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Mom follows her son into the Catholic Church

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Fr. Hezuk Shroff converted from Zoroastrianism 22 years ago. He was ordained a priest six years ago. On the Easter Vigil, he will baptize his mother Vera Shroff.

OTTAWA – Vera Shroff has been fascinated by Catholicism since she was a little girl in India, despite being raised in one of the world’s most ancient religions.

Historic images of Good Friday procession portray a community of faith

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Photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been faithfully documenting College Street’s Good Friday procession of St. Francis of Assisi Parish for every year but one since 1968. The best from Pietropalo’s collection of Good Friday photographis have been assembled in a book, ‘Ritual.’ A variety of images are also on display during Holy Week at Toronto’s St. Francis of Assisi Parish

When St. Francis of Assisi pastor Fr. Jimmy Zammit looks at Vincenzo Pietropaolo’s photographs he sees the faith of his community.

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Search goes on to find root causes of clerical sex abuse

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Raymond Lahey, the defrocked bishop of Antigonish, N.S., was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2011.

In a moment of truth and clarity, Archbishop Anthony Mancini once summed up the shock he has shared with most Catholics over the last 30 years as a feeling of “shame and frustration, fear and disappointment, along with a sense of vulnerability and a tremendous poverty of spirit.”

Churches that once shunned one another open their hearts to Syrian refugees

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The Catholic, United and Baptist Churches of Dauphin, Manitoba put aside their differences and came together to sponsor and resettle three Syrian refugee families.

DAUPHIN, Manitoba – Ken Yakielashek, a Catholic and semiretired farmer in the Canadian Prairies, says he remembers when Christians of varying denominations “wouldn’t talk to one another.”

Letters reach out to the condemned and forgotten

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For years, Angela Saldanha has been writing letters to prisoners in Canada and the U.S.

Sipping my morning espresso, I often envision Donnie making coffee.

Sincere humanity has shaped Francis’ four years as Pope

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March 13th and 19th marks the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis' election as pontiff and the start of his pontificate, respectively.

VATICAN CITY – Rather than a weakness, Pope Francis' humanity – and his acknowledgment of it – has been a source of strength and impact during the four years of his pontificate, said Vatican's press office director.

Toronto family’s migration story finds papal audience

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Pope Francis meets a member of a Canadian family led by Vilma Cortelucci-Fiuza, center, at the International Forum on Migration and Peace at the Vatican Feb. 21, 2017.

Vilma Cortellucci-Fiuza was battling nerves as she stepped up to speak in front of the Holy Father.

Don't close doors to refugees, church leaders say after Mideast trip

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After a trip to the Middle east, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi say Western nations need to be more generous in their aid of refugees and displaced peoples.

VATICAN CITY – Given the ongoing crises in the Middle East, North American, European and other Western nations will need to be more generous in coming to the aid of refugees and displaced peoples, said two prominent church leaders.

Why Catholic teaching on marriage matters for society

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Father Manuel Dorantes, pastor, celebrates a marriage convalidation Mass in 2016 at Immaculate Conception Church in Chicago.

TRIESTE, Italy – As Catholics continue to debate pastoral and doctrinal approaches to marriage, they should remember that the Catholic approach to marriage and the Eucharist has a direct impact on what the Church teaches about society as a whole, an expert on the Church’s social teaching has said.

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