Faith

Lack of safe drinking water on reserves ‘disgraceful’, Canadian bishops say

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:12:48 -0400

OTTAWA – The latest statement about drinking water from Canada��Ƶapp bishops “might shock” some people, admits Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver.

Editorial: Our duty to water

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:50:21 -0400

Canadians take water for granted. We have more ocean shoreline than any nation on Earth and our freshwater lakes and rivers cover almost 12 per cent of Canada��Ƶapp landmass.

Protect, pray for universal access to clean water, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:51:43 -0400

VATICAN – Water is a gift of God that makes life possible and yet millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, and rivers, seas and oceans continue to be polluted, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis changes catechism to say death penalty is 'inadmissible'

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:48:30 -0400

VATICAN – Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person" and to commit the church to working toward its abolition worldwide.

Everyone must have affordable health care, Vatican official says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 24 May 2018 10:42:24 -0400

VATICAN – Everyone should have access to essential health services and no one should have to fall into poverty to obtain needed care, a Vatican representative said.

Health care access is a human right, Vatican tells UN

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:30:00 -0400

GENEVA, Switzerland – Health care access is a human right, not just a matter of philanthropy, the Holy See told the United Nations last Friday.

Health care is a right, not a privilege, Pope says

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Mon, 09 May 2016 14:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church is not a fancy medical clinic for the rich, but a "field hospital" that – often literally – provides the only medical care some people will ever receive, Pope Francis said.

The right and wrong of human rights

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 15:00:00 -0400

The Supreme Court ruling that legalized assisted suicide last year didn’t just find a technical problem in the wording of the Criminal Code. It said that Canadians have a right to ask for and receive state-sanctioned aid in killing themselves under certain circumstances.

Mother of one of 43 “disappeared” Mexican students testifies on Hill

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:30:00 -0400

OTTAWA - A Mexican group that includes the mother of one of 43 students who disappeared from a teacher-training college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, is asking Canada to take Mexico off its list of safe countries.

Vatican kicks off environmental push with climate change summit

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 13:30:00 -0400

Top officials from the Vatican, the head of the United Nations and leading scientists came together at a summit Tuesday (April 28) in Vatican City to label the fight against man-made climate change as a “moral issue.”