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The Laudato Si’ Action Platform is being launched Feb. 12 and aims to enlist parishes and dioceses in a seven-year process of transforming their relationship with the environment.

Laudato Si’ action plan set to launch

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Laudato Si’ was groundbreaking in 2015, but now the Canadian Church on Feb. 12 will break ground on a new effort to take up Pope Francis’ challenge to care for the planet we all share.

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising gives a statement on the Munich abuse report to the media Jan. 27, 2022. The news conference came a week after the publication of the report on abuse in his archdiocese.

Cardinal Marx to remain in office, apologizes for role in abuse cases

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MUNICH -- Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he wants to remain in office, at least for the time being, despite findings critical of how he handled some abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.

Deacon Rennie Nahanee, right, has celebrated Mass in the Squamish language with Fr. Garry Loubacane. He has concerns about bureaucratic efforts at reconciliation.

Reconciliation council positive step forward

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Canadian bishops and religious orders are cheering a new, Indigenous-led transitional committee that will push Ottawa a little closer to answering the 94 Calls to Action from the 2015 final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Bishop Ioan-Casian

Christian unity begins in Bethlehem

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Unity is the heritage of the Church — a heritage that begins in Bethlehem, hundreds of people heard on a national Zoom call to mark the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 23.

People walk up Constitution Avenue headed toward the U.S. Supreme Court while participating in the 47th annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 24, 2020.

U.S. abortion appeal could spark Canadian debate

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The landmark  Roe v. Wade decision that struck down American abortion laws turned 49 years old Jan 22, but pro-life activists north of the border are hopeful it won’t hit 50.

A member of the Ukrainian armed forces is seen at combat positions at the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels near the village of Novomykhalivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Jan. 21.

Ukraine-Russia divide beyond religion

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COVID has kept Fr. Mykhailo Ozorovych out of Ukraine the last two years, but he knows what the country of his birth is fighting for in Donbass and understands the threat Ukraine faces from more than 100,000 Russian troops massed on its eastern border.

A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces stands guard at combat positions near the line of separation from Russian-backed rebels outside Zolote in the Luhansk region of Ukraine Dec. 11, 2021.

Ukrainians are afraid, but hope in the power of prayer, archbishop says

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ROME -- Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, Ukraine, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, knows his people are frightened.

German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican during the interregnum after the death of Pope John Paul II, in this April 18, 2005, file photo.

Pope Benedict corrects statement for Munich abuse report

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VATICAN CITY -- Amending a written statement made to a panel investigating clerical sexual abuse in his former Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, retired Pope Benedict XVI said he was present at a 1980 meeting to discuss the transfer of a priest accused of misconduct.

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with representatives of bishops' conferences from around the world at the Vatican in this Oct. 9, 2021, file photo.

Synod needs to open up spiritual conversation

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The Synod on Synodality, on now through the fall of 2023, ought to be different according to Catholics inspired by St. Ignatius.

A Christian kneels in prayer outside the locked door of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City on Palm Sunday. The Holy Land tourism industry is expecting to have a bounce back year in 2022.

Pilgrimage bounce back expected for 2022

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Gal Hana is optimistic about how Israel’s tourism industry will perform in 2022.

Pope Francis greets Sr. Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, at the Vatican. The synod is raising hope for some, fear in others, on what it will mean for women.

Women share hope, fears for synod on synodality

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Pope Francis’ goal of a more synodal Church, hearing the voices of all the faithful, may be a sign of both progress and the lack thereof when it comes to the role and representation of women.

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