Physicians' guild extols pharmacist

Health-care workers speak up for conscience rights

Cristina Alarcon poses with Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB. BCC file photo.

An ethical pharmacist has gained the praise of the local Catholic Physicians' Guild. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Help for Yazidis must also take other refugees into account, say advocates

Martin Mark, the director of the Archdiocese of Toronto's Office for Refugees, makes an appeal in July before the House of Commons Citizenship and Refugee Committee, asking for help for Yazidis facing genocide in Iraq from ISIS. Deborah Gyapong (CCN).

Refugee advocates welcomed a pledge to help Yazidis facing genocide, but some expressed concerns the program might overshadow the needs of refugees elsewhere. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.