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Franciscan University of Steubenville is seen in this undated photo. In response to the unprecedented economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ohio university announced April 21, 2020, it will cover the remainder of tuition costs, after scholarships and grants have been applied, for the fall 2020 semester for all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in its on-campus programs.

Franciscan University Steubenville to pay tuition costs for new students in fall

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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- In response to the unprecedented economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Franciscan University of Steubenville announced it will cover the remainder of tuition costs, after scholarships and grants have been applied, for the fall 2020 semester for all incoming full-time undergraduate students enrolled in its on-campus programs.

Local resident Dave Brown puts up a makeshift memorial for the community in Portapique, N.S.

A search for answers ... and healing

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With at least 22 victim deaths from the largest mass shooting in Canadian history, the people of Nova Scotia are looking for answers, for hope and for healing. 

Sr. Berta Laforest, left, and Sr. Yvette Rivard.

Two Antonian nuns die of COVID-19 in Quebec

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MONTREAL -- Two Antonian nuns from Chicoutimi, a borough of Saguenay, have died of COVID-19.

Volunteers for a local association, "Cittadini del Mondo," work to bring needed assistance to refugees and others living in an occupied building in Rome. The association is concerned 50 occupants recently testing positive for coronavirus may signal more cases to come.

Fears grow for health of refugees at a Rome settlement

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ROME -- Dozens of refugees sheltering in an abandoned office building have tested positive for the coronavirus, triggering concerns for the welfare of the hundreds more still living there in crowded and unsanitary conditions.

Pauline Books and Media, run by the Daughters of St. Paul, has been compelled by the challenging global situation to find creative ways to service customers.

Retailers look for silver lining in tough times

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Economic disruption due to COVID-19 has brought business to a near standstill for Catholic merchandise retailers across the Greater Toronto Area.

Gabriella Swan gets down to her studies at home.

Virtual classrooms a lesson in patience

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Gabriella Swan is coping well with her online classes. She finds online math classes harder, but the classes are shorter — 45 minutes as opposed to 75 in school.

Surveys point to bigger role of faith in crisis

Surveys point to bigger role of faith in crisis

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Canadians of faith are turning towards God more often to help them get through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Angus Reid survey.

The National March for Life will not be gathering on Parliament Hill this year, but events will continue online.

March for Life continues online

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OTTAWA -- The annual National March for Life planned for May 14 in the nation’s capital has been cancelled.

A priest blesses the coffin of a woman who died from COVID-19 in Seriate, Italy, March 28, 2020. The Italian bishops' conference is in discussion with Italy's Ministry of Internal Affairs about a resumption of public Masses, and especially of funerals.

Italian bishops in talks with government on post-lockdown liturgies

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ROME -- As the Italian government makes plans for a gradual return to normality after the COVID-19 pandemic, representatives of the country's bishops' conference are meeting with the Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss a resumption of public Masses and, especially, of funerals.

Prayer group a victim of ‘Zoom bombing’

Prayer group a victim of ‘Zoom bombing’

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VANCOUVER -- A peaceful spiritual event in Vancouver became a traumatizing one when at least a dozen people hijacked an online prayer group with shouting and obscene images.

Cardinal Thomas Collins walks up the aisle at an almost-empty St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica to open the broadcast of Easter Sunday Mass. The broadcast was viewed in more than 55,000 homes.

Canadians connect with Holy Week

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Across Canada, COVID-cloistered Canadians plugged in throughout Holy Week in big numbers to view Mass at home on TV and over the Internet.

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