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Haitian National Police patrol outside the College Marie-Anne in Port-au-Prince Jan. 22, 2024, days after six nuns were kidnapped by armed men while sisters were traveling on a bus. The nuns who were abducted, along with other passengers are members of the Sisters of St. Anne, the congregation that runs the College Marie-Anne.

Haiti bishops appeal for release of religious sisters kidnapped by suspected gang members

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The bishops of Haiti appealed for the release of six women religious who were kidnapped Jan. 19 in a country mired in crisis because of gang violence.

Representatives of international victims' initiatives demonstrate in Rome Sept. 28, 2023, holding protest posters, including one that reads, "Fernández must go!" and another that says, "Fernández: No friend to victims." Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández is prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Cardinal Zen calls for resignation of doctrinal prefect after 'Fiducia Supplicans'

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After authorizing blessings for homosexual couples, the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, is facing backlash from multiple national churches and certain clerics across the globe.

Josh Alexander

Josh Alexander takes next step to quash school suspension

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The legal fight continues for Josh Alexander, the 17-year-old who has been suspended from St. Joseph’s High School in Pembroke, Ont., since November 2022.

One woman crusade has outsized influence on federal government

One woman crusade has outsized influence on federal government

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Joyce Arthur and her Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) convinced the Trudeau government to kick pro-life organizations out of the Canada Summer Jobs program seven years ago.

Rallies for Palestine across Canada have regularly turned into outright anti-Semitic forums.

Archdiocese fights rise in anti-Semitism

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In the face of rising anti-Semitism stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, the Archdiocese of Toronto is providing resources in support of the Jewish community.

A Palestinian is carried into Nasser Hospital Jan. 22, 2024, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip who was wounded in an Israeli airstrike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Jerusalem church official: Gaza situation 'extremely catastrophic'

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The situation in the Gaza Strip is "extremely catastrophic," and people are dying not only from violence but from preventable illnesses, said the CEO of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

People take a wounded man to a hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2023, after gangs took over their neighborhood Carrefour-Feuilles. Vatican News reported Jan. 19, 2024, that armed men in Port-au-Prince took over a bus and kidnapped at least six nuns and others who were on the bus. The gunmen, who drove off with them to an unknown destination, were not immediately identified but authorities suspected they were gang members.

Armed men kidnap 6 nuns, others in Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince

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Six nuns from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne were kidnapped Jan. 19 while traveling on a bus in the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the Haitian Conference of Religious.

Montreal marks diocesan service with annual Bourget Awards

Montreal marks diocesan service with annual Bourget Awards

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After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Archdiocese of Montreal announced the recipients of the Bourget awards for diocesan service, singling out four individuals and two groups.

Our Lady of the Cape is blessed by Bishop J. Fred Colli at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Thunder Bay, Ont., in 2022.

Our Lady of the Cape to hit world stage

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Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que.’s Our Lady of the Cape Marian statue will be a lady of the hour at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis this summer.

Rev. Dr. Karen Petersen Finch

Ecumenism can thrive in laity’s hands: prof

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Rev. Karen Petersen Finch is aiming to empower Christians to become knowledgeable and confident communicators of faith through a series of ecumenical lectures in Saskatchewan on Jan. 24 and 25.

Students from King’s University College’s Community Support Centre work out of the Salvation Army’s London Centre of Hope.

Homeless crisis spurs King’s initiative expansion

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In the face of a nation gripped with a rising homeless crisis, King’s University College Community Support Centre has expanded its program to ensure it can continue to meet the needs of the most vulnerable people in the community.

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