B.C. Court of Appeal rules in right-to-eat case

Family may now appeal to the Supreme Court

Dr. Williard Johnston.

The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that a care home in Abbotsford must continue spoon-feeding 83-year-old Margot Bentley. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Pope Francis carries his late grandma's words with him every day

Pope Francis listens to a woman while greeting the disabled during his general audience. CNS photo / Paul Haring.

Pope Francis said Wednesday that the elderly play a key role in the lives of youth, and revealed that he still keeps the letter his grandmother wrote him for his ordination in his daily prayer book. For http://www.bccatholic.ca/component/content/article/1-latest-news/4869-pope-francis-carries-his-late-grandmas-words-with-him-every-day see The B.C. Catholic website.

Assyrians fear the end is coming in the Mideast

Archbishop Mar Emmanuel Yosip of the Assyrian Church of the East in Canada said some historians call his a "martyred Church." Michael Swan / Catholic Register.

Some 300 Assyrian Christians were kidnapped by ISIS as it swept up Syria's Al Khabour River in late February, quickly taking village after village. Assyrian-Canadians are living a recurring bad dream. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.