Faith

Beyond the priesthood debate: What influence do women have in the Church?

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:26:54 -0500

Does the Church belong to women? Can the Church be led by women? From a young woman��Ƶapp perspective, those questions have already been answered.

Questions raised about Liberal promise to ban spanking

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:05:31 -0500

OTTAWA - The Criminal Code, the Supreme Court and even the Pope uphold that a parent is entitled within reasonable limits to spank a child. But on the heels of a call by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to prohibit spanking, the Liberal government has promised to amend the Criminal Code to abolish a parent��Ƶapp right to physically discipline children.

Pope Francis appoints 18 couples to attend Synod of Bishops on family

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:54:39 -0400

VATICAN CITY - More than 360 participants, including 18 married couples from around the world, were expected to attend October's Synod of Bishops on the family.

Bioethicist refuses to be pawn on assisted-suicide panel

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:26:20 -0400

OTTAWA - Catholic bioethicist Moira McQueen has refused an invitation to sit on a provincial/territorial panel developing guidelines for physician-assisted death because she feared being used to show that all sides of the issue were consulted.

McQueen: Campus voice to Vatican advisor

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:00:00 -0400

Surviving cancer won’t bring an appointment to the International Theological Commission. Neither will it matter that you’ve been married forever and surrounded yourself with seven children and nine grandchildren. Volunteering at your parish for everything from the Catholic Women��Ƶapp League to marriage preparation courses is nice, but it won’t make you part of an elite body of 30 Catholic theologians who advise the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the pope himself.

Moira McQueen among five women appointed to Vatican theological commission

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 13:15:00 -0400

A touch of Canada, a touch of Scotland and a feminine touch has been added to the assembly of 30 theologians who advise the Pope and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — all in one appointment. Canadian Moira McQueen, a Scottish-born, University of Glasgow-trained lawyer turned moral theologian, is among a record five women appointed to the International Theological Commission.

No dignity in pornography

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 06:59:00 -0400

TORONTO - Pornography deadens healthy sexual relationships, says Moira McQueen.

Input sought on physicians’ conscience rights

evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400

TORONTO - Silence from the public could cost Ontario��Ƶapp doctors the right to deny non-emergency procedures, prescriptions and referrals which they morally oppose, warns the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute.

Medical association takes the debate on end-of-life care across Canada

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 01 May 2014 20:00:00 -0400

Doctors don’t think Canada should mess with the rules that govern how they care for the terminally ill without a serious national debate. Therefore the Canadian Medical Association has been sponsoring town hall meetings across Canada.

March takes aim at abortion drug

evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 01 May 2014 20:00:00 -0400

Campaign Life Coalition has stepped up the fight against the approval of RU-486, evident from this year��Ƶapp March for Life theme — RU-4LIFE.