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People gather in St. Peter’s Square.

Salt and Light opens Rome bureau

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Early in the pandemic BBC presenter and documentary film producer Jen Copestake was reminded in a way she never had been before that she is a Catholic journalist.

People wait outside an immigration office in Brussels, Belgium, on March 7 after fleeing from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country.

Canadians urged to help Ukraine with cash

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Cash and care go hand in hand in the Catholic response to the crisis in Ukraine.

Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny.

Cardinal Michael Czerny on his travel to Ukraine

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Mine is a journey of prayer, prophecy and denunciation. I (left) Rome on March 8 to reach Budapest and I will continue by meeting refugees and displaced persons, and those who welcome and assist them. 

Yulia Tankano is pictured with her daughter, Victoria, at a "refugee hub" at a former supermarket in Przemysl, Poland, near the Urkainian border, March 3, 2022. Since Russia's invasion began Feb. 24 more than 1.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine, the U.N. refugee agency said.

Ukrainian refugees find help in Polish border towns

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PRZEMYSL, Poland -- Buses, broken suitcases, a pile of strollers and tents stuffed with donated clothing, toys, diapers, canned food, stiff cots and blankets fill the parking lot of the defunct Tesco supermarket in Przemysl.

St. Michael’s Choir School students Zachary Miller, Andrew Wright, Augustin Chuachiaco and Massimo Kincses pose with their hovercraft. Below, an up close view of the craft, complete with pennies and toothpicks, that qualified for the provincial chamipionship sponsored by Skills Ontario.

Singers hit right note with STEAM powered boat

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Four students from Toronto’s St. Michael’s Choir School have advanced to the championship round of a provincial competition — and they aren’t a singing quartet.

A preliminary concept of the new Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Whistler, B.C. The church’s pastor hopes Whistler’s awe-inspiring scenery will draw trekkers looking for a multi-day hike.

Whistler church ‘what God wants us to do’

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VANCOUVER -- Fr. Andrew L’Heureux dreams of a future when a flock of pilgrims, backpacks loaded and spirits high, assemble outside of Holy Rosary Cathedral in downtown Vancouver. The pilgrims take one last, respectful look at the cathedral’s evocative Homeless Jesus statue — the Catholics among them making the sign of the cross — and then they turn to start a multi-day, 123-km hike to Whistler, B.C.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow during a reception commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the death of Grand Prince Vladimir I (Vladimir the Great), at the Kremlin in Moscow in this July 28, 2015, file photo. Church leaders have appealed to Patriarch Kirill to intervene and ask President Putin to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine.

Church leaders urge Russian patriarch to speak with Putin

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VATICAN CITY -- Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Europe have appealed to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, urging him to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to put an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine.

Fr. John Walsh’s life and legacy were celebrated during an online event Feb. 27. Fr. Walsh, who was a tireless advocate for the homeless in Montreal, died in 2020 at 78.

Fr. Walsh championed Montreal’s homeless

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The Canadian Centre for Ecumenism’s virtual event “The Itinerants Speak to us” provided a forum for society’s marginalized and voiceless to share their life story and offer perspective on how individuals can come together to combat poverty.

#BringBackOurGirls campaigners take part in a protest in Abuja, Nigeria, Aug. 27, to mark the 500th day that more than 200 girls of the Government Secondary School were abducted by Boko Haram in their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria.

ACN report gives voice to the persecution of Christian women

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While visiting with a Catholic bishop in Egypt more than 15 years ago, Marie-Claude Lalonde, national director of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), recalls a moment when a call came in that a young Christian woman had been kidnapped.

Rabbi Abraham Skorka of Buenos Aires and Pope Francis embrace after visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem May 26, 2014.

Study examines Catholic views of Jews

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Dr. John Cappucci strove to present over 2,000 years of history in Catholic-Jewish relations in under 75 minutes during a Feb. 24 webinar called “The Church and the Jews: A Complete 180.”

Thousands marched through Toronto streets and rallied at Nathan Phillips Square on Feb. 27 in support of the Ukrainian people and denouncing the Russian invasion.

Prayers abound in Ukraine’s decisive moment

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After praying the Panachyda — traditional Byzantine prayers for the dead in time of war — Katia Metersky left Toronto’s St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in tears.

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