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Christian faith leaders across the country agree that “there’s something happening in that 18- to 34-year-old cohort,” says Father Deacon Andrew Bennett.

‘Something’s happening’ as young seek truth

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When it comes to supporting Catholic education, the audience that came to hear Father Deacon Andrew Bennett’s fundraising talk for Catholic Pacific College was as committed as it gets.

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa, Congo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2023.

Not appropriate to bless same-sex couples in Africa, bishops say

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Reaffirming their fidelity to the pope and the Gospel, Catholic bishops in Africa have released a common response to a recent Vatican declaration, saying they "generally prefer" not to offer blessings to same-sex couples.

Thousands gather in Sydney for Cardinal Pell's memorial Mass

Thousands gather in Sydney for Cardinal Pell's memorial Mass

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Thousands gathered at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in memory of a man they loved for his vision and "big heart" a year after his death in Rome.

Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick wears a mask during arraignment at Dedham District Court in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 3, 2021. Facing charges that he had molested a 16-year-old boy in 1974, the case was dismissed, the judge ruling that McCarrick no longer has the cognitive capacity to stand trial. On Jan. 10, 2024, a judge in Wisconsin suspended a similar case.

Wisconsin judge suspends criminal case against McCarrick

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A Wisconsin judge has suspended a criminal case against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick Jan. 10, citing incompetency. McCarrick had been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for abuse that allegedly took place in 1977.

Alberta Catholic trustee appeals dismissal

Alberta Catholic trustee appeals dismissal

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An Alberta school trustee who lost her position for an Aug. 27 social media post comparing the LGBT community to Nazi Germany is appealing her dismissal.

Father Leszek Gesiak, spokesman of the Polish bishops' conference, left, is seen at a Jan. 9, 2024, press conference in Warsaw with university professors explaining church financing and taxation of clergy. The newly installed Polish government coalition, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, said it would abolish a state Church Fund as part of its reforms. Church leaders said Jan. 9 they were not contacted by the government to discuss such a move and they needed to clarify "often inaccurate information on church financing or taxation of clergy."

Poland's bishops pledge dialogue with new government; others see conflict ahead for church

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Poland's bishops have pledged dialogue with their country's new liberal government, but leading Catholics warned that government plans for rapid secularizing change could spark conflict as the ruling coalition plans to limit religious classes in public schools and abolish the state Church Fund.

Support for pro-life efforts excludes groups from receiving Canada Summer Jobs grants, yet abortion support does not.

Summer job grants flow to abortion groups

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Canada Summer Jobs applicants who fail to toe the federal government’s ideological line on abortion and related issues remain out of the running for grants under the hire-a-student program.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is pictured in a March 25, 2022, photo.

'No' to same-sex blessings, say two Eastern Catholic bishops

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The apostolic administrator of Toronto’s Byzantine Catholic Eparchy has joined with a Ukrainian archbishop in rejecting a controversial Vatican document on pastoral blessings for same-sex couples and other unmarried couples.

Discipleship Formation Program students in St. Malo, Man., construct a Nativity scene.

Reborn discipleship program aims to grow

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The Catholic School of Evangelization’s (CSE) Discipleship Formation Program (DFP) is experiencing a rebirth in St. Malo, Man.

Sr. Monique Bourget has since her teen years always wished to help the poor. She is doing that now as a doctor in the African nation of Benin, running community health programs.

‘I really wanted to touch poverty’

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A chance meeting with young Guatamalan boy fueled Sr. Bourget’s desire to serve the poor.

Teenage model Annika Van Vliet with father Troy and mother Lisa.

Model more than a smile and pretty face

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Watching Annika Van Vliet sit between her parents in their South Surrey, B.C., home, it’s hard to believe the 15-year-old has walked a fashion runway in Paris and had her photo featured on the billboards of Times Square. 

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