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ShareLife, Catholic Charities up food security grants

ShareLife, Catholic Charities up food security grants

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ShareLife is teaming up with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto and an anonymous donor to pledge $750,000 to combat Ontario's ever-growing food security crisis.

Canadian bishops call on Catholics to mark day of prayer for creation

Canadian bishops call on Catholics to mark day of prayer for creation

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Canada’s Catholics are invited to join in the global celebration of the World Day of Prayer for Creation, calling all to unite in prayer, reflection and action for the protection and preservation of our common home.

Pope Francis gives his blessing to visitors in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after the midday recitation of the Angelus prayer Aug. 25, 2024.

Pope Francis expresses concern about religious freedom in Ukraine

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"Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched," Pope Francis said about a Ukrainian law banning the Russian Orthodox Church, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Aug. 24, Ukrainian independence day.

Phil Donahue, host of the self-titled "The Phil Donahue Show," is pictured in a Jan. 7, 2012, photo. Donahue, a Catholic with a conflicted relationship with the church, died at age 88 on Aug. 18, 2024.

Phil Donahue and the Catholic Church

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Broadcaster and TV personality Phil Donahue, who died Aug. 18 at age 88, was once busted by Catholic News Service.

Brevan Dias (left) of Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School and Kelly Liang from Senator O'Connor College School were two of the Toronto Catholic District School Board's Top Scholars for 2023-24. They earned percentage averages of 97.83 and 98.83 respectively.

Top scholars commend TCDSB support

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Brevan Dias and Kelly Liang, two of the 14 Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) Top Scholars for 2023-24, while pleased with their own scholarly performance expressed gratitude for the support they received from their respective learning communities.

Deputy Supreme Knight Arthur Peters reads the Necrology — a list of Knights of Columbus leaders who have died in the past year — during the Memorial Mass of the 142nd Supreme Convention on Aug. 8 in Québec City.

Knights of Columbus are on the rise

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“It is a good time to be a Knight of Columbus,” declared Arthur Peters, who joined the worldwide Catholic fraternal service order in 1986.

Whether it be a healthy marriage, one in distress or one that has come to the end of its road, God remains a constant and unwavering presence that provides solace and hope through every stage and circumstance.

God's journey with married couples never ends

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Where is God throughout marriage? As highlighted by two programs being offered in separate Ontario dioceses, God is present in the beginning, middle and end of relationships. 

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic rings the Olympic bell Aug. 10, 2024, as she celebrates after winning gold and setting a new Olympic record in the women's 400-meter final during the 2024 Paris Olympics. The bell, specially cast for the Games by France's Cornille Havard foundry in Normandy, will be placed inside the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during every Mass once the cathedral officially reopens in December.

Olympic bell will ring inside newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral during every Mass

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During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the most sacred part of the Mass.

Canada has world's fastest-growing MAiD regime

Canada has world's fastest-growing MAiD regime

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The fifth-leading cause of death in Canada is one that didn't even exist just eight years ago.

church destroyed by Russian shelling is pictured in Lukashivka, Ukraine, April 27, 2022.

Ukraine's religious leaders back proposed ban on Russian Orthodox Church over security concerns

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The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president -- approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 -- to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia's decade-long war on Ukraine.

Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo, pictured in an undated photo, is a Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion from Islam. In a heart-wrenching letter to his wife and five children, Abdo declared a hunger strike that began Aug. 7, 2024, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.

Imprisoned in Egypt, Christian convert on hunger strike

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A Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion has declared a hunger strike, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.

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