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A group of Venezuelan migrants begins the trek through the Darién Gap April 30, 2023, as they leave the Colombian village of Capurgana. Catholic groups working with migrants traversing the treacherous Darién Gap expressed skepticism over a July 1, 2024, joint U.S.-Panama plan to deport people who are coming through the jungle, which straddles Colombia and Panama, and heading to the U.S. border.

Skepticism greets U.S.-Panama migrant deportation deal

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Catholic groups working with migrants traversing the treacherous Darién Gap have expressed skepticism over a joint U.S.-Panama plan to deport people passing through the thick jungle between Colombia and Panama on journeys toward the U.S. border.

Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo, Peru, visits a settlement in La Esperanza district in Trujillo June 5, 2023, after the March floods that hit northern Peru. The Peruvian bishops' Episcopal Social Action Commission recently warned of democratic decline so severe in the South American country "that we can no longer call Peru a democratic country, where people's dignity is respected." However, Archbishop Cabrejos, the episcopal conference's president, along with the conference's vice president, said in a July 12, 2024, statement that the commission's assertion "does not reflect the bishops' thinking."

Bishops clash over democracy in Peru in contradictory statements

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The presidency of the Peru bishops' conference has distanced itself from an episcopal commission's dire warnings on democracy.

Most Rev. Vincent Nguyen presiding over the Mass for the Departed at Christ the King Catholic Cemetery in Markham in 2023.

Mass for departed a sign of Christ's victory over death

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Catholic Cemeteries’ of the Archdiocese of Toronto is inviting families to participate in this year’s 37th Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed. 

Bishop Fred Colli

A bishop and four Popes

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When Bishop Fred Colli reflects on his half-century of service, a kaleidoscope of images comes to his mind. 

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, with blood on his face, is assisted by guards after shots were fired during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead.

Catholic leaders call for peace in wake of Trump shooting

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Catholic and civic leaders called for peace and unity in the hours after former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet and a spectator was killed July 13 in an assassination attempt during the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance speaks during former President Donald Trump's September 17, 2022, rally in Youngstown, Ohio. On July 15, Trump named Vance as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.

Trump names Vance, Ohio's Catholic senator, as his 2024 running mate

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Former President Donald Trump on July 15 named Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.

Dr. Will Johnston is this year’s recipient of the Canadian Physicians for Life Dr. Paul Adams Award.

Pro-life award honours Vancouver’s Dr. Will Johnston

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Vancouver family physician Dr. Will Johnston is being honoured for his pro-life work by Canadian Physicians for Life.

Many of the temporary foreign workers employed on farms across Canada are exploited by human traffickers.

Coalition calls for renewed trafficking strategy

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The Mary Ward Centre and the Toronto Counter Human Trafficking Network (TCHTN) are urging the federal government to renew and refine its National Strategy To Combat Human Trafficking after the five-year whole-of-government mandate concluded in May. 

A church destroyed by a Russian attack on the village of Bohorodychne in Ukraine’s Donetsk region is pictured Feb. 13, 2024.

Church ‘liquidated’ in Russia-controlled Ukraine

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Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

A sign on the campus of the University of Dayton, who provides the VLCFF program and courses. The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic post-secondary institution that was founded in Ohio in 1850 by the Marianist Fathers.

Virtual courses from Dayton U available at discount to Toronto Catholics

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As part of an ongoing collaboration with the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office of Formation for Discipleship, the University of Dayton in Ohio has released a number of new courses in conjunction with its Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) program. 

Rescuers work at Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, July 8, 2024, after it was severely damaged during Russian missile strikes.

Shevchuk condemns Russian attack on Kyiv children's hospital

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A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

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