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Catholic supply stores have had to raise prices to offset increased shipping expenses and product costs.

Catholic gift stores staggered by inflation

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The Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) offered one ray of good news as the 7.6 year-over-year growth rate for July braked from June’s 8.1 per cent gain.

Flames engulf St. Jean Baptiste Church in Morinville, Alta., June 30, 2021, in this still image taken form video obtained from social media. The fire was believed to have been deliberately set.

‘Staggering’ rise in anti-Catholic hate in Canada

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Canadian and international observers are condemning media, politicians and other opinion leaders for turning a blind eye to a startling new report that shows a 260-per-cent increase in anti-Catholic hate crimes in the past year. 

On July 31, 2020, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, then Canada’s Apostolic Nuncio, imposes Pallium on then Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall Terrence Prendergast.

Prendergast finally off into retirement

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Environmental stewardship is a value Archbishop Terrence Prendergast has held near and dear to his heart during his episcopacy, and his final pastoral letter reflects this as his time as Apostolic Administrator came to an end Aug. 11.

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet

Sex misconduct suit hangs over Ouellet

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Cardinal Marc Ouellet’s legal battle  over allegations he made unwanted sexual advances toward a young intern over a decade ago might place him between the Church’s Code of Canon Law and Canadian law.

Eritreans gather in front of the Catholic cathedral in the capital of Asmara.

Eritrean government seizes church-owned technical school

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An agricultural technical school in Eritrea is the latest to fall under government control, in a string of forced seizures of Catholic schools and hospitals.

Russian political scientist and ideologue Alexander Dugin delivers a speech during a memorial service for his daughter, Darya Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in Moscow Aug. 23, 2022. Pope Francis spoke of Dugina as an innocent victim of war, drawing a strong response from Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summons nuncio over Pope Francis' comments on car bomb

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, Pope Francis' ambassador to Ukraine, to express disappointment about papal comments regarding the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis pose for photos at the beginning of their meeting at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana in this Feb. 12, 2016, file photo. Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, confirmed to the Russian news agency RIA that Patriarch Kirill, who was expected to meet Pope Francis at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, will not attend the interreligious gathering in September.

Pope Francis meeting off as Russian patriarch cancels visit to Kazakhstan

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who was expected to meet Pope Francis at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, will not attend the interreligious gathering in September, a senior Russian Orthodox bishop said.

Dr. Adriana Bara, the new national director of CNEWA Canada.

New national director chosen for CNEWA in Canada

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The Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) has chosen Dr. Adriana Bara as its new national director in Canada.

Worshippers attend a mass at Xishiku Cathedral, also known as Beitang, on Christmas Eve in Beijing in this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo. Two state-sponsored church bodies in China have elected new leaders, who promised to invigorate the Catholic faithful pastorally in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party.

New Chinese Catholic leaders say they'll follow Communist Party principles

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Two state-sponsored church bodies in China have elected new leaders, who promised to invigorate the Catholic faithful pastorally in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party.

People pray outside the Nicaraguan Embassy in Mexico City Aug. 16, 2022. They were demanding respect for religious freedom in Nicaragua and an end to the persecution of the church and opponents of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Nicaraguan police continue harassing Catholics as Pope Francis calls for dialogue

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Following the arrest of a bishop and 11 others, police continued harassing Nicaraguan Catholics, even as Pope Francis called for "open and sincere" dialogue in the Central American country.

Sisters of Service Anna McNally, Marilyn Gillespie, Marilyn MacDonald, Mary Halder, Mary-Ellen Francouer, Joan Schafhauser, Adua Zampese and Coleen Young celebrated 100 years of their religious institute with some of their wide circle of friends at the Hunt Club in Toronto Aug. 15.

A century of ‘adventure’ for Sisters of Service

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The Sisters of Service have had a century — a century of change, challenge and charity. At their 100th anniversary celebration held at Toronto Hunt, the tiny, aging religious institute gave their guests parting gifts of their own adventurous, arduous history of welcoming refugees, teaching the faith and nurturing communities.

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