legality of drones

December 14, 2013

Canada is rejecting a Vatican call for the United Nations to take a closer look at the ethics and legality of drone warfare, The Catholic Register has learned.

Canadian lawyers launch declaration against euthanasia

December 13, 2013

OTTAWA - A group of Canadian lawyers has launched a declaration against euthanasia and assisted suicide that is gathering signatures from across the country.