Political events and news in effecting Catholics and Catholic concerns in Europe.
April 22, 2021
Erin O’Toole, the federal Tory leader, has said he will not support a bill to ban sex-selection abortions.
Marina Calo has been trying to manage the online education of her five-year-old son and says it has not been easy.
Total contradiction
Re: Faithful find worship restrictions harsh (April 11):
It’s true that government COVID restrictions put on religious groups have been harsh. In Toronto, the Catholic Church has co-operated in following COVID protocols. Despite this, our churches have been given stringent restrictions not applied to liquor, beer and big box stores. Why?
About 30 years ago, a catalogue of Prince Philip’s personal library revealed more than 8,300 books, over 450 of them classified under the label of religion.
Another church in a First Nations community has been destroyed by fire.
A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a piece of history.
Legendary Canadian musician Myles Goodwyn has spent 2021 purely in his element: he’s pouring his energy into writing and recording the songs that will make up his next album, Long Pants, which is expected to be released in July or August.
VANCOUVER -- Delta Hospice Society has lost its final legal opportunity to prevent a takeover of its board by euthanasia advocates.
OTTAWA -- An effort to have the courts overturn Quebec’s controversial Bill 21 has failed, even though a provincial court did rule that some aspects of the law that infringe on language rights must be scrapped by the government.
April 21, 2021
VATICAN CITY -- Because prayer is a dialogue with God, people should not dismiss or be embarrassed by saying their prayers out loud or in a whisper, Pope Francis said.