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News and events from across the country.

Despite findings, survey on assisted suicide raises concerns

August 16, 2013

OTTAWA - A recent Canadian Medical Association survey on physician-assisted suicide has raised concerns, despite its finding that most doctors would not take part in ending a life if they were legally able.

Vatican II part of the 2,000 years of growth in the Church

August 15, 2013

BARRY’S BAY, ONT. - Soon Catholics will no longer see Vatican II as a break, but will interpret the Council’s teachings in light of the Church’s 2,000 years, says Pembroke Bishop Michael Mulhall.

Vincentians do their part for Lac Mégantic

August 13, 2013

Ontario Vincentians have sent more than their sympathy to citizens of Lac Mégantic, Que.

REAL Women of Canada fights back against 'media firestorm'

August 12, 2013

OTTAWA - REAL Women of Canada does not support persecution of homosexuals, despite what has been written in a media firestorm responding to the organization's Aug. 7 news release accusing Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird of abuse of office for funding homosexual activism overseas.

Montreal church to be reborn as a palliative care centre

August 11, 2013

MONTREAL - As an emotional debate rages in Quebec over Bill 52 and the legalization of euthanasia, a Montreal church is slowly but surely being turned into a palliative care centre.

40 Days for Life seeks volunteers to ensure fall campaign is a go

August 11, 2013

TORONTO - Organizers of 40 Days for Life in Toronto are appealing for help so that the upcoming campaign doesn’t end up being cancelled like this past spring’s event.

A walk among Toronto’s Catholic past

August 10, 2013

TORONTO - As the cash-strapped Toronto Transit Commission continues to wrestle with its future, there was no sign during a recent tour of St. Michael’s Cemetery that TTC founder George Washington Kiely is rolling in his grave.

Pakistan's minorities day celebrated in Brampton Sunday

August 9, 2013

TORONTO - International Christian Voice Canada will be celebrating Pakistan's National Minorities Day in Brampton, Ont., this Sunday.

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 7, 2013

TORONTO - In Toronto and around the world people commemorated the 68th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons ever used against a civilian population — the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945.

Bishop Valois ran Saint-Jerome diocese for two decades

August 7, 2013

OTTAWA - Bishop Charles Valois, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, died on Aug. 4 at the age of 89.