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Cardinal Thomas Collins and his auxiliary bishops are planning a review of existing local Church law and policies to be sure everything lines up with the new canons

Deeper commitment

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Pope Benedict XVI’s new laws governing Church-affiliated charities are less about clamping down and more about opening the way

Rick Firth, executive director of Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, delivers the Cardinal Ambrozic lecture Dec. 5.

Planning for end-of-life care foils euthanasia option

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TORONTO - You know you’re going to die, so what’s the plan?

Archbishop Richard Smith welcomed Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio, noting the principles in it mirror those the bishops are already working on with Development and Peace.

Papal norms clarify charity rules

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OTTAWA - Many Catholics, including bishops, have disagreed about how far a Catholic charity can go

Eighteen Catholic high schools were represented at the ninth annual Social Justice Symposium in Toronto Dec. 6.

Students can help fix their communities

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TORONTO - When attempting to solve social problems like homelessness, students need to be prepared

Hope for Children fund

CCAS gives gift of hope at Christmas

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TORONTO - Each Christmas Hope for Children hands out about $800,000 to young people living on their own, young parents and families.

The Waterloo Catholic board’s THINK campaign aims to curtail cyber-bullying.

Social media campaign asks students to THINK

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The Waterloo Catholic District School Board thinks the answer to cyber-bullying isn’t punishment policies but bands on cellphones — blue rubber bands.

Mothers with their newborns wait for checkups at Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippines, in August. Legislation that would promote artificial contraception as a family planning method in the nation passed in the country's House of Represen tatives Dec. 13. The reproductive health bill faced fierce opposition from Catholic bishops and religious groups.

Philippine lawmakers pass reproductive health bill over church protests

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Updated 12/17/12

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine House of Representatives and Senate passed legislation that would promote artificial contraception

Surrounded by some of the members of St. Malachy School’s Me to We team, Elaine Magennis-Hill (centre) cannot hold back her smile.

Teacher rises to the challenge

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TORONTO - A good teacher does more than just educate the students in their classroom; they nurture, inspire and empower the entire school.

Online shopping is a great way to avoid the stress that comes from finding gifts at Christmas.

Online shopping a growing, and convenient, stress buster

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TORONTO - If the thought of crowded malls full of screaming children and stressed adults has you putting off finding that last-minute Christmas gift, online shopping might be your saving grace.

Pope Benedict XVI's Twitter account is pictured with his first tweet on an iPad tablet.

The good, bad, ugly: Church can't shy away from Twitter's Wild West

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VATICAN CITY - With Pope Benedict XVI's new presence on Twitter, people from all over the world can now post papal messages with just the push of an on-screen button.

Father Henry Carr Catholic School’s world religion class participates in a video conference call with students from Israel.

Building bridges to Israel

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TORONTO - Students in Miles Fernandes’ world religions class learned that despite living half a world away, they really aren’t much different than their counterparts in an Israeli classroom.

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