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The Chinese national flag flies in front of a Catholic church in the village of Huangtugang, Hebei province, China.

China’s threats to religious freedom worrying

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OTTAWA -- Religious and human rights groups have applauded a parliamentary committee’s condemnation of the Chinese government for its “genocide” on religious minorities.

Court challenge targets Quebec secularism law

Court challenge targets Quebec secularism law

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OTTAWA -- Lawyers challenging Bill 21, Quebec’s so-called secularism law, are arguing that because the law disproportionately targets women the provincial government cannot use the notwithstanding clause to shield it from any challenge.

Armed police officers walk at the site of wreath-laying ceremony in Vienna Nov. 3, 2020, following a deadly shooting spree the previous day.

Pope Francis, Austrian church leaders urge end to hatred after Vienna attacks

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Pope Francis and Austrian church leaders expressed dismay and sorrow after terrorists attack that left at least five dead in central Vienna, and they urged citizens to uphold key values of tolerance and respect.

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Deliverance Cathedral in Baghdad Oct. 31, 2020, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre at the church. Two priests were among the 48 people killed during the Oct. 31, 2010, attack.

Syriac patriarch: 'Our martyrs are the torches of faith'

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BEIRUT -- Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre by Islamic militants at Our Lady of Deliverance Church in Baghdad, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan reminded the faithful that "our martyrs are the torches of faith that illuminate our paths of life and ignite in us the fire of love toward everyone."

Tributes to the dead are seen outside of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Nov. 1, 2020, as French bishops conduct a "penitential rite of reparation," following the Oct. 29 deadly attack at church. The penitential rite was deemed necessary to purify the church from the stain of the homicide before normal religious activities could resume in the basilica.

French bishops 'cleanse' Nice basilica after attack

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NICE, France -- French bishops conducted a "penitential rite of reparation" inside a church in which three people were murdered in late October.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI is seen in a file photo strolling in a garden in Bressanone, Italy, with his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger. The retired pope has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg -- who died July 1, 2020 -- so the estate goes to the Holy See.

Pope Benedict declines his late brother's inheritance

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BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.

A woman prays during Mass at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in London July 4, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Catholic leaders in England are appealing to the government to reverse its decision to ban public Mass during a second national lockdown.

UK bishops want evidence public Masses must be stopped in lockdown

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MANCHESTER, England -- Catholic leaders in England are appealing to the government to reverse its decision to ban public Mass during a second national lockdown.

Dealing with families forced to stay away from relatives in long-term care homes is one example of the moral stress suffered by health-care workers. Unity Health’s Michael Szego has seen workers in tears for having to tell families they can’t visit a loved one due to COVID restrictions.

Hospitals see rise in moral distress

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“I knew I had to quit when my 15-year-old daughter would say, ‘Mom, don’t go to work and cry again.’ ”

Bishop Mar Marian Andrej Pacák, eparch of the Eastern-rite diocese of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, resigned as bishop suddenly last month.

Eparch’s departure catches Slovak Catholics by surprise

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Canada’s tiny Byzantine-rite Slovak diocese based in Toronto was shocked to learn it no longer had a bishop as of Oct. 20.

D&P program funding has taken a hit during the global pandemic, and it’s Ethiopian farmers and other partners that have been feeling the pinch.

D&P collection to make up for lost Share Lent

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In the middle of the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping Canada, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada is making its second attempt to raise the money and awareness its partners in poor countries desperately need.

Bishop Thomas Dowd, new Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie.

A Montreal boy ventures north

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Life in a northern town can be tough. Life in three northern towns might be tougher. But Bishop Tom Dowd is relishing the challenge of leading the Church in Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and North Bay in Northern Ontario.

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