Animal welfare and the Church February 19, 2021
The film
Vegucated explored the challenges of converting to a vegan diet. Viewing it began a lifestyle pivot for the Toronto priest that transformed him from a meat eater to now daily preparing his own vegan meals. Exposed by the film to the reality of slaughterhouses and animal farming for human consumption for the first time, he was convinced that Catholicism and animal welfare are part and parcel.
“It just moved me so much seeing animals suffer and being so scared of the human hand,” said Iocco, pastor at St. Ambrose Parish in Etobicoke. “I think it was a day or two later that I decided not to participate in that anymore. Thinking about our faith of compassion and mercy, I found it difficult to navigate through knowing that was happening. It really tested my faith.”
North-East chess player welcomes The Queens Gambit scheme to get women playing THE England Chess Federation has launched a scheme to encourage women to play chess after the widespread success of the Netflix show The Queen s Gambit, a move welcomed by North-East chess players. The Queen s Gambit tells the story of orphaned child prodigy Elizabeth Harmon, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who is taught chess by a janitor in the orphanage basement. Set in the 60s, Beth is one of the first women to play the game and climbs her way onto the international chess circuit while battling with substance abuse.