The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:14:10 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb ‘Graphic images’ law challenged /item/36507-graphic-images-law-challenged /item/36507-graphic-images-law-challenged

A Christian advocacy organization is challenging a St. Catharines city bylaw barring flyers with “graphic images” from being delivered to city homes.

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Canada Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:43:36 -0500
Halifax verifying claims for abuse settlement /item/36283-halifax-verifying-claims-for-abuse-settlement /item/36283-halifax-verifying-claims-for-abuse-settlement

The deadline to submit a claim of sexual abuse against the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax and the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Yarmouth has now passed.  

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:53:28 -0500
Guest Editorial: Pastoral resolution /columns/item/35093-guest-editorial-pastoral-resolution /columns/item/35093-guest-editorial-pastoral-resolution

This week The Catholic Register publishes a rare guest editorial written by Lea Karen Kivi, author of Abuse in the Church: Healing the Body of Christ, who articulates concerns that we agree must be engaged regarding the effect of the adversarial legal system on clerical abuse cases. 

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Editorial Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:35:57 -0500
Pro-life organization proceeds with defamation lawsuit against pro-choice advocate /item/34881-pro-life-organization-proceeds-with-defamation-lawsuit-against-pro-choice-advocate /item/34881-pro-life-organization-proceeds-with-defamation-lawsuit-against-pro-choice-advocate

The pro-life group 40 Days for Life has successfully blocked a legal motion that might have quashed its defamation lawsuit against a pro-choice advocate who sought to “ruin” its campaign.

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Canada Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:44:18 -0400
Health care workers denied religious exemption on vaccine win settlement /home/international/item/34677-health-care-workers-denied-religious-exemption-on-vaccine-win-settlement /home/international/item/34677-health-care-workers-denied-religious-exemption-on-vaccine-win-settlement

Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group, announced that a settlement it called historic has been reached with an Illinois hospital system over denying its employees a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:56:41 -0400
Quebec class-action suits could spread, lawyer says /item/34538-quebec-class-action-suits-could-spread-lawyer-says /item/34538-quebec-class-action-suits-could-spread-lawyer-says

In the past two months, courts gave the go-ahead for class-action lawsuits involving 100 plaintiffs alleging sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Quebec and the Diocese of St. Hyacinthe near Montreal.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Canada Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:35:07 -0400