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Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, the Vatican ambassador to the Vatican, is pictured in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 19, 2018. The Vatican called Nicaragua's expulsion of the Vatican ambassador "grave and unjustified" as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Nicaragua expels Vatican ambassador

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The Vatican called Nicaragua's expulsion of the Vatican ambassador "grave and unjustified" as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

The easing of COVID restrictions means one of Montrea’s most iconic events — the St. Patrick’s Day parade — will finally return on March 20. Above is a scene from the parade in 2007.

St. Patrick returns to Montreal streets

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Montreal’s Irish community will be on its feet again next week with resumption of its St. Patrick’s Day parade — two years after the Great Green blowout was unceremoniously cancelled by COVID-19.

Esraa Aly Naguib in the lab at Brescia.

Brescia student aims to diversify dietetics

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In a multicultural society like Canada, the lack of diversity among dieticians has been a major problem, one Esraa Aly Naguib Hassan is working to change.

This illustration of a Ukranian woman confronting a Russian soldier swathed in sunflowers is one of Ivanka Galadza’s creations for Project Sunflower that raises funds for Ukraine.

The humanitarian art of war

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Ivanka Galadza is not the sort of person who ever expected to go to war, nor would any of her Ottawa neighbours pick the slight young woman out as a warrior. But with a pen and a sheet of paper, Galadza can concentrate the strength she inherited from priests and poets who resisted the Soviet empire.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Leece, centre, paid a visit to St. Demetrius to support their efforts in aiding Ukraine. Joining him and a couple of students from the school were, from left: Toronto Catholic District School Board Associate Director of Education Adrian Della Mora; TCDSB Ward 2 trustee Markus de Domenico; Lily Hordienko, principal at St. Demetrius; and TCDSB Director of Education TCDSB Brendan Browne.

‘We are staying strong together’

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Two weeks into the war in Ukraine, Lily Hordienko, principal at St. Demetrius Catholic School in Etobicoke, received a phone call from a parent letting her know that their son would not be in school that day. The family, the mother told Hordienko, hadn’t slept a wink all night. Her father was taking the train from Kiev to their family home in the western part of the nation. The train was under bombardment by Russian forces, The anxiety and uncertainty of the journey in midst of the crisis prevented parent and children from getting any rest.

Caritas volunteers assist a Ukrainian refugee at the Caritas Hungary refugee center in Barabás, Hungary, March 10, 2022. More than 214,000 Ukrainians have fled to Hungary, according to a March 8 statistic from the U.N. Refugee Agency.

In Hungary, Ukrainian refugees find some respite from war

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BARABÁS, Hungary (CNS) -- As millions of Ukrainian refugees continue to flee the ongoing violence of Russian aggression, many have found some comfort in neighboring Hungary thanks to the efforts of Caritas.

A scene from the “Welcome Back” video produced by the Archdiocese of Toronto.

‘Return to Mass’ campaign launched

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The substantial loosening of public health protocols at places of worship around Canada — except, for now, B.C. — has made it possible to manifest the Catholic Mass that existed before COVID-19. But senior clergy know it will take time to restore parishes to pre-pandemic vibrancy. 

Child pulled from class ‘crying for help’: expert

Child pulled from class ‘crying for help’: expert

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An investigation is underway of an incident where police were called on a four-year-old student at John Sweeney Catholic Elementary School in Kitchener, Ont.

Maria Ivaniv is relying on her faith to help her navigate the feelings of fear and despair that came with the Russian invasion of her homeland.

Crossing Ukraine’s threshold of hope

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As an ordinary Ukrainian far from home, Maria Ivaniv has struggled with all the emotions the outbreak of war was bound to fuel — fear, anger, despair and confusion. As a theologian, she looks to the Church for hope.

Sisters Marietta and Xenia, sisters of the Congregation of Jesus in Ushgorod, Ukraine, distributing humanitarian aid.

Religious sisters in Ukraine relieve the pain

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A community of nuns in western Ukraine near the border to Slovakia is rallying to help people desperate to flee from the death and destruction brought on by the Russian invasion.

Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, interim president of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, talks with people during a visit to meet with Ukrainian refugees arriving at the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary, March 8, 2022.

Cardinals arrive in Ukraine, Hungary on mission of hope

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VATICAN CITY -- Two cardinals arrived at separate destinations on one mission entrusted to them by Pope Francis: to bring relief, hope and encouragement to suffering Ukrainians.

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