Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the congregation during the ceremonial Mass on May 17, 2017, at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal for the city's 375th birthday celebrations. (CNS photo/Dario Ayala, Reuters)

How Justin Trudeau is causing Canada to examine its own conscience

by America This Week May 16, 2018

Our May 16 guest is Dean Dettloff, America‘s Toronto correspondent and a junior member of the Institute for Christian Studies. We discuss his recent article, “Justin Trudeau’s ‘celebrity secularism’ and an examination of Canadian conscience.” Listen to the show live on Wednesday at 1:00 PM EST on The Catholic Channel Sirius XM 129, or return […]

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News, Politics & Society

Toronto Cardinal urges pro-lifers at Canadian march to ‘speak more loudly by silence’

by Deborah Gyapong - Catholic News Service May 14, 2018

An estimated 75-100 pro-abortion advocates, some wearing black bandanas over their faces, screamed chants and waved signs, halting the National March for Life until marchers turned around and took a different route through the streets of downtown Ottawa.

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Editorials, Politics & Society

Legalizing abortion would betray Ireland’s future

by The Editors May 2, 2018

The United States can offer this nation’s own grim legacy on abortion as an ominous warning to the Irish people.

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News, Politics & Society

Faith groups decry immigration detention of pregnant women

by Catholic News Service May 2, 2018

ICE officials in March announced that more than 500 pregnant women had been detained.

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News, Politics & Society

Pope Francis mourns death of British toddler Alfie Evans

by Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service May 1, 2018

The 23-month-year-old died on April 28 from complications of a degenerative brain condition.

News, Politics & Society

Toddler Alfie Evans’ parents call for truce

by Jill Lawless - Associated Press April 27, 2018

The father of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans called for a truce in a divisive case that has pitted doctors and the British courts against Alfie’s parents, Christian groups and Pope Francis.

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Faith, News

What did Pope Francis mean when he said the unborn and the poor are equally sacred?

by Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service April 18, 2018

A prophetic pro-life stance “has no limits,” while an “ideological approach” zeroes in on particulars.

News, Politics & Society

Pope Francis: Respect the lives of Vincent Lambert and Alfie Evans

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service April 16, 2018

Highlighting the plight of a seriously ill toddler in Great Britain and a severely brain-damaged man in France, Pope Francis called for greater respect for every patient’s life and dignity.