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News and events from across the country.

Doctors protest federal cuts to refugee health care

June 20, 2013

TORONTO - About 300 doctors, nurses and supporters protested on the sidewalks outside of the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Office on June 17 to demand government restore fully-funded health care for refugees.

Quebec at a crossroads with euthanasia bill, bishops say

June 18, 2013

OTTAWA - As the Quebec government considers an end-of-life bill that would allow euthanasia, Quebec's Catholic bishops warn that society faces a crucial choice.

End poverty to improve health, says CMA

June 14, 2013

OTTAWA - Canada must eliminate poverty in order to become a healthy nation, according to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).

Survey finds homeless in Toronto Catholic hospital

June 14, 2013

More than 5,000 people in Toronto on an average night sleep outdoors, in church basements, on buses, in shelters and in coffee shops. But staff at St. Michael’s Hospital didn’t have to go that far to find the homeless.

Christians are called to ‘spiritual warfare’

June 13, 2013

TORONTO - There is a war happening, a culture war, right in our backyards and all Christians are called to fight in it, says a prominent Catholic author and academic.

The search for fulfilment led to a call to the priesthood

June 13, 2013

TORONTO - With a Carlton University degree in computer science and a first job paying more than $50,000, Daniel Janulewicz thought he had it made. But something was missing.

Quebec euthanasia bill widely condemned

June 13, 2013

OTTAWA - A Quebec government bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in the province is being widely condemned and will be reviewed by the federal justice minister who said Canadian laws exist to protect all Canadians.

Cardinal Monsengwo sees church's pastoral work helping stabilize Congo

June 12, 2013

MONTREAL - The Catholic Church, through its pastoral work and the promotion of justice, can help bring stability and peace in violence-torn Congo, said a cardinal who once helped guide the country from dictatorship to democracy.

Jesuit criticizes Western support of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

June 12, 2013

OTTAWA - Western support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has created a looming catastrophe, warned a Jesuit priest invited to speak on Parliament Hill.

Gibbons arrested, again, outside abortion clinic

June 12, 2013

Linda Gibbons, who has spent 10 of the past 20 years in prison for peacefully protesting outside abortion facilities, is back in prison.