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Stephanie Gray, right, executive director of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, leads a Jan. 28 rally on the University of Toronto campus in protest of the 25th anniversary of the Morgentaler decision.

Rally protests anniversary of Morgentaler decision

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TORONTO - Armed with graphic posters depicting abortion, information pamphlets and unified voices, about 20 pro-lifers gathered on the sidewalk outside Innis Town Hall on the University of Toronto campus Jan. 28 to protest the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Morgentaler decision.

The 19th-century St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, is seen in 2012 next to an 18-story office building that an appeals court ordered demolished. The court said the building threatens the Bucharest cathedral’s physical security and was illegal ly constructed.

Who will pay? Romanian court orders tower next to cathedral demolished

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BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian appeals court ordered a new 18-story office building demolished because it threatens the Bucharest cathedral's physical security and was illegally constructed.

David Halfmann, 17, of St. Louis, stands with a pro-life sign on the National Mall during the March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 25. Bitter cold and snow did not stop tens of thousands of people from marching against abortion for the 40th year.

Bitter cold can’t dampen March for Life crowd’s passion

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WASHINGTON - The tens of thousands of participants at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 25 demonstrated just how determined they are not only by showing up in such large numbers on a bitter cold day but by continuing a 40-year tradition of protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion.

Pope Benedict's @pontifex Twitter account has generated more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users

Tweets and retweets: Study analyses @Pontifex traffic

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ROME - In his first month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine and an Italian new-media consulting firm.

An exterior view of Boate Kiss nightclub is seen Jan. 27 after a fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The blaze raced through the crowded building in southern Brazil early that morning, killing more than 230 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicke d party-goers stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said.

Catholic samba group turns parade into procession after nightclub fire

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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - A Catholic samba group in Rio de Janeiro changed its parade plans after the nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people, most of them students from the local university in Santa Maria.

Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk said that Cardinal Jozef Glemp (pictured) took over as head of the Polish Church during "hard and uncertain" times.

Cardinal Glemp headed Church during hard times

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WARSAW, Poland - Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp took over as head of the Polish Church during "hard and uncertain" times, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk of Gniezno told hundreds of people at the cardinal's funeral.

A Russian Orthodox nun with the Sisters of Mercy helps a patient during a visit to a local hospital in the south Russian city of Stavropol Jan. 27. The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick, Feb. 11.

The sick, their caregivers can gain indulgences on World Day of Sick

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VATICAN CITY - The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick.

As St. Michael’s Cathedral undergoes renovations now, so too will the rest of the “Cathedral block” under the archdiocese of Toronto’s pastoral plan.

Setting out ‘a roadmap for our journey’

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TORONTO - The pastoral plan that Cardinal Thomas Collins has directed for the archdiocese of Toronto contains hundreds of goals, hopes and aspirations. He describes the plan as “a roadmap for our journey as a Catholic Christian community” that accurately and honestly assesses the current situation and looks ahead to the challenges and opportunities to come.

The annual March for Life is one way pro-lifers have been protesting against the fact Canada has no law against abortion

‘A day of shame’ — Morgentaler decision 25 years on

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For a quarter century Canada has had no law against abortion, but the quest for change continues
 

Toronto’s Bishop William McGrattan says the archdiocese’s new pastoral plan is ambitious, but one that will allow parishioners to live a more Christian life.

Pastoral plan demands more of everyone

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Archdiocese of Toronto’s new plan a ‘spiritual reality’

Bishop Bergie

Catholics, United Church find common ground on marriage

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Interfaith dialogue doesn’t reach agreement, but ‘winner-take-all’ wrong approach

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