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Law enforcement vehicles are parked after reports of shots fired outside Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024.

FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump

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Former president Donald J. Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sept. 15, weeks after being wounded in a previous attack during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The liturgical furniture designed by designer and sculptor Guillaume Bardet, seen in an undated photo, is composed of five elements in the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris: the altar, the cathedra and the associated seats, the ambo, the tabernacle and the baptistery. Each of the pieces was designed in sculpted bronze, a material offering a powerful, timeless and luminous aesthetic.

Tradition will meet subtle modernity in restored Notre Dame Cathedral

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The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on the outside of the iconic French church.

Cardinal Müller takes intellectual run at atheism

Cardinal Müller takes intellectual run at atheism

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Cardinal Gerhard Müller kicked off a multiweek North American tour Sept. 12 at Montreal’s McGill University with a lecture that performed an end run round the standard faith versus science debate.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has signalled a willingness to open up the health system more to partners like Covenant Health.

Bigger role for Catholic health in Alberta?

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The restructuring of care in Alberta is underway and it could see partners like Covenant Health take a more central role in the province's health system.

St. Niniah Cathedral Parish was constructed with limestone and sandstone in the Roman Basilica style by Irish builder Sylvester O'Donoghue under the direction of Quebec architect Adolphe Levesque. It was officially dedicated on Sept. 13, 1874.

150th celebration revitalizes St. Ninian's

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Catholics of many different nationalities and ethnicities have indelibly contributed to the 150-year history of St. Ninian Cathedral Parish.

Immigration a top concern as Parliament resumes

Immigration a top concern as Parliament resumes

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party colleagues will have to contend with shifting political sands when the House of Commons reconvenes Sept. 16.  

The flag of North Dakota is seen in this illustration photo taken August 21, 2024.

North Dakota judge overturns state's abortion ban, AG says he will appeal

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A North Dakota judge overturned that state's near-total abortion ban Sept. 12, ruling the state's constitution permits abortion until viability.

Musician Jon Bon Jovi gestures onstage during the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 2024.

'Livin' on a prayer': Catholic-raised Bon Jovi helps save woman on Nashville bridge

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Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi reportedly saved a woman's life when he talked her into stepping off the ledge of a bridge over the river in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 10.

Jane Gaudreau, second from left, mother of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, and Meredith Gaudreau, middle in blue, widow of Johnny Gaudreau, a winger with the Columbus Blue Jackets hockey team, watch with family and friends as a hearse carries away the casket of Johnny Gaudreau, following the funeral Mass for him and his brother at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Media, Pa., Sept. 9, 2024. The brothers died after being hit by a drunk driver while riding bicycles in New Jersey Aug. 29. Not only is Meredith pregnant, so is Matthew's widow, Madeline, who is expecting the couple's first child.

Widows of Catholic NHL star, brother testify to faith, love and new life at joint funeral

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Perseverance, fortitude, grit and calm in the face of a storm often accompany the description of prominent athletes. At the funeral Mass of deceased brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau Sept. 9 however, it was their wives who emulated the aforementioned attributes as they took turns giving words of remembrance for their fallen husbands.

Polish Father Michal Olszewski, of the Priests of the Sacred Heart order, is seen in screenshot from a video of him walking to a police van from a court building in Warsaw Poland, on Sept. 6, 2024, the day he testified on his claims of being tortured in prison. A well-known retreat master, the priest was arrested March 26 as Internal Security Agency officials raided Sacred Heart houses in an investigation of the order's receipt of grants from the previous government to use in part for a center for abuse victims.

Head of Sacred Heart order appeals to Polish authorities to respect dignity of arrested priest

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As the superior general of the Sacred Heart order appealed to Polish authorities to ensure an arrested Polish priest's "dignity" is "respected," defenders have accused the country's government of using Father Michal Olszewski as a political prisoner and urged the Catholic Church to speak up on his behalf.

A man holds a sign as hundreds of parents, grandparents, kids and parental rights activists against gender ideology in classrooms participate in the “1 Million March 4 Children” in Calgary in 2023.

Gender rights debate taking centrestage

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Canada's Parliament returns to work Sept. 16, four days before divisions over gender approaches in schools will return to the national spotlight with the second annual 1 Million March 4 Children.

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