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Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad Ahmadabadi, an Islamic scholar, answers reporters' questions in Rome Oct. 14, 2010, before giving a presentation at the Vatican.

Iranian cleric pleads with Pope Francis to help end U.S. sanctions

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VATICAN CITY -- Citing the increasing loss of lives to COVID-19 and a lack of medical resources, an Iranian cleric has urged Pope Francis to do what he can to help get U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted.

The Pontifical North American College on the Janiculum Hill overlooking St. Peter's Square.

North American College decides to send all its seminarians home

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ROME -- With more than half of its seminarians already back in the United States, the Pontifical North American College in Rome is sending its students home.

Salt + Light’s website is the hub for streaming its many programs.

Salt + Light takes aim at web world

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Cord-cutting Canadians who are cancelling cable TV services are a conundrum Canada’s Catholic TV service hopes to conquer.

Left to right: Amanda Adamson, Renae Regehr and Kenzi Dirks, founders of Care for Women.

Moms build a 'village' of mentorship for postpartum moms

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VANCOUVER -- It may take a village to raise a child, but Abbotsford mom Renae Regehr recently found herself wondering: what happens when parents don’t have a village to turn to?

St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto.

A gift for the (medieval) ages...

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Like many bright, young undergraduates, Tony Comper startedwith an ambitious course load last fall, but found he had to back off as the year wore on. 

Auxiliary Bishop Michael Gielen of Auckland, New Zealand, poses with his father, Deacon Henk Gielen, after his episcopal ordination Mass March 7.

Deacon dad and his son … the new bishop

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- In a first for New Zealand, a permanent deacon participated in the episcopal ordination Mass of his son.

Group claims physicians being ‘bullied’

Group claims physicians being ‘bullied’

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OTTAWA -- An anti-euthanasia doctors group claims health workers are being “bullied” into providing assisted suicide.

A bulletin over a ShareLife poster notifies parishioners of the cancellation of Masses.

Closures put pressure on major campaigns

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The global pandemic that threatens lives is also bad news for Church finances — with Toronto’s ShareLife and the national Share Lent campaigns thrown into uncertainty by school closures and Mass cancellations.

The graveyard at the Eyam Parish church is filled with victims of the plague.

England’s ‘plague village’ offers lesson in humanity

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Greater love has no one than to lay their life down for their friends, said Jesus. 

The Good Friday procession through the streets of Toronto’s Little Italy has been a tradition since the 1950s.

Toronto Good Friday procession cancelled in wake of COVID-19

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The annual Good Friday procession through downtown Toronto streets is another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A nurse speaks with patients at the door of a new COVID-19 clinic opening at Mount Barker Hospital in Adelaide, Australia, March 17, 2020.

Australian bishops begin canceling Masses to contain COVID-19

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SYDNEY -- Catholic dioceses in Australia began canceling Masses as the government limited indoor gatherings to fewer than 100 people in mid-March in an effort to contain COVID-19.

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