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Toronto’s Sisters of St. Joseph marked World Ocean Day June 8, hosting an event to raise awareness about the environmental crisis faced by our oceans.

In solidarity with our oceans

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TORONTO - The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto are celebrating World Ocean Day to raise awareness about the environmental damage being done to our oceans.

St. Anthony of Padua relics, seen here in 2007 at Toronto’s St. Bonaventure Church, will be returning to Canada. The relics will be on display in Montreal June 8-10, Toronto June 12-13 and Burlington, Ont., June 15-16.

St. Anthony of Padua relics coming to Canada for 750th anniversary tour

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TORONTO - Every year Toronto renews its connection with St. Anthony of Padua, but this year the city will welcome the saint’s relics on the 750th anniversary of their discovery by St. Bonaventure and the 782nd anniversary of his death.

MP Stephen Woodworth delivers the keynote speech at the Catholic Civil Rights League’s annual dinner in Toronto May 30.

Woodworth says pro-lifers must change tack

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TORONTO - Addressing the wider issues of equality and dignity, instead of just focussing on abortion, are the biggest challenges in Canadian law, pro-life MP Stephen Woodworth told a surprised audience at the annual awards dinner of the Catholic Civil Rights League.

Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola of Tshumbe, Congo, is president of the Catholic bishops' conference of Congo. He was in Washington in late October to lobby U.S. government leaders on behalf of the Congolese, appealing to Congressional leaders not to cut funds for foreign aid programs, education, displaced people and refugees. Bishop Djomo is pictured Oct. 24 in Washington.

Congo losing a generation to war, says bishops' conference president

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WASHINGTON - Congo is losing a generation to war over diamonds and other minerals in the country's eastern regions, said the president of the nation's bishops' conference.

Bishops urge G8 leaders not to forget the poor in advance of G8 meeting

Bishops urge G8 leaders not to forget the poor in advance of G8 meeting

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OTTAWA - The president of Canada’s Catholic bishops' conference has written Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urging him not to forget the poor at the June 17-18 G-8 meeting in Northern Ireland.

Bestselling author Eric Metaxas said most Americans “have only seen the phony variety” of Christianity

Aggressive secular orthodoxy creates cartoon version of Christian faith

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OTTAWA - An aggressive secular orthodoxy has created a cartoon version of the Christian faith, said the keynote speaker at the 47th National Prayer Breakfast here June 4.

Cardinal Dominik Duka of Prague, Czech Republic, pictured in a file photo dated February 17, 2013, welcomed final court approval of government plans to pay billions of dollars to churches in compensation for their losses under communist rule.

Czech cardinal welcomes plan to pay billions to churches for property

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WARSAW, Poland - A Czech cardinal welcomed final court approval of government plans to pay billions of dollars to churches in compensation for their losses under communist rule.

A church surrounded by floodwaters is pictured in an aerial view of the village of Pocaply, north of Prague, June 4. Catholic charities in Central Europe have appealed for help after floods devastated areas of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Catholic charities appeal for help after flooding in Central Europe

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BONN, Germany - Catholic charities in Central Europe have appealed for help after floods devastated areas of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

Franciscan Father Jesus Galindo, chaplain of Makati Medical Center in Manila, Philippines, celebrates Mass May 12 in the lecture hall of the facility. Some Catholics in Philippines prefer Masses in places other than regular parish churches.

Where two or more are gathered: Manila offers Masses in unusual spots

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MANILA, Philippines - Every Sunday at the upscale Power Plant Mall in metro Manila, the establishment tucked between a Japanese chocolate confectioner and a modern Italian furniture store has an overflowing crowd. It's not a shop, and it's not a restaurant. It's a Catholic chapel that seats 700 and remains overcrowded on weekends.

Most parents would prefer that young children should be at home with a parent rather than in day care or all-day kindergarten, a new study by the Institute of Marriage and Family found.

Home the place for young kids, study shows

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Parents overwhelmingly believe it is better for young children to be at home with a parent rather than in day care or all-day kindergarten, according to a new poll commissioned by an Ottawa think tank.

Among Sr. Gertrude Sopracolle’s many tasks is counselling people who feel they may have a religious vocation.

Religious women return to roots

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EDMONTON - Religious women have seen their vocations change dramatically over the years. They have gone from running large institutions such as hospitals, fine art academies, schools and retreat houses to more modest ministries such as working with immigrants, abused women and inner city poor.

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