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Archbishop Guy Desrochers has helped the Archdiocese of Moncton right its financial ship.

Moncton back from financial abyss

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Benefitting from over seven months of hindsight, Archbishop Guy Desrochers considers it auspicious that the first liturgical reading he heard in late June upon accepting his appointment to the Archdiocese of Moncton was God calling Abram — later Abraham — to set forth to a new land bravely.

Tim James and his wife Adeline, both Catholics, met while braving the harrowing waters of online dating, eventually marrying.

Catholic seeking Catholic: the online reality

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If you’d like to date, and meet, a Catholic man or woman, don’t expect TV shows to help. While platforms like Netflix offer shows such as Jewish Matchmaking, there aren’t any Catholic counterparts.

Belleville, Ont., declared an emergency after 23 overdoses in a single day in early February. The drug crisis has hit small communities across Canada.

Parish lends a hand with Belleville’s drug crisis

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St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Belleville, Ont., is just a short walk from where a spate of Feb. 6-7 drug overdoses provoked Mayor Neil Ellis to issue a state of emergency for the small town in Eastern Ontario.

David Rolfe, a British documentary film producer, speaks Feb. 8 at a news conference hosted by the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., to announce a $1 million challenge prize to anyone who can recreate the Shroud of Turin using only tools and techniques from the 13th and 14th century.

$1 million to replicate Shroud of Turin

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Are you looking to make an easy $1 million? All you have to do is recreate a photographic negative image of an apparently crucified man on a 14-foot-by-3-foot piece of linen. And it has to have holographic features, so that when it is rendered as a three-dimensional profile based on the intensity of the shading, it should produce an accurately contoured 3-D image of a human form.

Vote to put brakes on expanded MAiD expected this week

Vote to put brakes on expanded MAiD expected this week

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The federal government established a pathway for Bill C-62 — the legislation that, if passed by Parliament before March 17, will halt the expansion of Canada’s euthanasia regime for at least two years — to likely progress through the House of Commons before the end of Feb. 15. 

Fire damage is seen to Blessed Sacrament Parish in downtown Regina, SK. A suspected arsonist attacked the parish Feb. 9, 2024.

Suspected arsonist damages Regina parish

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A suspected arson struck at Blessed Sacrament Parish in downtown Regina Feb. 9.

Argentine President Javier Milei gives Pope Francis a folder with a copy of a handwritten letter from 1854 accrediting Juan Bautista Alberdi as Argentina's representative in Europe during a private audience at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2024.

Argentine president meets with Pope Francis at Vatican

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Months after throwing verbal jabs at Pope Francis along the campaign train, Argentine President Javier Milei brought smiles and cookies to the Vatican for his highly anticipated meeting with the pope Feb. 12.

Helping hands get an early start at Guelph schools

Helping hands get an early start at Guelph schools

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Ongoing social justice initiatives by students from Guelph, Ont.’s St. John Catholic School are helping those in need in their community. 

Good Shepherd to provide homeless a Super Bowl feast

Good Shepherd to provide homeless a Super Bowl feast

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An ongoing collaboration between the Rabba Roots community program and Good Shepherd Ministries will see the eighth annual dinner event on Super Bowl Sunday, providing upwards of 100 overnight shelter guests with hot gameday-style meals and a night of sports entertainment. 

Art education is an element of the upcoming support program for trafficking victims at St. Mary of Egypt Refuge in Madoc, Ont.

Retreat aims to empower trafficking survivors

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St. Mary of Egypt Refuge is embarking on the third year of its commitment to provide comfort and support for survivors of sex trafficking.

The Benincasas, Carmine and Gilda, alongside daughter Theresa Franco and her husband Frank. The Benincasas are marking their 70th anniversary this year, while the Francos will mark their 50th anniversary.

Love, faith key to 70 years of marriage

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For Gilda and Carmine Benincasa, their love story began inside a school in their Italian homeland. 

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