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Funding for Catholic Family Services’ Seniors Outreach Program comes from money collected during ShareLife’s annual campaign, which this year has a goal of $14.925 million this year.

ShareLife funds help support outreach to elderly

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For many seniors, day-to-day living is a lonely and often isolating experience.

Canadian bishops say they will be re-consecrating Canada to Mary on July 1 to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Catholic bishops to re-consecrate Canada to Mary on July 1

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OTTAWA – Catholic bishops will be re-consecrating Canada to Mary on July 1 to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Ontario government's new budget released April 27 has given the province's faith communities plenty to chew on.

Ontario budget offers encouraging signs for faith groups

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A balanced budget with investments sprinkled across education, health care and welfare — including the surprise pharmacare program for anyone 24 and younger — has given faith communities in Ontario plenty to chew on.

Ajok Uogu feeds her 2-year old daughter, Awok, a nutritional supplement April 26 in St. Daniel Comboni Catholic Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. Drought and armed conflict have pushed tens of thousands of Wau-area residents out of their homes, away from their farms and unable to adequately feed themselves.

Canadian Christian leaders make urgent appeal to help South Sudan

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OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops have joined other Christian leaders in making an urgent appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help South Sudan.

Saskatchewan Premiere Brad Wall says he will invoke the notwithstanding classes of the Charter of Rights to override a court ruling that threatened cause layoffs and possible Catholic school closure in the province.

Saskatchewan Premier overrides court ruling on Catholic school funding

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REGINA, Sask. – In a victory for Catholic education, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said he will invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights to override a court ruling that threatened to cause layoffs and possible Catholic school closures in the province.

Campaign Life's Conservative Leadership Voter's Guide released April 26, urges voters to only support former MP Pierre Lemieux, left, or MP Brad Trost.

Campaign Life Coalition ‘disqualifies’ all but two Tory leadership hopefuls

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OTTAWA – Campaign Life Coalition has “disqualified” all but two Conservative leadership candidates, a move that has drawn fire from other pro-life activists.

Four Canadian religious leaders, including CCCB president Bishop Douglas Crosby of Hamilton, are urging the federal government to develop a national palliative care strategy.

Religious leaders call for national palliative care strategy

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Four Canadian religious leaders, including the head of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, are urging the federal government to develop a “well-funded, national initiative to improve palliative care access and quality.”

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast and New Evangelization Summit organizer Michael Dopp at the first Summit in 2015.

New Evangelization Summit sets an inspiring tone

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OTTAWA – “Inspiration” is an word often heard around the New Evangelization Summit and it has plenty to draw on for this year’s edition May 12-13 in Ottawa.

Ontario doctors are fine-tuning its policy against 'cherry picking' of patients to prevent further alienation of the sick and the poor.

Poor still face obstacles in medical arena, say experts

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TORONTO – Helping poor people is a lousy business model.

Toronto Raptors' all-star point guard Kyle Lowry and his wife Ayahna Cornish-Lowry has been awarded a TCDSB Friends of Catholic Education Award.

Kyle and Ayahna Lowry honoured by Toronto Catholic school board

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Kyle Lowry, the Toronto Raptors’ all-star point guard, has his hands full with the NBA playoffs these days, but he took time out recently to accept an award from the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

Canada's immigration minister Ahmed Hussen says his department is working closely with Canadian Sonsorship Agreement Holders to speed up the bureaucratic application process for refugee sponsors.

Immigration minister vows faster processing times for refugees

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The problem of long processing times for refugees to Canada will be fixed by 2019, promises Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen.

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