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Former Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl at the podium of the National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast with Honorary Chief Kenny Blacksmith and his wife Louise looking on.

First annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast recognized progress in relations

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OTTAWA - More than 500 people jammed the ballroom of Ottawa's Chateau Laurier Hotel for the first annual National Aboriginal Prayer Breakfast June 21.

Anne Leahy, former Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See

Religious freedom demands consistency at home and abroad, says former Vatican ambassador

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OTTAWA - Canada must ensure it continues to respect religious freedom at home if it wants to coherently defend religious freedom abroad, says the former Canadian Ambassador to the Holy See.

Bishop J. Vernon Fougere, the former bishop of the Prince Edward Island diocese of Charlottetown, passed away in a Charlottetown hospital June 18 at the age of 71.

Former Charlottetown bishop passes away at 71

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CHARLOTTETOWN - Bishop J. Vernon Fougere, the former bishop of the Prince Edward Island diocese of Charlottetown, passed away in a Charlottetown hospital June 18. He was 71.

Giovanni Palatucci

Historian: Research could 'downsize' potential saint's wartime heroism

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VATICAN CITY - New research on an Italian candidate for sainthood may "downsize" his importance in saving Jews from the Nazis, but cannot "transform him from a savior of the Jews into a persecutor," said an Italian Jewish historian writing in the Vatican newspaper.

A riot policeman fires his weapon while confronting stone-throwing demonstrators during an anti-government protest in Belem, Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River June 20. Leaders of the Brazilian bishops' conference announced their support for peacef ul demonstrations sweeping across South America's largest nation, but declined to say how they might affect World Youth Day activities and the visit of Pope Francis in July.

Brazilian bishops support peaceful protests as World Youth Day nears

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SAO PAULO - Leaders of the Brazilian bishops' conference announced their support for the massive demonstrations sweeping across South America's largest nation, but declined to say how they might affect World Youth Day activities and the visit of Pope Francis in July.

MP Jeff Watson and his wife Sarah adopted their youngest child, Beatrice, from Nunavut a year and a half ago. He is promoting a government adoption tax credit to encourage families to pursue the option of adoption.

End child welfare ‘crisis’ by adoption, says MP

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WINDSOR, ONT. - A Member of Parliament is promoting a government adoption tax credit as a way to come to terms with the “crisis in child welfare” and encourage adoption generally.

Actress Angelina Jolie recently underwent a double mastectomy when her BCRA gene test came back positive for the mutation, which affects about five per cent of women.

The human genome is not property

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A decision by the United States Supreme Court to strike down patents on portions of the human genome is a victory for society that reinforces the moral necessity of keeping our common biological heritage in public hands, said Jesuit genetic researcher Fr. Rob Allore.

Dominican Fr. Marius Zerafa, an art historian and scholar from Malta, discussed humanism and the Renaissance at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Humanism displayed at the AGO

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If you’re a Christian, humanism is about God because God became human, created humans and cares about humans.

Blessed Pope John Paul II.

Parliament says yes to Pope John Paul II Day

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OTTAWA - A private member’s bill to designate April 2 as Pope John Paul II Day in Canada received all-party support and passed third reading in the House of Commons June 12.

Usuline Sisters Sr. Theresa Campeau, Sr. Sheila McKinley and Sr. Karen Gleeson. The Ursuline Sisters are among several religious orders that have signed onto a “Canadian Investor Statement on Bangladesh.

Ursuline sisters fight for worker safety

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The Ursuline Sisters of the Diocese of London, Ont. have joined a coalition of Canadian investors to demand that Canadian retailers join international efforts to ensure Bangladeshi garment factories meet basic fire and safety standards.

Demonstrators for the abolition of prostitution joined those wanting to see it legalized in front of the Supreme Court of Canada June 13 when it heard arguments for and against striking down Canada's prostitution laws.

Prostitution a moral issue, top Court told

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OTTAWA - Governments have a right to legislate on moral issues and “abhorrence of prostitution” is a common value in society, a lawyer told the Supreme Court of Canada.

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