Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

World Vision trying to bring some normality to Syrian refugee children

June 26, 2013

TORONTO - Last November, while visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon for Syrians fleeing the civil war in their homeland, Lindsay Gladding found out first hand how important World Vision's Child Friendly Spaces are.

First annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast recognized progress in relations

June 25, 2013

OTTAWA - More than 500 people jammed the ballroom of Ottawa's Chateau Laurier Hotel for the first annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast June 21.

Religious freedom demands consistency at home and abroad, says former Vatican ambassador

June 25, 2013

OTTAWA - Canada must ensure it continues to respect religious freedom at home if it wants to coherently defend religious freedom abroad, says the former Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See.

Former Charlottetown bishop passes away at 71

June 25, 2013

CHARLOTTETOWN - Bishop J. Vernon Fougere, the former bishop of the Prince Edward Island diocese of Charlottetown, passed away in a Charlottetown hospital June 18. He was 71.

End child welfare ‘crisis’ by adoption, says MP

June 23, 2013

WINDSOR, ONT. - A Member of Parliament is promoting a government adoption tax credit as a way to come to terms with the “crisis in child welfare” and encourage adoption generally.

The human genome is not property

June 22, 2013

A decision by the United States Supreme Court to strike down patents on portions of the human genome is a victory for society that reinforces the moral necessity of keeping our common biological heritage in public hands, said Jesuit genetic researcher Fr. Rob Allore.

Humanism displayed at the AGO

June 22, 2013

If you’re a Christian, humanism is about God because God became human, created humans and cares about humans.

Parliament says yes to Pope John Paul II Day

June 21, 2013

OTTAWA - A private member’s bill to designate April 2 as Pope John Paul II Day in Canada received all-party support and passed third reading in the House of Commons June 12.

Ursuline sisters fight for worker safety

June 21, 2013

The Ursuline Sisters of the Diocese of London, Ont. have joined a coalition of Canadian investors to demand that Canadian retailers join international efforts to ensure Bangladeshi garment factories meet basic fire and safety standards.

Prostitution a moral issue, top Court told

June 20, 2013

OTTAWA - Governments have a right to legislate on moral issues and “abhorrence of prostitution” is a common value in society, a lawyer told the Supreme Court of Canada.