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Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist Jimmy Lai, pictured in a May 29, 2020, photo, was sentenced to 12 months in jail in Hong Kong after being found guilty of unauthorized assembly. He was among nine activists in court April 16 who earlier were found guilty of charges relating to pro-democracy demonstrations.

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Catholic media tycoon, jailed for 12 months

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HONG KONG -- Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after being found guilty of unauthorized assembly.

Demonstrators march past burning debris during a protest against the government of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince March 28, 2021.

Police fire tear gas into Haitian bishops' Mass for freedom

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MIAMI -- A "Mass for the freedom of Haiti," led by Haitian bishops, turned violent at the end when police fired tear gas into the church.

History professor Robert Ventresca, a leading expert on the papacy of Pius XII and co-founder of the new collaborative program in human rights studies at King’s College, London, Ont.

New King’s program takes holistic view of human rights

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On the one hand, human rights might seem obvious. There is surely a minimum of freedoms, responsibilities, care and solidarity owed to all humans just because they are human. On the other hand, is there anything Catholics and Canadians argue about more fervently?

It will be another uncertain summer for Camp Brébeuf in Rockwood, Ont., as the Ontario government has yet to rule if camp programs will be allowed in the province this year.

Camps facing another uncertain summer with lockdowns

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While a murky forecast for the 2020 summer camping season was expected with the unknowns surrounding COVID-19, organizations that operate day and overnight camps for Ontario youth never thought a similar script would play out a year later.

Rebecca Ferguson, left, and Eileen Wong are among The Good Shepherd employees doing what is necessary to help feed the homeless and needy in downtown Toronto.

Good Shepherd pivot allows it to continue feeding the poor during pandemic restrictions

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Two sandwiches, a fruit bar, three granola bars, one chocolate bar, maybe a muffin or some other baked treat and a fruit cup all in a brown, paper bag — times 200,000.

Robert Hofstatter

York Catholic School Board education director leaves a month into job

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The York Catholic District School Board is looking for a new director of education after Robert Hofstatter made his exit after just over one controversial month in the role.

Archbishop Richard Gagnon.

Canadian bishops rally support for palliative care

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Canada’s bishops are calling on Catholics to continue to push back against the “culture of death” even as efforts to block the expansion of euthanasia in Canada have so far failed.

This front page earned The Register a first place award at the annual Canadian Christian Communicators Association Awards, one of 10 honours The Register took.

'The Catholic Register' takes 10 honours at Christian journalism awards

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The Catholic Register earned honours in 10 categories at the annual Canadian Christian Communicators Association Awards on April 7.

Protesters outside the B.C. Supreme Court with signs demanding church services be allowed.

B.C. churches launch appeal on religious gathering ban

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VANCOUVER -- Three Christian churches are appealing a B.C. Supreme Court judge’s ruling in favour of the prohibition on in-person religious gatherings in this province.

The Vatican in 2018 bought this building at 60 Sloane Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood in London as an investment after first owning a partial stake in the property. The acquisition of the building has devolved into multidimensional scandal. In the latest development, Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican's purchase of the property. The building is pictured in 2012.

Italy issues arrest warrant for broker in Vatican property deal

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Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican's majority stake purchase of a property in London's posh Chelsea district.

People pray during Mass in 2015 outside Sacred Heart Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Five priests, two nuns and three laypeople were kidnapped in Haiti April 11, 2021.

Five priests, two nuns, three laypeople kidnapped in Haiti

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VATICAN CITY -- The latest victims of rampant kidnappings in Haiti are five priests, two nuns and three laypeople who were abducted together on their way to a parish near the capital of Port-au-Prince early April 11.

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