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Family and friends mourn Danielle, 25, and Noam, 26, an Israeli couple who were killed in a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza as they attended a festival, as they are buried next to each other during their funeral in Kiryat Tivon, Israel, Oct. 12, 2023.

Israeli families missing loved ones wait for proof of life; patriarch appeals for prayer, fasting

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Just before the children in her kindergarten class went on vacation for the Jewish Sukkot Festival, Romina Shvalb, 42, a kindergarten teacher in the quiet Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz near the Gaza border, had baked challah -- the braided sweet bread Jews traditionally eat on the Sabbath and holidays -- with the children.

An aerial view shows restoration work under way this summer at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Notre Dame rebuild a ‘sign of hope for everyone,’ rector says

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A man shouts slogans at the first 1 Million March 4 Children in Calgary Sept. 20. A second nationwide rally is planned for Oct. 21.

Parental rights march returning

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While proponents on either side will debate just how many people were drawn to last month’s 1 Million March 4 Children, the one thing that is clear is the nationwide demonstrations have got people talking.

Refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan ride in a truck upon their arrival at the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, Sept. 27. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians, most of them Christian, are fleeing the enclave Armenians call Artsakh following a defeat by surrounding Azerbaijan forces.

Fear of erasure fuels Artsakh exodus

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In a chilling reminder of the Nazi blitzkrieg that ripped through Europe in the 1940s, Azerbaijan, with a lightning military offensive on Sept. 19, dealt a fatal blow to Artsakh (also called Nagorno Karabakh), a disputed territory within its boundaries, sending almost all of its 120,000 Christian Armenians into forced exile.

People mourn at the graveside of Eden Guez during her funeral in Ashkelon, Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. She was killed while attending a festival that was attacked by Hamas gunmen from Gaza.

Pilgrims pray as Israeli families mourn loved ones

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Pilgrims who were in Israel following a surprise terrorist attack by Hamas terrorists against civilian communities in southern Israel Oct. 7 lit candles and said prayers of peace at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as fighting continued in southern Israel.

A building in Tel Aviv, Israel, is ablaze following rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas militants breached Israeli security along the Gaza border and sent a barrage of over 2,000 rockets that reached into Jerusalem and Tel Aviv areas, resulting in hundreds dead and hundreds more injured.

Hamas attack a catastrophe of 'biblical dimensions,' says Israeli ambassador

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The shock of the surprise attack by Hamas militants on Israel, in which hundreds were killed, wounded or kidnapped, has left a traumatic mark on Israeli citizens, said the country’s ambassador to the Vatican.

Palestinian militants ride an Israeli military vehicle that was seized by gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel, in the northern Gaza Strip Oct. 7, 2023.

Jerusalem church leaders call for peace following deadly Hamas attack

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Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem united in a call for peace and justice amid unfolding violence, following a surprise attack by Hamas in southern Israel, which has left over 700 Israelis dead, among them civilians and dozens of soldiers and police who were killed battling the Hamas fighters. Over 2,000 people were injured. Israeli media said that more than 250 bodies had been recovered from the site of the music festival that was attacked by Hamas fighters on Oct. 7 in southern Israel.

St. Thomas More, said Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller, exemplified “the perennial question of the relationship between what is owed to Caesar and what is owed to God.”

Archbishop Miller calls for robust religious freedom

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Speaking to Catholic lawyers at this year’s Red Mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral, Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller emphasized the need for a broader understanding of religious freedom in Canada, challenging the nation to uphold its reputation for “healthy secularism.”

Students from Brescia University College rally to save the women’s university which is slated to become fully integrated into Western University next year.

Students, staff ‘blindsided’ by Brescia merger

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Over 300 undergraduates and faculty assembled at the Save Brescia Rally on Sept. 27 to protest Canada’s only women’s university fully integrating into Western University in May 2024 after years of being an affiliated college.

Dr. Holly Ordway delivers a Faith & Reason talk on J.R.R. Tolkien at Toronto’s Newman Centre Sept. 27.

Tolkien’s Middle Earth shaped by his Catholicism

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Eager eyes and willing ears filled the room as Lord of the Rings aficionados thronged to the University of Toronto’s Newman Centre to discuss hobbits, elves and all things Tolkien.

Conservative MP Ed Fast

MP Ed Fast’s Bill C-314 gains some NDP support

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Conservative MP Ed Fast said he feels his bill to stop the expansion of MAiD (medical assistance in dying) to the mentally ill is gaining support across the country, and even within the House of Commons chambers.

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