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Bishop Remi J. De Roo, shown speaking at St. Mark’s College in Vancouver in 2016.

Bishop De Roo was ‘a pilgrim of Vatican II’

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Canada’s last surviving Second Vatican Council father has died. Victoria Bishop Emeritus Remi De Roo was 97 years old when he reached his eternal rest on Feb. 1.

Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula of Davenport, Iowa, and Patrick Schmadeke, diocesan director of evangelization, have a conversation Jan. 28, 2022, about the "58,000 Cups of Coffee Initiative." It is "a deep and thorough listening" process involving diocesan Catholics as part of local preparations for the church's 2023 world Synod of Bishops on synodality.

Coffee, conversation, Catholic communion

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DAVENPORT, Iowa. -- An idea began brewing in Patrick Schmadeke’s head as he listened to an interview with Xavière Missionary Sr. Nathalie Becquart on the Synod of Bishops in 2023.

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory delivers a Zoom address Feb. 3 on “Race and the Catholic Church” during a Black History Month event.

Reject racism, live how Creator intended: cardinal

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WASHINGTON -- People must “reject all forms of racism, bigotry and injustice” and recognize “we are each made by God and are deserving of respect and dignity because of just that,” said Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory.

The ousting of Erin O’Toole as Conservative Party leader has been applauded by Canadian social conservatives.

Social conservatives cheer O’Toole demise

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While social conservatives crow over the demise of Erin O’Toole and begin trying to draft rookie MP Leslyn Lewis to take another run at the Conservative Party leadership, Liberals and other left-of-centre parties are more quietly smiling, political analysts have told The Catholic Register.

Trucks block a downtown Ottawa road as truckers and supporters take part in a convoy to protest the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers. The protests led one parish to cancel Masses.

Ottawa basilica cancels Masses due to Freedom Convoy protest

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The Freedom Convoy ensnarling the nations’s capital has led to the cancellation of Masses in churches near downtown Ottawa.

Auxiliary Sister Suzanne Loiselle is pictured in a 2019 photo in Montreal. Sister Loiselle and five other members of the Auxiliary Sisters in Quebec live in a seniors residence that has been purchased and will be remodeled.

Montreal nuns intend to stand up against their eviction

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MONTREAL -- On Jan. 31, a bailiff knocked on the door of the 200-odd units of the Mont-Carmel Residence, a private seniors' residence in Montreal. Auxiliary Sister Suzanne Loiselle, five other of her sisters, and all the residents received a notice of eviction from him.

Bendictine Sister Philippa Rath and theologian Agnes Wuckelt, deputy federal president of the Catholic Women's Association of Germany, talk during a break at the third Synodal Assembly in Frankfurt Feb. 4, 2021.

Germany's Synodal Assembly calls for change on deacons, bishops' selection

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FRANKFURT, Germany -- The Synodal Path of the Catholic Church in Germany wants laypeople to be able to participate in choosing bishops and wants the church to have women deacons.

Pope Francis is pictured during an interview with Fabio Fazio on the popular Italian talk show, "Che Tempo Che Fa," in this screen capture from the Feb. 6, 2022, program televised by the Italian national broadcaster, RAI.

Pope Francis answers questions on popular Italian talk show

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told an Italian interviewer that forgiveness is "a human right."

Diversity on the rise at Winter Olympics

Diversity on the rise at Winter Olympics

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Rudy Sylvan knows first-hand what it feels like to compete on the international stage.

Supporters of Ukrainian sovereignty hold a protest on the Peace Bridge in Calgary Jan. 22.

Protect ‘messy spirit’ of Ukraine’s democracy

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What might be called the messy, Ukrainian spirituality of democracy is threatened by more than 100,000 Russian troops on the border and a propaganda war that pretends Ukrainians and Russians are all part of one Orthodox and Slavic nation, according to the founder of the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies in Toronto.

Russian armored vehicles are seen during drills in Rostov, Russia, Jan. 27, 2022.

Caritas prepared should tanks roll

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Whether or not Russia invades, Caritas Ukraine is already at work getting people in Eastern Ukraine through all the small crises, the human-scale disasters of a war that’s dragged on for eight years.

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