By Sheila Nonato As today’s “cancel culture” mightily attempts to push God out of the public sphere, Tammy and Dr. Jordan Peterson are weighing in on religion’s place in our increasingly secular world. Both have wrestled with questions of faith and are carving out their own paths to truth and understanding. Tammy has talked publicly,...
There is no place for euthanasia or assisted suicide in Catholic hospitals, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said Thursday. In a statement released the day after the British Columbia government said it would take over land beside Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital for a euthanasia site, the bishops reiterated their opposition to “medical assistance in dying” in Catholic...
The B.C. government rolled out a plan Wednesday to provide euthanasia and assisted suicide at St. Paul’s Hospital – by making it available beside the hospital. The Ministry of Health announced it was taking over property beside the hospital to create a “clinical space” where St. Paul’s patients requesting euthanasia can receive it without having...
BY JENNY CONNELLY An Alberta family’s media ministry focused on making Catholic prayer and the Holy Mass accessible throughout the world has already garnered more than 10 million views from viewers in more than 90 countries. The Little Goodness Prayer World YouTube channels launched in 2019 with livestreams of the Mass and guided prayer videos. Now, the Prayer...
By Lea Karen Kivi It was a foggy winter night a decade ago. Standing alone, attired as a Prince of the Church wielding spiritual power, he was unprotected from the risks of downtown Toronto’s street life. A few days before chancing upon Cardinal Thomas Collins, I had sat in a support group held by the...
By Aimee Rae Canadians with heavy mortgages or credit card debt are watching Dec. 6 approach with the nervous optimism of kids waiting for Santa to declare if they’ve been bad or good. That’s the date when the Bank of Canada next sets interest rates, an announcement that for many Canadians could determine whether Christmas...
Vancouver artist Adrian Horvath has been designing postage stamps for Canada Post for years, from an Endangered Turtles of Canada set to a collection of Snow Mammals. He even worked on the famed Star Trek series of stamps the post office issued in 2016 and 2017. But Horvath’s latest work holds special importance for him as a Christian. His design for...
By Sheila Nonato Tammy Peterson is a truth-teller and a truth-seeker. Peterson, 62, is a cancer survivor and host of The Tammy Peterson Podcast that delves into issues such as faith through a counter-cultural lens. Her podcast’s subtle artwork borrows from Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, which famously illustrates the fingers of God and man almost touching....
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller is among a group of 10 Catholic leaders from around the world this week who called upon the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to release prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, who has been imprisoned there for nearly three years. Noting the situation in...
Chaplains across Canada are discouraged by a directive banning prayer from Remembrance Day services.