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Empty shelves in the shadow of a Christmas tree in a shop in the heavily-Armenian area of Artsakh.

Armenia struggles in Ukraine’s shadow

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It’s Jan. 5 — Christmas eve for Armenians — most of whom are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church, an Orthodox Christian denomination that celebrates Christmas on Jan. 6.

Bishops from across Canada, including Calgary’s Bishop William McGrattan, pictured, celebrated Masses to commemorate Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

Catholics honour a great theological mind

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“This man of the Word of God could touch those who hear him and of those who read his writings because it was clear he wasn’t doing theology from the neck up. He is someone who is in love with the Lord.”

German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, private secretary of retired Pope Benedict XVI, is pictured in Bonn, Germany, March 16, 2019.

Aide’s book insists Benedict’s resignation one of free will

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Soon after Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica, an Italian publisher released early copies of a book by the late pope’s secretary.

Teacher facing child porn charges

Teacher facing child porn charges

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A teacher with the Halton Catholic District School Board is facing child pornography and luring charges.

Australian Cardinal George Pell is pictured during the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 6, 2014, file photo. The Spectator, a British magazine, published an article they said was submitted by Cardinal Pell shortly before he died criticizing the current synod on synodality as a "catastrophe."

Francis pontificate ‘a catastrophe,’ synod ‘toxic nightmare,’ Pell wrote

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Australian Cardinal George Pell, who died in Rome Jan. 10, never made a secret of his staunch adherence to established Catholic moral teaching and his concern about fellow cardinals and bishops he saw as willing to abandon that teaching.

An Ontario judge has thrown out a case that challenged funding for Catholic schools.

Ontario court sides with Catholic schools over public funding challenge

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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has tossed out an attempted Charter challenge to publicly funded Catholic schools in Ontario.

Church needs to be in crypto conversation

Church needs to be in crypto conversation

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The recent collapse of a major cryptocurrency exchange proves the Catholic Church must “begin a conversation” on such technologies, a Catholic author and entrepreneur told OSV News.

Australian Cardinal George Pell celebrates the opening Mass of World Youth Day in Sydney July 15, 2008. Cardinal Pell, former prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and archbishop of Sydney, died Jan. 10, 2023. He was 81.

Australian Cardinal Pell dies at 81

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Australian Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and archbishop of Sydney and of Melbourne, died Jan. 10 in Rome. He was 81. 

Father Jacques Mourad is pictured in a reception room at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Beirut in this Nov. 11, 2015, file photo. Members of the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch elected Msgr. Mourad as archbishop of Homs, Syria, and Pope Francis gave his assent to the election, the Vatican announced Jan. 7. The Syriac Catholic priest was held captive by the Islamic State group for nearly five months in 2015.

New Syriac Catholic archbishop of Homs survived ISIS kidnapping

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The new Syriac Catholic archbishop of Homs, Syria, had spent almost five months as a prisoner of Islamic State rebels in 2015.

Demonstrators burn tires as they block federal roads during a protest the day after the Brazilian presidential election runoff, in Várzea Grande, Brazil, Oct. 31, 2022.

Catholic leaders condemn attacks on Brazil's Congress, high court, presidential palace

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The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops said in a statement it was "perplexed by the serious and violent occurrences" that erupted Jan. 8 in Brasilia, the nation's capital.

Bemjie Roberto's Minecraft rendering of Windsor, Ont.'s Catholic Central High School's outdoor athletic field.

Minecraft imaging brings school to life

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The power of a Grade 12 student’s imagination has made it possible for the Windsor-Essex Catholic school community to experience the interior and exterior of the new Catholic Central High School (CCHS) building before it opens on Jan. 10. 

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