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A protester in Minneapolis vandalizes an O'Reilly's near the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct May 27, 2020. Two days earlier George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in the hospital May 25.

U.S. Bishops 'sickened' by Floyd's death, urge racism be met 'head-on'

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Catholic bishops said May 29 they "are broken-hearted, sickened and outraged to watch another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes."

The five Straus sisters, back row, from left: Sr. Michaeline, Sr. Caroline, Sr. Mildred; front row, Sr. Christina, Sr. Lucy.

Five Straus sisters born to religious life

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Lucy Straus was just a toddler when two of her older siblings left the family’s Waterloo County farm to dedicate their lives to the service of God in the religious life.

Regular campers at Camp Vincent are joining thousands of other young people across Ontario who will be missing out on the camp experience this year.

Summer camps another COVID casualty

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Discussions on how Camp Vincent would operate as this year of pandemic turned into summer became a moot point once the province of Ontario took the decision out of operators’ hands.

Sr. Sarah Rudolph has a year left in a Master of Divinity program at Regis College.

The new seminary this Fall

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Canada’s seminaries have survived the spring onslaught of COVID-19, but they’re looking across the wide expanse of summer holidays and wondering what the future holds.

Daily TV Mass is filmed at Loretto Abbey in Toronto and is available through various channels, including its website.

Broadcasts ‘a port in the storm’

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The ratings for the Daily TV Mass are sure to decline in the near future, and Deacon Michael Walsh is OK with that.

“Recovery efforts must support the transition to a more equitable, sustainable and diversified economy, and not entrench outdated economic and social systems that jeopardize the health and wellbeing of people, worsen the climate crisis or perpetuate the exploitation or oppression of people.”

‘Just Recovery’ looking past the pandemic

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OTTAWA -- More than 150 organizations, including Catholic and other religious groups, have united to support six “Principles for a Just Recovery” which they hope will influence what Canada will look like after COVID-19.

A man crosses a flooded street in Kolkata, India, May 21, 2020, after Cyclone Amphan made its landfall. Following the cyclone, incessant rain and floods have forced hundreds of thousands of people to move to safer places in eastern India's Assam state.

Rain, flooding compound problems for state in eastern India

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GUWAHATI, India -- Incessant rain and floods have forced hundreds of thousands of people to move to safer places in eastern India's Assam state, adding to the misery brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and a mid-May cyclone.

Liliane Tavares de Moura, 44, a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Manaus, Brazil, delivers a protective mask to a resident in one of the city’s slums.

Church on frontline of pandemic

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In the poorer corners of the globe — in refugee camps, slums and Indigenous communities — the Church is emerging as a critical line of defence against COVID-19.

Fr. Frank Morrisey

Fr. Morrisey a leading light in canon law

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One of the greatest canon law scholars in Canadian history has died. Fr. Frank Morrisey of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, canon law professor, consultant to bishops and religious orders around the world, died May 23 in Ottawa at the age of 84.

Deacon Robert Lavanco of Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church prays with Krystyna Kopacki in New York City on May 24. President Donald Trump declared places of worship “essential” May 22.

Trump pushes to open houses of worship

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WASHINGTON -- Saying America needs “more prayer, not less,” President Donald Trump has declared houses of worship “essential” and directed the country’s governors “to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now, this weekend.”

Bishop Mark Hagemoen distributes communion at the end of Mass May 24 at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon, the first weekend of phasing-in the resumption of public celebration of Mass in the diocese.

Churches take first steps in re-opening

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It was like a new beginning for Fr. Geoffrey Young and clergy in the Diocese of Saskatoon.

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