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The Pride flag is set to fly over a number of Ontario Catholic school board properties in June and that has raised the ire of numerous parents.

Catholic school boards mull flying the Pride flag

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Will they or won’t they? The York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) is among Ontario Catholic school boards that will decide if the rainbow Pride flag will be hung at its central office and at its schools throughout the month of June in support of the LGBT community.

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet speaks to reporters at the Vatican Feb. 20, 2023. The cardinal, retired prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery of Bishops, delivered the keynote address at a May 16 symposium on the theology of the priesthood at The Catholic University of America in Washington.

Cardinal Ouellet address examines theology of the priesthood

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The Church needs to find ways to move beyond infighting and drama from the synod on synodality, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, as he called for a reduction in the "conflicts and power struggles that occupy so much space."

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo, the new president of Caritas Internationalis, speaks at the Caritas general assembly in Rome May 13, 2023.

Concerns still surround Caritas upon relaunch

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With a new president in place, Caritas Internationalis is out of the Vatican’s penalty box and back on the ice. And for Development and Peace-Caritas Canada executive director Carl Hétu, the relaunch of the world’s second largest humanitarian aid network’s central co-ordinating office in Rome is good news.

Wildfires continue to rage in Alberta.

Wildfires put Alberta parishes on high alert

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So far Catholic parishes in the path of devastating wildfires that have swept across Alberta have only been evacuated as a precaution, with no parishes reporting any damage by mid-month.

Parents gather at a public trustee meeting, April 24, 2023, to protest the remarks made by WCDSB trustee Wendy Ashby on social media.

Embattled Waterloo trustee vacates seat

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Wendy Ashby, the trustee for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) mired in controversy because of her past Twitter activity deemed anti-Christian has reportedly resigned from her position.

Archbishop Francis Leo of Toronto ordained seven men to the priesthood for the archdiocese May 13, 2023.

Archdiocese of Toronto welcomes seven new priests

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Seven men handed their lives over to service in the Church, service to the Eucharist, service to the Gospel at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on Saturday, May 13.

CNEWA and its donors help fund numerous Holy Land projects, including mother and child clinics in Gaza and the Paul VI Ephpheta Institute for the hearing impaired in Bethlehem, pictured.

Canadians help keep hope alive in Holy Land

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Despite living under dark clouds of uncertainty and fear, Christians in the Holy Land are still a beacon of light and a much-needed presence there, says Joseph Hazboun.

King’s University College principal David Malloy, pictured, says universities are “very reliant” on international students due to dwindling provincial funding. That makes costs for international students about four times what a domestic student pays.

Universities increasingly go international

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King’s University College principal David Malloy found something more precious than gold on an April trip to India — students.

Protesters are pictured at the annual March For Life at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, May 11, 2023.

Thousands gather for annual March for Life protest in Ottawa

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On a 25-degree blue sky May day in Ottawa, Canada’s national pro-life movement made clear it has no intention of calling “may day” in the battle against abortion and Medical Aid in Dying.

More child porn charges laid against Milton teacher

More child porn charges laid against Milton teacher

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Halton Regional Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (I.C.E.) has laid 28 additional child pornography charges on a former Catholic elementary school teacher who has already been in custody since Jan. 5.

The Lacombe province of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate will soon be joining other orders in divesting, for environmental reasons, from the oil and gas industry.

Oblates ready to divest from fossil fuels

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This year’s Earth Day announcement of organizations shedding their investments in fossil fuels rang up another 31 religious institutions globally divesting from oil, gas and coal, and a Canadian order is expected to soon add to that number.

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