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Euthanasia discriminates against disabled

November 13, 2013

TORONTO - Demand for doctor-assisted suicide isn’t about dying, it’s about disability, the director of a Quebec disability rights organization told a national anti-euthanasia symposium in Toronto Nov. 8.

Canadian bishops plan national collection for Philippines relief

November 13, 2013

OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has joined with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace to prepare a first response and a plan of continuing aid for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan that has devastated parts of the Philippines Nov. 8.

Typhoon Haiyan Donations

November 12, 2013

Money sent directly to friends, churches or agencies in the Philippines are not eligible for Ottawa’s matching grant. To double your donation you must:

Canadians join rush to aid devastated Philippines

November 12, 2013

Updated 11/12/13 TORONTO - As pictures and reports of the devastation in Tacloban City, Philippines, reached the world’s newspapers and computer screens Nov. 9, Toronto Filipinos were attending the Saturday 5 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption Church.

Housing-first strategy for homeless extended until 2019

November 10, 2013

TORONTO - Experts on homelessness are giving the federal government credit for settling on the right approach to helping some of the most vulnerable people in Canada.

Chaplains’ service extends beyond frontlines

November 10, 2013

When Lt. Col. Sylvain Maurais, a Catholic lay chaplain with the Canadian Armed Forces, was in the Afghanistan war zone he felt no fear because “it is what we are called to do.”

Loyola case a battle over religious freedom

November 10, 2013

TORONTO - Loyola High School isn’t going to the Supreme Court of Canada just to get a ruling on whether the private school can teach world religions from a Catholic, Jesuit point of view. The real fight is over whether churches, charities and schools across Canada have a right to religious freedom, said Paul Donovan, the Montreal school’s principal

Quebec Charter of Values could face federal challenge, SAYS Kenney

November 8, 2013

OTTAWA - The federal government will conduct a constitutional analysis on the Charter of Quebec Values that was introduced in the province's National Assembly Nov. 7, says Jason Kenney.

The Triumph is so popular Cineplex shuts it down

November 8, 2013

TORONTO - A documentary about the Medjugorje apparitions of the Virgin Mary has been so popular that Cineplex has suspended all future Canadian showings amid reports it is negotiating a distribution deal that may cut out a Catholic non- profit organization that has spent thousands of dollars to promote the film.

40 Days for Life vigil keeps at least one heart beating

November 7, 2013

TORONTO - A letter addressed “to the sign people” is affirmation of the meaningful work by volunteers during the fall 40 Days for Life campaign.