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Mourners gather near the coffin of a man killed in a twin suicide bombing attack in a central Baghdad market during a funeral in Najaf, Iraq, Jan. 21. Cardinal Louis Sako, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, said Iraqis are still counting on Pope Francis to visit in March.

Violence-stricken Iraq counts on Pope

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VATICAN CITY -- In the midst of three days of prayer and fasting for peace and an end to the coronavirus pandemic, Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, said Iraqis still are counting on Pope Francis to visit in March.

A Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles group formation.

Churches again demand Canada join nuclear treaty

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The Canadian Council of Churches has again called on Canada to sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as the treaty became officially part of international law on Jan. 22.

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec gestures as he speaks in a video message Jan. 19, 2021. As human and material resources diminish, the cardinal announced the archdiocese will reorganize to focus on reaching out to the population not currently reached by the church's message.

As resources shrink, Quebec Archdiocese reorganizes parishes for outreach

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QUEBEC CITY -- The Archdiocese of Quebec announced its intention to reorganize its parishes to focus on local missionary activities. This move comes as human and material resources continue to diminish.

Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, pictured in a screenshot from a video, has been incarcerated in an Indian jail since his Oct. 9, 2020. Father Swamy marked his 100 days in prison with a letter highlighting the cases of poor people languishing in jail who begin their trials without even knowing their criminal charges.

Jailed Jesuit Fr. Swarmy writes of Indians awaiting trial without knowing charges

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MUMBAI, India — Indian Jesuit Father Stan Swamy marked 100 days in prison with a letter highlighting the cases of poor people languishing in jail who begin their trials without even knowing their criminal charges.

Adalia Reyes, an asylum-seeker from El Salvador, poses with a friend's child outside a Mass celebrated Jan. 9, 2021, in a tent camp for migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros. Reyes said, out of desperation, she sent her two children unaccompanied to the United States, where they were reunited with their father.

Asylum-seekers along Mexican border putting their hope in Joe Biden

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MATAMOROS, Mexico — Idalia Reyes remembers the desperation that drove her to seek out smugglers to take her children, unaccompanied, to the United States. Reyes and her children lived in a tent camp along the Rio Grande, where they endured crime, cold snaps and infestations of insects and snakes.

Amanda Gorman recites a poem at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2021, during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. She is a parishioner at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Los Angeles.

Poet Amanda Gorman is a light to us all, parishioner says

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WASHINGTON — Long before she burst into the public spotlight delivering her inauguration poem, Amanda Gorman got a standing ovation from fellow parishioners of St. Brigid Church in Los Angeles for reciting a poem she wrote about the parish.

Mary Wagner talks to a woman attending the March for Life rally in Ottawa in 2018.

Mary Wagner and a mother’s influence

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Jane Wagner remembers the raw emotion she experienced when her daughter Mary Wagner was first arrested in Vancouver in 1999 for her crusades on behalf of the unborn.

Steve Morrissey provided the music and Lenny Dalton the vocals on traditional Celtic music at the Dram for St. Joseph in Calgary Jan. 16.

Raising a glass to St. Joseph

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Pope Francis announced the “Year of St. Joseph” on Dec. 8 to inspire believers of Christ across the globe to venerate the man who “accepted Mary unconditionally,” taught the value of “participating in the work of salvation” and was a tender earthly father to Jesus.

Eric Ciccolini’s season is well underway at the University of Michigan this year, where the New York Rangers’ prospect suits up for the NCAA’s Wolverines.

Family, faith help athlete’s hockey journey

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Eric Ciccolini seems adjusted to the reality of life as a student athlete in the midst of a pandemic.

Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam speaks with over 1,300 faith leaders on a Jan. 20, nationwide Zoom call.

Tam asks for church aid in bringing end to pandemic

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The end of our long COVID crisis may be in sight, but until we get there churches and faith leaders still have a job to do, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam told over 1,300 faith leaders on a Jan. 20, nationwide Zoom call.

Liberal MP slammed for ‘anti-Catholic’ tweet

Liberal MP slammed for ‘anti-Catholic’ tweet

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OTTAWA -- A “cheap shot” tweet directed at Catholics by a Liberal MP has been slammed as “anti-Catholic” by Conservative Garnett Genuis and the Catholic Civil Rights League.

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