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A woman prays inside the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.

Study finds 221,000 Catholics left the church in Germany during pandemic

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BONN, Germany -- In the coronavirus year 2020, fewer Christians left the church in Germany than in previous years, two church organizations reported on Wednesday.

Indigenous boys pray on bunk beds in a dormitory at the Bishop Horden Memorial School, a residential school in Moose Factory, Ont., in 1950.

Renewed effort for reconciliation funds

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A renewed effort is underway to make up for the failed Catholic “best efforts” campaign to raise $25 million for healing and reconciliation projects across Canada.

$60 million settles sexual abuse suit

$60 million settles sexual abuse suit

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Quebec’s Brothers of the Sacred Heart agreed to pay $60 million to settle two class-action lawsuits on clerical sexual abuse.

Mass restrictions loosen further as of July 16 in Ontario

Mass restrictions loosen further as of July 16 in Ontario

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With Ontario moving into Step 3 of its reopening plan as of 12:01 a.m. July 16, there will no longer be capacity limits for places of worship. That won’t mean, however, that churches will be wide open for Mass.

Indigenous girls attend a first Communion ceremony at the Spanish Indian Residential School in Ontario in 1955. The discovery of unmarked graves at various residential schools has sparked a renewed effort to raise funds for reconciliation efforts, including from a group of lay Catholics.

Lay Catholic group launches appeal to aid reconciliation effort

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A national lay effort to raise funds and awareness for reconciliation is rising up out of the grassroots of the Catholic Church in Canada.

Shoes are seen on a path leading to the former Brandon Indian Residential School June 12, 2021. Researchers -- partnered with the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation -- located 104 potential graves at the site in Brandon, Manitoba.

Saskatchewan bishops launch ‘Catholic TRC Healing Response’ fundraising appeal

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The Catholic bishops of Saskatchewan have begun accepting donations to its province-wide fund-raising appeal among Catholics for support of residential school survivors and their communities.

People hold a banner during a prayer service for Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy in Mumbai, India, July 6 after he died at a hospital the previous day.

Fr. Stan Swamy led fight for the oppressed

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THRISSUR, India -- Jesuit Fr. Stan Swamy, jailed on dubious terrorism charges since October, died July 5 at Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai. He was 84.

Mary Simon is Canada’s first Indigenous Govenor-General

New Governor-General a positive step on the path to reconciliation

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OTTAWA -- The appointment of Mary Simon as Canada’s first Indigenous Governor-General is being hailed as a meaningful step towards reconciliation.

Flames engulf St. Jean Baptiste Church in Morinville, Alberta, June 30, 2021, in this still image taken form video obtained from social media.

‘Intolerable’ violence no answer for anger

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With 20 churches across Canada — mostly Catholic — torched by mid-July in the fallout of the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, the silence from political leaders has been deafening, says Deacon Andrew Bennett.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pictured in a March 12, 2021, photo. Syro-Malabar Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad, India, has urged Modi to facilitate the rebuilding of a church demolished by government officials in the Indian capital of New Delhi.

Syro-Malabar leaders seek answers regarding demolition of Indian church

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THRISSUR, India -- Syro-Malabar Bishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad, India, urged India's prime minister to facilitate rebuilding of a church demolished by local government officials in the Indian capital of New Delhi.

A member of the Maronite Scouts is pictured in an undated photo helping cleanup following an Aug. 4, 2020, blast in Beirut's port area.

Nearly a year after Beirut blast, Maronite leaders still helping residents

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BEIRUT -- In a flash, people's lives were forever changed shortly after 6 p.m. Aug. 4. And from the moment after the blast, the driving concern for Maronite Catholic Archbishop Paul Abdel Sater was to be beside the people of his archdiocese in their suffering and to keep them in their homes.

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