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St. John’s Archdiocese liable for Mount Cashel abuse settlement

January 14, 2021

The Archdiocese of St. John’s is responsible for paying victims of child abuse at the Newfoundland’s infamous Mount Cashel Orphanage. In a decision announced Jan. 14, the Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear one last appeal from the archdiocese, which has always denied it was responsible for the abuse that occurred at Mount

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Popes Francis and Benedict receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines

January 14, 2021

Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13. Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican Press Office, confirmed the news Jan. 14. While it was reported widely that Pope Francis received the vaccine Jan. 13,

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Five years in, reconciliation with First Nations moves slowly

December 30, 2020

Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued its final report, there is agreement that strides have been made in the journey towards healing with Canada’s Indigenous peoples. But Church officials and Indigenous leaders recognize there is still some way to go. Released in 2015, the TRC report included 94 Calls to Action

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Archdiocese of Vancouver report names more abusive priests

December 16, 2020

The Archdiocese of Vancouver has released the names of three priests involved in settlements related to sexual abuse and confirmed 13 more people have come forward with abuse allegations. In the most comprehensive update on sexual abuse by priests to date since its initial report in 2019, the archdiocese on Dec. 11 provided a progress

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Bishop’s images reflect hope amid beauty and isolation of the North

December 11, 2020

Situated in one of Canada’s coldest and most geographically isolated regions, the area encompassed by the Diocese of MacKenzie-Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories is a nature lover’s dream. Bishop Jon Hansen has been capturing that beauty with his photographic lens for the past five years he’s been living in the territory. A selection of

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New legislation would implement UN’s Indigenous rights declaration

December 1, 2020

The federal government is making good on a promise to bring in legislation that would set up the framework for how the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) will be implemented within Canadian law. Justice Minister David Lametti called the introduction of Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of

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Quebec suspends faith-based refugee resettlement program

December 1, 2020

Banned by the Quebec government, churches and faith communities who sponsor refugees want to face their accusers and get some sort of explanation for Quebec’s sudden one-year suspension of refugee sponsorship. “We find it unacceptable that institutional sponsorship promoting the settlement of refugees in Quebec has been suspended in general,” Canadian Religious Conference executive director

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‘Negligible’ savings from assisted suicide, parliamentary report says

November 27, 2020

A fiscal analysis of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) system shows that making access to an assisted suicide easier could save Canada’s health-care system up to $149 million a year. But the study, which was prepared by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), is quick to point out the level of savings is a very

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Public Masses cancelled in Toronto and Peel Region amid rising COVID cases

November 23, 2020

The Archdiocese of Toronto has temporarily cancelled public Masses in Toronto and Peel Region in the wake of new restrictions announced Nov. 20 by the Ontario government to combat the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in those areas. Under the new provincial rules, churches in the “lockdown” zone must restrict attendance inside to 10 people.

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Pro-life activist taking ‘once-in-a-century’ case to Supreme Court of Canada

November 17, 2020

Pro-life activist Mary Wagner is launching a constitutional challenge of Canada’s criminal code in her crusade to gain legal recognition of the humanity of the unborn. Wagner’s lawyer Charles Lugosi hopes to take to Canada’s highest court a case that addresses one of the biggest questions of our time: “Does Parliament have unlimited authority to

St. John’s Archdiocese liable for Mount Cashel abuse settlement

Popes Francis and Benedict receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines

Five years in, reconciliation with First Nations moves slowly

Archdiocese of Vancouver report names more abusive priests

Bishop’s images reflect hope amid beauty and isolation of the North

New legislation would implement UN’s Indigenous rights declaration

Quebec suspends faith-based refugee resettlement program

‘Negligible’ savings from assisted suicide, parliamentary report says

Public Masses cancelled in Toronto and Peel Region amid rising COVID cases

Pro-life activist taking ‘once-in-a-century’ case to Supreme Court of Canada

Share the blessing of your time, pope writes in new year message

Pope on Christmas: Share hope, promote peace, give vaccine to all

B.C. hospice may take assisted suicide case to Supreme Court of Canada

McCarrick report cites lack of serious investigations of abuse rumours

Report on former cardinal McCarrick expected to be made public Nov. 10