A court decision in Canada crossed a regrettable, if predictable, redline. For the first time, a young woman successfully applied to proceed with medical assistance in dying based on her autism diagnosis.
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Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Medical assistance in dying can’t solve the problem of suffering. Canada’s system is a cautionary tale.
Ms. Godin-Tremblay wonders if the loneliness her grandmother felt during the Covid-19 pandemic contributed to her decision to seek assistance in dying. Almost two years later, she still struggles to mourn the loss of her grandmother.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Holy sinners and doubting saints: The fiction of Brian Moore
Despite his public antipathy toward Catholicism, a number of Brian Moore’s novels dealt subtly and deftly with the profound emotional impact of struggles with faith.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Indigenous leader: ‘No conclusive evidence’ of missing student graves at residential school, but search for truth continues
An archaeological team found “no conclusive evidence” of human remains at the former site of Pine Creek Residential School in Camperville, Manitoba, Canada.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Exclusive interview: Archbishop Frank Leo on Pope Francis, the synod and ‘radical secularism’ in Canada
In the second part of this exclusive interview with America, Archbishop Frank Leo says Pope Francis “stunned” him by nominating him as archbishop of Toronto.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Exclusive interview with Archbishop Frank Leo, Pope Francis’ ally in Toronto
In this exclusive interview, the new archbishop of Toronto, the Most Rev. Frank Leo, talks about his call to the priesthood, life as a Vatican diplomat and what he learned as secretary general of the Canadian Catholic bishops’ conference.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The smoke is clearing over the East Coast—but Canada’s wildfire catastrophe is far from over
Canadians experience wildfires each year owing to lightning strikes and “careless people,” but no one can recall conditions like this.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis names Bishop Frank Leo new archbishop of Toronto
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto and appointed Bishop Francis Leo to succeed him as the 14th archbishop of Canada’s largest diocese.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Jordan Peterson and Jesuit Bernard Lonergan have different takes on a culture in decline. The church should listen to both.
Jordan Peterson has gained celebrity by offering strategies for coping with modernity. But his fellow Canadian, the Jesuit Bernard Lonergan, offered strategies that were more holistic in nature and incorporated the whole community.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Canada’s euthanasia regime: How many more will die in the name of ‘compassion’?
There is a reason the Catholic Church often speaks of abortion and euthanasia together as life issues.