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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures at a news conference after the first Cabinet meeting at Moncloa Palace in Madrid Jan. 14, 2020.

Marxist communism reborn in Spain, cardinal says

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VALENCIA, Spain -- A Spanish cardinal warned Catholics that their country is on the verge of a communist revival.

Palestinians run for cover from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest along a beach in the Gaza Strip.

Bishops confront ‘complex’ issue

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JERUSALEM -- Finding solutions to the situation in Gaza is a complicated task, said Archbishop Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg, Man.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops' conference, gives the homily during Mass at a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019. A six-person committee charged with reviewing church governance and management is expected to present Australia's bishops with a plan to overhaul the management of the church in the country.

Committee to recommend Australian bishops give laity certain controls

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YANGON, Myanmar -- A six-person committee charged with reviewing church governance and management is expected to present Australia's bishops with a plan to overhaul the management of the church in the country.

The government of Quebec is about to scratch its ethics and religious culture curriculum that replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.

Quebec to take ethics, religious culture out of school curriculum

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QUEBEC CITY -- The government of Quebec is about to eliminate its Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum, which replaced catechesis in schools in 2008.

Government launches consultation on assisted suicide

Government launches consultation on assisted suicide

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OTTAWA -- As the federal government launches a public consultation on laws governing assisted suicide, opponents are calling any move to expand the practice proof of the slippery slope they have long predicted.

People partake in a solemn vigil Jan. 13 for seven students from York Region north of Toronto who were among the 176 killed when Iran mistakenly shot down a passenger plane.

Community shares in the grief over Ukrainian airline victims

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A solemn vigil for seven students  — including a Catholic high school student and an adult studying English at a Catholic school — began with two students singing the haunting words of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sounds of Silence,” and for the most part it was an evening of silence as hundreds gathered to remember the young lives cut short Jan. 8 by the downing of a Ukrainian airliner over the skies of Tehran, Iran.

Ontario Catholic teachers plan one-day strike Jan. 21

Ontario Catholic teachers plan one-day strike Jan. 21

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Ontario’s Catholic teachers will be holding a province-wide one-day strike Jan. 21.

In this 2017 file photo, former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington is pictured in Baltimore, Md.

McCarrick moves from Franciscan friary to new location

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WASHINGTON -- Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal who was laicized by the Vatican in 2019 after numerous claims of abuse by him were substantiated, moved Jan. 3 from the Capuchin Franciscan friary in Kansas where he had been living since late 2018.

Myka Kollmann helps recovering drug addicts at Luke 15 House.

Student pulls back curtain on addiction

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VANCOUVER -- When Myka Kollmann isn’t buried in textbooks at the University of British Columbia, she can often be found playing games with, running errands for, and laughing with recovering drug addicts at Luke 15 House.

Pictured is a blank page from a traditional baptismal register. The French bishops approved a reformulation of baptismal certificates to remove gender references for parents, so the church complies with equality laws.

French bishops approve removal of gendered terms from baptism certificates

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OXFORD, England -- The French bishops' permanent council has approved a recommendation to remove gender references for parents on baptismal certificates.

John Longhurst, a columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press.

Winnipeg Free Press partners with faith communities to put religion back in the news

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Whether Canada’s faith life is hidden, secret or just ignored, it represents a rich vein of news for any enterprising journalist, as far as Winnipeg Free Press columnist John Longhurst is concerned. 

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