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It takes deep digging to find out what Canada’s permissive euthanasia regime is costing B.C. taxpayers, but the figures are there, buried in the 514-page Medical Services Commission Payment Schedule.

St. Basil’s Parish in Ottawa, for the UN international Day of Peace Sept. 21, is hosting an exhibit that depicts the bleak aftermath of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a remindier of the need for a peaceful future.

In the spirit of the Jubilee Year of Hope, 25 young adults from across the Archdiocese of Vancouver’s West Deanery walked over 14 kilometres to visit five parishes, joining a larger trend of urban pilgrimages.

Packed with statistical data points, a new research report from the non-partisan Cardus think tank starkly suggests the reality of the Canadian medical assistance in dying (MAiD) regime for vulnerable populations has been significantly more outsized than predicted in the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that decriminalized euthanasia.

Though Canadians have long supported a robust immigration system, cracks in that support have been growing over at least the past year.

The Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Catholic Youth is seeing a broad surge in youth engagement across the archdiocese, evident in the more than 540 participants for workshops at its recent Elevate training days.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) leadership will change significantly by the end of its 2025 plenary assembly in Montreal.

It’s been a disappointing few days, weeks and even months for Fr. Larry Léger, pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Barrie, Ont.

Ottawa’s historic Dominican University College has found a seamless continuation over the past year as Campus Saint-Jean-Baptiste, a French Catholic school which will carry forward the site's legacy of faith, learning and community in the heart of Centretown.

Southern Ontario’s largest French-language Catholic school board is getting even bigger this fall, as Conseil scolaire Catholique MonAvenir welcomed upwards of 16,000 students for this school year amid a surge in student enrolment and planned expansion.