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WASHINGTON - Auxiliary Bishop Philip Hannan of Washington was a close friend and confidant of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, but he had kept that friendship secret.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. - The late Vincentian Father Oscar Huber, a native of Perryville in the St. Louis archdiocese, was a hard- working, dedicated pastor who made many friends throughout his years of faithful ministry. The priest, who died in 1975, is still remembered for all that. And for one other thing.

WASHINGTON - The Catholic president who admonished Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” didn’t live to see how it played out, but there are plenty of people keeping his vision alive.

APATZINGAN, Mexico - Bishop Miguel Patino Velazquez of Apatzingan has ministered for more than three decades in this mountainous region of western Mexico known as "Tierra Caliente," or hot earth.

TORONTO - While pleased the federal government has committed to clearing up the backlog of permanent residency applications through its Live-in Caregiver Program, Faye Arellano is waiting to see the results before she begins to jump with joy.

With the legalization of buying and selling sex soon to be decided at Canada’s Supreme Court, a new documentary is taking Canadians to places where prostitution and sexual exploitation are either flourishing or dying off and asks why this is the case.

As of Friday morning, Nov. 15,  Canada’s Catholic aid agency had raised over a quarter million dollars in emergency relief for the typhoon stricken Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines - In the week after Super Typhoon Haiyan cut a path of devastation across the central Philippines, faith remained strong among the hardest hit.

OTTAWA - Psychiatrist Tim Lau has a prescription for happiness based on what he has learned from his patients, his wife and his six children.

TORONTO - If you are what you pray for, Toronto is now one with the thousands of Christians around the world who suffer for their faith.