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Paper trail shows D&P cuts defied all advice

Paper trail shows D&P cuts defied all advice

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Internal e-mails, briefing notes and memoranda obtained by The Catholic Register reveal that a government decision to cut funding to Canada’s Catholic development agency went against the advice of almost everyone consulted, including its own bureaucracy.

The Toronto Catholic District School Board plans to promote positive interaction where it's students play - on social media.

School board social media policy in the works

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TORONTO - Peter Aguiar wants to have Toronto’s Catholic students talking about netiquette this year.

In the wake of Lance Armstrong's admission to doping, the Vatican has invited top-tier Christian athletes Tim Tebow (pictured) and Jeremy Lin to help bring ethical values back to a scandal-ridden world of sports.

Vatican to enlist Christian all-stars to help scandal-ridden sports

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VATICAN CITY - In an effort to flex its moral muscle in the professional sports arena, the Vatican has invited top-tier Christian athletes Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin to help bring ethical values back to a scandal-ridden world of sports.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in Austin, Texas, in this Jan. 14 handout photo. Armstrong's admission to doping is just the tip of the iceberg, since high-stakes commercial interests pressure almost every professional cyclist int o the illegal practice, said a Vatican official.

Vatican official: Armstrong's misdeeds reflect 'rotten' cycling world

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VATICAN CITY - U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong's admission to doping is just the tip of the iceberg, since high-stakes commercial interests pressure almost every professional cyclist into the illegal practice, said a Vatican official.

Hafiz Karim and his wife, Muntaha, right, sit with one of their daughters in their Istanbul apartment Jan. 9. They fled from Iraq to Turkey after extremists threatened to kill them all if they didn't sell their Baghdad restaurant and move out of the nei ghborhood.

Some Turks feel influx of Syrians hampers efforts to aid other refugees

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ISTANBUL - Hafiz Karim fled with his family to Turkey after extremists in Iraq threatened to kill them all if they didn't sell their Baghdad restaurant and move out of the neighborhood.

Nadia Eweida, 60, a Coptic Christian, poses for a photograph in the Temple Church in London Jan. 15. Eweida, an employee who was asked by British Airways to remove a cross from around her neck, has won a religious discrimination case at Europe's human ri ghts' court, but three other claimants lost similar cases.

Vatican laments European Court denial of conscientious objection right

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Updated 01/16/13

VATICAN CITY - While applauding the European Court of Human Rights' recognition of the right of a British airline employee to wear a cross on her uniform, the Vatican lamented the court's denial of the full right of conscientious objection in other cases claiming religious discrimination in the United Kingdom.

Images of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Jesus are held up at a rally in Chavez' honor outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas Jan. 10. Venezuela's Supreme Court allowed indefinite postponement of his inauguration, scheduled for Jan. 10, raising ques tions about political leadership in the country. Chavez has not spoken or appeared publicly since undergoing a fourth cancer operation in Havana Dec. 11.

Shifts in balance of power create uneasy relations in Latin America

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LIMA, Peru - When Venezuela's bishops spoke out against postponing the inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez, the president's supporters accused them of meddling in politics, while government opponents praised their comments.

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast celebrated the funeral Mass for Archbishop Joseph-Aurele Plourde.

Archbishop Plourde a leader among bishops

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OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop-emeritus Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, who participated in the Second Vatican Council and helped create Development and Peace, was a leader among bishops, current Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast told those gathered for Plourde's funeral Jan. 11.

Young Syrian refugees stand outside their tents after heavy rain Jan. 10 at the Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian border town of Mafraq. Snow, driving rain and howling winds in early January compounded the already desperate situation for Syrians caug ht up in 22 months of civil war seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.

Syrian refugees face new enemy: winter

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AMMAN, Jordan - Snow, driving rain and howling winds in early January compounded the already desperate situation for Syrians caught up in 22 months of civil war seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.

The introduction of Courage, a spiritual support ministry for gay Catholics, at the Toronto Newman Centre’s St. Thomas Aquinas parish has led to a number of people leaving the parish.

Courage controversy embroils Toronto’s Newman Centre parish

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TORONTO - A dozen or more parishioners have quit the Newman Centre’s St. Thomas Acquinas parish after the introduction of a Courage apostolate that offers spiritual support for gay Catholics.

A Syrian refugee child cries at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. Refugees from the Middle East make up about 75 per cent of refugees in the files of the Office of Refugees Archdiocese of Toronto.

Frustration mounts in refugee waiting game

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TORONTO - The 166 Toronto-area parishes with active refugee committees could open a new, more hopeful chapter on up to 700 refugee stories in 2013.

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