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Living in car with sons, Detroit woman embodies city's challenges

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WASHINGTON - After three months, Katrina Robinson and her two young sons are getting tired of roaming Detroit's suburbs to find a safe place to sleep.

Vatican reform aims for a Church that serves the world

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TORONTO - A world Church needs a world perspective and Pope Francis knows it, Cardinal Oswald Gracias told The Catholic Register on a visit to Toronto Aug. 9.

Castel Gandolfo struggles to overcome total Pope-dependency

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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - While the shores of Lake Albano are speckled with swimmers and sunbathers, the historic centre of Castel Gandolfo has been quiet this summer — too quiet for many.

Coptic bishop: No civil war in Egypt; foreign powers keep out

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CAIRO - A Coptic Catholic bishop who served as a member of the assembly that drafted Egypt's 2012 constitution said his country will not have a civil war, and foreign powers — including the United Nations — should not interfere.

Taking the challenge to interfaith unity

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TORONTO - On the 80th anniversary of the Christie Pits riots, more than 180 scholars, activists and students gathered in Toronto to talk about how to advance interfaith relations.

Despite findings, survey on assisted suicide raises concerns

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OTTAWA - A recent Canadian Medical Association survey on physician-assisted suicide has raised concerns, despite its finding that most doctors would not take part in ending a life if they were legally able.

Canadian Copts keeping close eye on Egyptian homeland

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TORONTO - Canada’s Coptic Christians are tethered to their phones and computers, watching their old parishes, neighbourhoods and communities in Egypt burn. Revenge attacks by supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi have targeted churches and Christian-owned businesses.

A boy sits amid debris of a protest camp outside the burned Rabaa Adawiya mosque in Cairo Aug. 15. Egyptian authorities significantly raised the death toll from the previous day's nationwide clashes between police and supporters of ousted Islamist Presid ent Mohammed Morsi, saying more than 500 people died.

Catholic spokesman defends Egyptian army crackdown against protesters

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OXFORD, England - A spokesman for Egypt's Catholic Church defended a police and army crackdown against Egyptians protesting the ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi.

Military police stand outside the burned Rabaa Adawiya mosque Aug. 15, the morning after the clearing of a protest which was held around the mosque in Cairo. Egyptian authorities significantly raised the death toll from nationwide clashes between police and supporters of the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, saying more than 500 people died.

Pope asks Mary, queen of peace, to bring calm to Egypt

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VATICAN CITY - As the official death toll rose from clashes Aug. 14 in Egypt and as the damage done to Christian churches was being assessed, Pope Francis invoked Mary, queen of peace, to bring calm to the country.

Pembroke Bishop Michael Mulhall told the Wojtyla Institute for Teachers that Vatican II is part of the 2,000-year growth of the Church.

Vatican II part of the 2,000 years of growth in the Church

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BARRY’S BAY, ONT. - Soon Catholics will no longer see Vatican II as a break, but will interpret the Council’s teachings in light of the Church’s 2,000 years, says Pembroke Bishop Michael Mulhall.

Secretary of State John Kerry said that after discussing at length the global impact of religion with leaders from around the world who are involved in interfaith efforts.

U.S. State Department office to engage faith groups

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WASHINGTON - The creation of the Office for Engagement with Faith-Based Communities at the U.S. State Department, announced Aug. 7, follows long-
standing criticism that U.S. diplomacy has been too separated from the realities of the importance of religion.

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