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B.C. court to hear Delta hospice appeal

B.C. court to hear Delta hospice appeal

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VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the case of the Delta Hospice Society, which is trying to keep assisted suicide out of its Irene Thomas Hospice.

A chemist works at AstraZeneca's headquarters in Sydney Aug. 19, 2020. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australians will be among the first in the world to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, if it proves successful, through an agreement between the government and England-based drug company AstraZeneca.

Australian, English bishops discuss morality of possible COVID-19 vaccine

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ROME -- More bishops are pleading with their governments to give priority to ethically developed coronavirus vaccines, but many also are telling Catholics that not getting vaccinated is a more serious moral problem than using the problematic vaccines.

Parish finances looking for rebound

Parish finances looking for rebound

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If you ever doubted the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, check out your parish’s COVID-era finances. After months of closed doors and no revenue, followed by months of full-cost operations for Sunday congregations that are a fraction of normal attendance, somehow your parish is still up and running.

Bishop Georg Batzing, president of the German bishops’ conference.

Parish reform talks must include laity, say bishops

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WURZBURG, Germany -- The German bishops plan to seek talks with the Vatican about its instruction on parish reforms in the Catholic Church, and want lay Catholics to take part in the discussions, according to the German Catholic news agency KNA.

The Liberal government is vowing to pass its assisted suicide bill once Parliament resumes.

Liberals going full steam ahead on C-7

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OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals are vowing to pass changes to Canada’s assisted suicide law before a court-imposed deadline even though if they will be in the position to make changes remains to be seen.

New Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is being reminded that his victory came with strong support from socially-conservative Tories.

O’Toole must hear social conservatives

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OTTAWA -- A social conservative did not win the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Ontario MP Erin O’Toole did.

People cross a flooded street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 23, 2020, during the passage of Tropical Storm Laura.

At least 12 dead as tropical storm lashes Haiti, Dominican Republic

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CLEVELAND -- Officials reported that at least 12 people had died as Tropical Storm Laura lashed Haiti and the Dominican Republic with strong winds and torrential rains, causing widespread flooding in low-lying communities.

Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez delivers the homily at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia April 6, 2020. He reported Aug. 23 that during the 11:00 a.m. Mass there, a lector was punched by someone in the congregation as she left the altar.

Lector assaulted during Mass in Philadelphia

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PHILADELPHIA -- A lector at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia was punched in the face by an assailant after reading Scripture during an Aug. 23 Mass.

Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit lays his hands on Father Matthew Hood to ordain him to the priesthood Aug. 17, 2020, at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Father Hood, a graduate of Sacred Heart Major Seminary, was originally ordained in 2017.

Detroit priest's invalid baptism had ripple effect, archdiocese says

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DETROIT -- The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.

The national flags of Israel and the United Arab Emirates flutter along a highway in Netanya, Israel, Aug. 17, 2020.

Normalization of relations between Israel, UAE can bring peace

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WASHINGTON -- The normalization of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates can be a step for peace in the Middle East, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace.

Father Michael Zacharias, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Findlay, Ohio, is seen in this undated photo downloaded from social media. The Diocese of Toledo announced Father Zacharias was placed on administrative leave after he was arrested Aug. 18, 2020, after celebrating morning Mass at the church. He faces federal sex trafficking charges.

Toledo diocesan priest on leave after arrest on sex trafficking charges

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TOLEDO, Ohio -- A priest of the Diocese of Toledo is on administrative leave as he faces federal sex trafficking charges.

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