The Catholic Register

Election result good news for Catholic doctors in Ontario

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:50:46 -0400

In the wake of Ford nation storming the citadel of Queen��Ƶapp Park, Catholic agencies and groups are already adjusting to the new reality.

Robert Brehl: State-approved suicide is way too easy

robertbrehl@catholicregister.org (Robert Brehl) — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:15:09 -0400

June 17 will mark two years since Canada��Ƶapp Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) law received royal assent.

Defend right to life, conscientious objection, Pope tells doctors

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 29 May 2018 08:40:46 -0400

VATICAN – Make medicine and health care more humane by protecting the life and dignity of all patients, particularly the weakest and the unborn, Pope Francis told Catholic doctors and medical specialists.

Appeal being launched over conscience rights decision on assisted suicide

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Fri, 18 May 2018 13:42:34 -0400

The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada has received permission to appeal a Jan. 31 Ontario Divisional Court decision that would force objecting doctors to refer for assisted suicide.

Charles Lewis: It��Ƶapp vital to be informed on Catholic issues

clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) — Sun, 29 Apr 2018 21:56:32 -0400

We were all lined up at our desks, blank forms at the ready an plenty of pens for St. Michael��Ƶapp parishioners to use.

Med student 'distressed' by assisted suicide decisions

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:26:25 -0400

I am a second-year medical student at the University of Toronto. Next year, my peers and I will embark on a series of rigorous and demanding clinical rotations, shortly after which we will decide which area of medicine we will pursue in our professional lives. Conversations about the future abound.

Thousands step up in support of doctors' conscience fight

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:12:34 -0400

An Ontario campaign to pressure politicians over the protection of health care conscience rights is “democracy in action,” said an organizer.

'Call for Conscience' calls for action against assisted suicide

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:33:32 -0500

As the groundwork for a lawsuit is being laid to challenge the right of Catholic health care institutions to opt out of assisted suicide, Ontario��Ƶapp bishops and the Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience are mounting their second annual Call For Conscience campaign.