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Taylor Dallin, a 2019-2020 TCDSB student trustee discussed the gender issue debate with Kyle Iannuzzi, a former student trustee.

Revisions recommended in board’s code language

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A heated gender debate at the Toronto Catholic District School Board took a new twist Oct. 30 when a committee recommended revising the board’s code of conduct to replace government classifications of discrimination with wording compatible with Church teaching.

Syrian refugees hold Canadian flags in a welcome service in 2015 at a church in Toronto. Statistics show a dramatic shift in the number of government-assisted refugees versus private sponsorships.

Do your ‘fair share,’ government told

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Churches and volunteer associations who sponsor refugees are calling on the federal government to shoulder a fairer share of the burden.

Fr. Tony Van Hee, who will receive the Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life, continues to protest outside the bubble zone in downtown Ottawa.

Protesting priest earns award for advocacy

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The Catholic Civil Rights League is honouring an 84-year-old priest who for three decades has been a visible presence in the nation’s capital for his opposition to abortion.

Pope Francis celebrates the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2019.

Priestly ordination should be decided by entire Church, says bishop

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Any decision on married priests should begin with a global synod of bishops, rather than a regional assembly like the synod on the Amazon, said the past president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire Oct. 25, 2019, in Canyon Country near Los Angeles. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is providing support to the communities affected by the fires through Catholic Charities of Los Angeles and local parishes and schools.

Getty Fire impacts a Catholic university, schools and retired sisters

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WASHINGTON -- The Getty Fire that began whipping through mountain communities west of Los Angeles during the early hours of Oct. 28 caused the closure of several local Catholic schools, the evacuation of students and staff at Mount St. Mary's University and a call for the retired sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet to shelter in place.

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Oct. 26, 2019, at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. Biden attended morning Mass Oct. 27 at St. Anthony Church in Florence and was refused Communion by the pastor, Father Robert E. Morey, over Biden's support for legal abortion.

Biden denied Communion at Mass during campaign stop in South Carolina

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FLORENCE, S.C. -- Former Vice President Joe Biden attended the 9 a.m. Mass at St. Anthony Church Oct. 27 and when he presented himself to receive the Eucharist was refused by the pastor.

Anti-government demonstrators protest in Hong Kong Oct. 27, 2019. As protests pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not "cockroaches or dogs."

Hong Kong bishop reminds listeners that protesters are human

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HONG KONG -- As demonstrations pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not "cockroaches or dogs."

A Dongfeng-41 intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles group formation is seen Oct. 1, 2019, during the 70th anniversary celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, called on global leaders to work to rid the world of nuclear weapons in a series of addresses in October.

Vatican's U.N. rep pushes for world action to eliminate nuclear weapons

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UNITED NATIONS -- Expressing concern that arms control treaties are "abrogated and flouted," the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations called on global leaders to work to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

A Philippine army member inspects damage inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel following a bomb blast in Jolo Jan. 27, 2019. The explosion, just before morning Mass, killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens of others.

Report: Mideast Christians might not recover from persecution

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Christianity is disappearing from towns and cities in parts of the Middle East, warns a new report from the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need.

The Empuerto family: Eldrizah, Mark and Mira Cleo.

‘Little miracles’ live on

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VANCOUVER -- Eldrizah Empuerto was shocked and trembling when she found out she was pregnant in the fall of 2001.

Presentation Manor residents are entertained during the grand opening of the facility.

Unique retirement home for religious and lay people officially opens

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The Presentation Manor dream caught Sr. Joan Missiaen of Our Lady’s Missionaries a bit by surprise.

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