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Stephanie Gray Connors, author of Conceived by Science: Thinking Carefully and Compassionately about Infertility and IVF. The photo was taken when she was seven months’ pregnant with her daughter, who is now six months old.

Author turns critical eye to in vitro fertilization

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VANCOUVER -- Although in vitro fertilization can be something of a fringe concern among pro-life groups, many are starting to believe that IVF poses a serious threat to society’s understanding of pre-born human dignity.

Fr. Ivan Nahachewsky

Priest helping flock deal with homeland’s crisis

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Through the uncertainty of war, Fr. Ivan Nahachewsky is working to bring support and sanity to his community in the midst of collective trauma.

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is seen through a window of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome in this 2018 file photo. A Canadian Indigenous delegation will be meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican beginning March 28.

Why Rome matters

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Rome is not just another city. It’s not even an Italian city. It belongs to the world and to God at one and the same time.

A statue of St. Jean de Brebeuf at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont. Recalls the long spiritual journey of Indigenous Christians in Canada.

Indigenous hope to ‘create path forward’ with Pope Francis

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A week of spiritual diplomacy between Pope Francis and three Canadian Indigenous delegations will begin with hope, Assembly of First Nations Northwest Territories Regional Chief Gerald Antoine told an international press corps gathering on Zoom March 24.

Fr. James Dennis reads from the pulpit in braille.

Xavier Society brings Gospel light to blind

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Ann Musgrave, who is completely blind, attends a Catholic book club and has just started reading The Gift of Years by popular American nun Joan Chittister.

A child in New York City is comforted March 19, 2022, during a Mothers March against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Archdiocese of Toronto to join Pope Francis in consecration of Russia to Mary

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On Friday, March 25, the Archdiocese of Toronto will answer the call of Pope Francis for dioceses around the world to pray for peace.

Rocco Gizzarelli, the retiring executive director of Hamilton’s Catholic Children’s Aid, right, with Hamilton Bishop Douglas Crosby.

Gizzarelli put the Catholic into children’s aid

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Rocco Gizzarelli has been around long enough that he can remember the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Hamilton’s days using touch-tone, table-top phones with flashing red lights and pink message slips.

The Vatican flag, left, flies over a Vatican office building in Rome. When the Vatican speaks, people listen. Diplomats from the Holy See may be few, but they are influential on the world scene.

Vatican voice heeded in corridors of power

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Holy See diplomats have 500 years of history behind them

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow celebrates the Orthodox Christmas service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow in this January 6, 2022, file photo. A group of Orthodox theologians have issued a statement condemning Patriarch Kirill's support of the war in Ukraine.

Russian Orthodox support of war ‘heresy’

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The Orthodox world, including nearly 40 Canadian Orthodox scholars and clergy, has risen up to condemn the Russian Orthodox Church for giving moral and spiritual support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Iryna Podoprygora with her 12-year-old daughter, Alina.

Kitchener student rallies support for Ukraine

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A Kitchener, Ont., family is breathing a sigh of relief after loved ones arrived safely in Canada following a long, white-knuckle journey to escape the war in Ukraine. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on a large screen as he addresses the Italian Parliament. Zelenskyy received a standing ovation from Italian politicians at the end of his address via video link in Rome March 22 during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskyy spoke on the phone with Pope Francis before addressing the parliament, thanking the Pope “for the prayers for Ukraine and peace.”

Zelenskyy speaks with Pope Francis before addressing Italian leaders

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis had a “very promising” conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the president addressed the Italian parliament via video link March 22, said Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See.

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