pro-life advocates packed onto Parliament Hill and spilled out onto Wellington Street May 9 for Canada's 27th annual National March for Life.
The diverse crowd gathered on the Hill at noon with its members bearing both homemade and professionally crafted signs pledging them
A decision by a judge in Calgary, Alberta, in favor of a young woman seeking medically assisted suicide over her father's objections amounts to "the blatant devaluing of persons with disabilities," a Canadian activist told OSV News.
On March 25, Justice Colin Feasby
On March 5 and 6, 150 people, including nearly 75 Indigenous people, gathered in the Diocese of Trois-Rivières at the invitation of the organization Mission Chez Nous, which marks its 30th anniversary this year, to celebrate, take stock of the pastoral presence
Parishioners of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toronto had to evacuate the building toward the end of their 10 a.m. liturgy March 24, due to a bomb threat apparently made by a woman experiencing mental distress.
Media relations Officer Ashley Visser of
Canada's deferment on making euthanasia available to those with mental illness is "not good news," since that nation's government ultimately intends to expand such access, said the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
"Despite the opposition that has been voiced by
"We join with so many from throughout Canada who are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. As with all those who are called to the vocation of political life, we give thanks to the Lord
A Canadian woman is relying on her faith, education and personal experience to end euthanasia -- and to encourage hope amid end-of-life suffering in her nation.
"Canada deserves to be a warning sign to the world of what road not to go down,"
A suspected arsonist struck at Blessed Sacrament Church in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan, Feb. 9.
Security cameras caught the culprit in the act in the early hours of the day, but the perpetrator has yet to be apprehended.
Father James Hentges, pastor of Blessed Sacrament,
A Catholic archbishop has filed a challenge to Canada's law on physician-assisted death, which includes both medically assisted suicide and euthanasia, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for religious freedom, conscience rights, property rights and public-private partnerships.
Archbishop Christian Lépine of
Alberta's proposed parental rights policy is another step in parents regaining control of their children's education -- in particular concerning a perceived overreach with gender ideology -- from school bureaucrats, say its supporters.
The Canadian province's new policy, introduced by Premier Danielle Smith