P.E.I.’s brand new pro-life, pro-family party already under fire as they kick off their campaign
PEI's brand new Family Party is seeking to give a political voice to social conservatives in the province.
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Region: Canada
Ottawa Archbishop calls on D&P to show ‘unquestioned support of the right to life’
The archbishop made the statements at the annual general meeting of the Ottawa Diocesan Council of Development and Peace (D&P), June 8.
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Teacher to trustees: Ontario equity strategy ‘rejects Catholic teaching on same-sex attractions’
Joining over 150 parents at last Thursday's Toronto Catholic District School Board meeting, Lou Iacobelli urged trustees to accept amendments designed to ensure that the board’s equity policy would be faithful to Catholic teaching.
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Address of teacher Lou Iacobelli on the Toronto Catholic school board’s equity policy
Madam Chair, Dear Trustees, Ladies and Gentlemen, My wife and I are here tonight as Catholic teachers and parents of three children. Together we have taught a total of 65 years for the TCDSB. I would like to begin by sharing with you what we have learned is the most important factor in the well-being and success of every student: It’s whether they are loved and cared for at home. Home is the place where a child first learns the love of neighbour. These are central pillars of Catholic belief. And it’s this love, not a Ministry policy that protects […]
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Catholic youth offer thousands of prayers for LifeSiteNews
On Sunday LifeSiteNews was presented with a spiritual ‘cheque,’ with nearly 60 young girls pledging 1,292 prayers and sacrifices for our work.
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Toronto Catholic student trustee invokes bishops to defend ‘giftedness of sexual orientation’
Two other presenters at the June 16 Toronto Catholic board meeting similarly invoked the bishops in opposition to parents' demands for more explicit protections for authentic Catholic teaching in the board's controversial equity policy.
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United Way still funding Ottawa Planned Parenthood
United Way Ottawa's Beth Green confirmed the sex-education program would still receive up to half of previous funding this year.
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Federal government warns that Ontario could become prostitution mecca
Failure to stay a recent ruling that struck down Canada’s prostitution laws could result in Ontario attracting prostitutes from all over the country, the government warned.
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Toronto Catholic Board Passes 4 out of 8 parent demanded equity policy amendments – for now
The large contingent of Catholic ratepayers, one of the largest ever to attend a TDCSB board meeting, could not understand why the issue they came to hear was left to the very end of the meeting.
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Judges don’t really care about women: Ontario’s prostitution case
BY REBECCA MILLETTE TORONTO, Ontario, June 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hearings in Ontario’s landmark prostitution case, that could see the complete decriminalization of prostitution, came to an end yesterday, after four days of discussion. Much as expected, the five-judge Appeals Court panel retired to discuss the outcome, which could take up to six months. “If they really care about women, if that’s what it’s all about, then they would not decriminalize prostitution, because more and more women will be on the streets and in the brothels, more women will be endangered,” Gwen Landolt, National Vice President of REAL Women Canada […]
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