Pro-life activist divulges pain of secret abortion

Elizabeth Sutcliffe felt she was on a treadmill and there was no one to help her press stop

Elizabeth Sutcliffe stands with her husband and their children, aged 8 and 11. Photo submitted.

A woman who regrets her past abortion is working to help women make a choice she wasn't encouraged to make. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Iraqi bishop warns West will suffer from Islamism

Chaldean Archbishop Emil Shimoun Nona of Mosul, Iraq, is pictured in an undated photo provided by Aid to the Church in Need. Archbishop Nona is the successor of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, who died in March 2008 after being taken hostage by kidnappers. CNS photo / courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.

The Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul has warned that Christians around the world face suffering from Islamists as his diocese has, and decisions that challenge the underpinnings of Western political ideas. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

Canada to take in more Iraqi and Iranian refugees

Displaced Christians wait for humanitarian aid July 20 at a church in the Iraqi town of Hamdaniya, east of Mosul. Chaldean Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona of Mosul said the Islamic State, which took control of Iraq's second-largest city in early June, is carrying out "religious cleansing." CNS photo / Reuters.

The crisis in Iraq and Syria is pushing Canada to accept more refugees. Canada will take another 5,000 Iraqis and Iranians from refugee camps in Turkey in coming months and years, said Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.