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A frank and direct exchange between national council members and CCCB president Archbishop Richard Smith at the Development and Peace annual meeting in Montreal was “an extremely enriching dialogue”

New D&P president comes on board in trying times

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Facing high-profile resignations and protests from within the organization, massive budget cuts and a complete reorganization, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace

Word is out on eucharistic miracles

Word is out on eucharistic miracles

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HAMILTON, ONT. - The stopping of an incoming tsunami. The conversion of a staunch atheist. Various healings of mind and body.

Germany's Berlin Archdiocese plans to reorganize parishes into larger "pastoral areas" and pool its institutional resources was unveiled by Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki in a Dec. 2 pastoral to 105 local parishes

Berlin Archdiocese to restructure for administrative, spiritual reasons

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OXFORD, England - Germany's Berlin Archdiocese has announced plans to merge its parishes into larger "pastoral areas" and pool its institutional resources in the face of falling church membership.

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller addresses an audience at the University of St. Michael’s College Nov. 28.

Miller makes the case for theology on campus

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TORONTO - Theology should be at the heart of Catholic universities, Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller told a Toronto audience Nov. 28.

Mary Jo Leddy

Refugee advocates threaten more sanctuary cases in response to new legislation

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TORONTO - As the federal government implements tough new rules for refugees starting Dec. 15 there will be a corresponding increase in cases of refugees seeking and finding sanctuary in churches and other houses of worship, Romero House co-founder Mary Jo Leddy told a meeting of about 300 refugee activists in Toronto Nov. 29.

Residents carry the coffin of a victim of Typhoon Bopha Dec. 6 past a house destroyed by the typhoon in New Bataan, Philippines. Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Philippines planned to begin distributing basic necessities to 1,250 families as soon as possible.

Damage in Philippines from typhoon looks like tsunami hit, CRS rep says

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WASHINGTON - The destruction from Typhoon Bopha in portions of Mindanao in the southern Philippines is worse than feared as rescue workers continued to discover bodies under knee-deep mud, said a Catholic Relief Services official coordinating the agency's storm response.

Nuns walk by the Vatican's Christmas tree as it's positioned in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 6. The tree is a 78-foot silver fir from the southern Italian region of Molise.

Vatican Nativity scene sets Holy Family in rock-hewn grottos of Matera

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VATICAN CITY - Christmas in St. Peter's Square this year has a particularly southern Italian flavor with a towering tree from the Molise region and a Nativity scene donated by the Basilicata region.

Msgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, secretary of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, is pictured at the council's office at the Vatican Dec. 5. Msgr. Dal Toso said new rules issued by Pope Benedict XVI for the governance of Catholic charities will not prevent s uch charities from accepting government funding, so long as the funding does not entail conditions that conflict with church teaching.

New charity rules don't forbid state funding, Vatican official says

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VATICAN CITY - New rules issued by Pope Benedict XVI for the governance of Catholic charities will not prevent such charities from accepting government funding,

Children run along a street with rubble from buildings damaged by what activists said was a government airstrike in the Aleppo, Syria, Dec. 5. Middle East bishops and patriarchs say the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is key to peace throu ghout region.

Palestinian question key to Mideast peace, say Catholic leaders

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VATICAN CITY - At the end of a three-day meeting in Lebanon, the Catholic patriarchs and bishops of the Middle East said peace in the region will be impossible without a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Bishop Murray Chatlain of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, has been named the new archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Man.

Pope names Chatlain new archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas 

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OTTAWA - Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Murray Chatlain of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, to be the new archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Man.

A man cleans his sofa outside of his destroyed house after Typhoon Bopha hit Compostela Valley, southern Philippines, Dec. 5. At least 300 people died in the powerful storm, which also left hundreds missing as relief workers tried to reach communities cu t off by floods and mudslides.

CRS, Caritas Philippines ready to speed relief to thousands after storm

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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- As thousands of Philippine families remained in shelters, Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Philippines prepared to speed household supplies and water to eastern sections of Mindanao affected by powerful Typhoon Bopha.

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