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By Kate Fraher (Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada) On August 1, 2007, a British government health committee recommended the British parliament vote on a newly drafted bill, which removes a clause requiring that fertility clinics consider whether a...

By Elizabeth O'Brien (OTTAWA, August 13, 2007, LifeSiteNews.com) - The group of seven Crossroads walkers, who crossed Canada on foot to raise pro-life awareness, finally wrapped up their 5,000-kilometer trek at Parliament hill this Saturday amidst the applause and...

OTTAWA, August 1, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) annual Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report found, among other trends, that  television and radio...

OTTAWA-GATINEAU, July 31, 2007 — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released, for an eighth consecutive year, its Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report reveals that this industry is continuing to expand and that...

Vatican, Jul. 10 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has issued a new doctrinal statement confirming the essential role of the Catholic Church in God's plan for salvation. The short document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), presented in...

By Deborah Gyapong (OTTAWA, July 4, 2007) - The RCMP investigation into a complaint laid by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition concerning the death of a Nova Scotia woman who sought assisted suicide in Switzerland will not lead to any charges being laid. On June...

TORONTO, July 4, 2007 – When the Great Canadian Wish list closed at 12 a.m. Sunday morning, the wish “Abolish Abortion in Canada” had received 9,543 votes, while “I wish that Canada would remain pro-choice” had garnered 8,008. (See complete list of all the wishes in...

 By John Gray  After a period in which it seemed to be a declining force religion is once again a deciding factor in world affairs. The revival of the Rushdie affair, the Bush administration’s opposition to stem cell research and the militant clericalism of...

By Jennifer Green (Ottawa Citizen, June 27) -As funding for religious schools looms as an issue in the upcoming provincial election, Ottawa's new archbishop, Terrence Prendergast, made it clear yesterday that fighting for Catholic education will be high on his agenda....

By Louis DeSerres Imagine a sports competition opposing professional athletes against children, who don't even know there is a game being played. In the same-sex marriage "game," adults are busily seeking to expand "their constitutional rights" while children are not...