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More than 13,000 people are estimated to have descended on St. Francis Xavier Church in Mississauga, Ont., for the relic of the parish’s patron saint.

St. Francis Xavier relic draws more than 13,000 pilgrims in Mississauga

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They lined up around the block and waited hours just to catch a five second glimpse of a 465-year-old, incorrupt arm.
Trudeau explains why he is a feminist at the UN's 60th Commission on the Status of Women, Mar. 2016.

Opposition grows as Liberals fight backlash on jobs funding

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OTTAWA – Despite escalating opposition from a growing array of charities and faith groups, the Liberal government is not backing down on demands that Canada Summer Jobs applicants sign a pro-abortion attestation.

Charities like New Life Prison Ministries and Waupoo Family Farm seek an appropriate response to the new Canada Summer Jobs Program that requires organizations to be pro-abortion in order to receive government funding.

Charities grapple with Canada Summer Jobs policy change

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Canada’s charities are weighing their response to the Canada Summer Jobs policy change that requires an attestation their organization’s core mandate supports abortion.

Creation-friendly diet a rising trend for 2018

Creation-friendly diet a rising trend for 2018

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Pope Francis may not qualify as a dietary expert but he can probably take a little credit for some healthy trends likely to spark New Year’s resolutions.
Healthcare workers in the palliative care unit of St. Michael's Hospital. Approved in August by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network, the system starts with primary care and research at St. Michael’s Hospital, expands to community care at St. Joseph’s and is rounded out by rehabilitation and long-term care at Providence.

Merger creates largest Catholic healthcare network

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Toronto’s new, giant, still-unnamed Catholic health care network has its first boss lined up and with him a commitment to help engineer a better health system in Canada from the bottom up.

The Kairos Blanket Exercise will now be part of the training for every RCMP cadet, like Matt Plaskett, left, and Habeeb Shah, who recently underwent the exercise at the RCMP Academy in Regina.

RCMP adopt new tool for reconciliation

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REGINA, Sask. – Canada’s national police force has begun using Kairos’ Blanket Exercise in an effort to help its officers improve relations with Indigenous peoples.
Fr. Ismael “Melo” Moreno, S.J., a prominent human rights advocate in Honduras stands at a protest.

Fears for life of Jesuit priest rise after Honduran vote

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Canada’s Jesuits have written their second letter in five months to Canadian government officials asking Ottawa to speak out in defence of a Honduran Jesuit priest whose life is in danger.

Faith communities, including summer camps, non-for-profit organizations and apprenticeships will suffer from the new Summer Job policy, Canadian Bishops say.

New Canada Summer Jobs policy infringes on religious freedom, say Canada’s Catholic bishops

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Canada’s Catholic bishops say the government’s new Canada Summer Jobs policy infringes on freedom of religion and freedom of conscience.

Blaise Alleyne protests abortion at the Ryerson University Campus with the group Toronto Against Abortion, Jan. 2017.

Pro-lifers go to court over federal summer jobs policy

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OTTAWA – Faith-based groups and pro-life organizations are mobilizing to fight a new federal government policy to only give summer job grants to employers who endorse abortion.
Opioids in high schools on the rise

Opioids in high schools on the rise

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Ontario teens are drinking and smoking less than previous generations, but a survey shows another dangerous substance is quickly raising alarm bells: fentanyl.
Dr. Moira McQueen, PhD, speaks with Salt and Light TV during the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family at the Vatican.

Doctors set to fight global abortion policy

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An ethics policy that demands doctors refer for abortion, even against their conscience, could become a global policy at the next general assembly of the World Medical Association in October.

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