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Archbishop-designate Bettencourt served as assistant personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI and continued as Pope Francis' secretary when the new Pope was elected in March 2013. He was honoured in his hometown, Velas, Portugal in 2015.

Pope names Ottawa priest Apostolic Nuncio

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OTTAWA – Msgr. Jose Bettencourt, an Ottawa priest who has served as Head of Protocol in the Vatican since 2012, has been named an Apostolic Nuncio and appointed as nuncio to Armenia.

Syrian refugees wait at the border near Royashed, Jordan, in 2016. Canada has a backlog of up to 45,000 privately-sponsored refugees waiting to gain entry.

About 45,000 privately sponsored refugees backlogged

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As they wait to learn about 2018 quotas, sponsoring agencies are set to welcome 18,000 refugees this year, including many who have waited for years to finally start a new life in Canada. 

Colten Boushie in a photo posted June 2015.

Saskatchewan churches urged to guide reconciliation in wake of Boushie case

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OTTAWA – In the wake of the Colten Boushie case, churches can facilitate reconciliation by reaching out to both of the families and communities, says a Catholic Indigenous leader.

Youth summer camp counsellors at St. Benedict's SummerDaze Day camp worry about their jobs for the upcoming summer, with their camp at risk without government funding.

All options on table in fight over summer jobs funding policy

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OTTAWA – Legal action is not off the table for charities and groups that have asked the government for accommodation of their Charter rights in the Canada Summer Jobs controversy.

Elementary students dress up and perform a traditional Inuit dance during the liturgy at the Northern Spirit Games at Toronto’s Bishop Marrocco Catholic High School.

Northern Spirit Games bring play and learning together

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“Your two jobs today are to play and to have fun.”

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for a welcoming ceremony during the 2016 World Youth Day at Blonia Park in Krakow, Poland. Because WYD Panama will take place in late January, Correa said she is expecting a smaller Canadian delegation than WYD 2016. This time around, the focus will be to attract young adults who are not tied to a school year schedule.

Canadians get jump on World Youth Day preparation

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World Youth Day is still 11 months away, but Canadians have already had a taste of what to expect on the pilgrimage to Panama.

Report: Aboriginal communities most affected by high imprisonment linked to poverty

Report: Aboriginal communities most affected by high imprisonment linked to poverty

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EDMONTON – Poverty is a main cause of imprisonment and largely affects Canada’s Aboriginal community, according to a new research paper by the coordinator of pastoral care for the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in St. Jean sur Richelieu, Que., has been taken over by the Doicese of Longueuil, which has also assumed the cathedral’s debt from renovations it could no longer afford.

Longueuil diocese takes on cathedral’s $300,000 debt

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The future of an historic cathedral in Quebec has been secured by a transaction that saw the local bishop trade away a former convent and his diocese assume the cathedral’s $300,000 debt.

Sister Elizabeth Kass at a celebration after becoming a Canadian citizen in her 80s, May 2016.

Sr. Elizabeth Kass, advocate for deaf community, dies at age 84

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EDMONTON – Sr. Elizabeth Kass is being remembered as a fearless woman who spent decades ministering to her fellow members of the deaf community, culminating in what she called the answer to her prayers — the ordination of Canada’s first deaf priest.
Fight over forced referral policy on assisted suicide not over yet

Fight over forced referral policy on assisted suicide not over yet

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The Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada is asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to take a second look at their case against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
"We have to make sure that the protest of parents across this province isn’t falling upon deaf ears. We have to make sure the social conservative voice is being respected," Tanya Granic Allen wrote when she announced her run for the Ontario PC Party leadership.

Catholic mom Tanya Allen Granic puts sex ed into Ontario PC campaign

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OTTAWA – A Catholic mother of four has thrust Ontario’s controversial sex-ed curriculum into the campaign to select a new leader of the province’s Progressive Conservative Party.

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