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As Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, began restricting Canadians in August from accessing and sharing news content on its platforms in response to Bill C-18, The Online News Act, it wasn’t only news organizations feeling the effect.
Judge dismisses criminal abuse charges against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick
By Damien Fisher, OSV NewsThe Massachusetts sex abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick fell apart Wednesday as all criminal charges were dismissed due to the disgraced former cleric being deemed no longer mentally competent.
After Russia remarks stir outrage, Vatican says pope never intended to 'glorify imperialist logic'
By Jonathan Luxmoore, OSV NewsRussian clergy and lay Catholics were "caught by surprise" by the pope's remarks in a video call Aug. 25 to a youth gathering in St. Petersburg praising the country's past empire and urging young people to "never give up this heritage."
Pope Francis, urging young Russians to be proud of their heritage, stirs controversy
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceThe head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said Ukrainians were shocked when Pope Francis told Russian Catholic youths to be proud of their heritage and cited two historic Russian leaders that, the archbishop said, are "the worst example of imperialism and extreme Russian nationalism."
Shrine welcomes, nourishes pilgrims
By John Wilson, Catholic Register SpecialAnyone who passes through the wooded hills surrounding Midland, Ont., will surely remember the stunning two-spired façade of Martyrs’ Shrine.
Gervais served diverse communities
By Susan KorahThe passing of Archbishop Emeritus Marcel André Joseph Gervais of Ottawa Aug. 6 brought to a close 65 years of faithful service to the Catholic Church and beyond.
Course looks to raise up next generation of Catholic journalists
By Laura IeraciA small team of Catholic journalists, most of them members of the Catholic Media Association, have launched a 12-week course aimed at raising up new journalists for the Catholic press.
Christian group sues Quebec over event cancellation
By Anna FarrowA Christian organization forced to cancel a 10-day prayer rally in Quebec City has filed a $200,000 lawsuit against the provincial government for material and moral damages and for violating its Charter rights.
Society of Jesus banned in Nicaragua
By David Agren, OSV NewsThe Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits' legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for the Society of Jesus to operate in the Central American country.
Loyola High School in Montreal opens to girls
By Anna FarrowThis autumn, when Loyola High School in Montreal opens its doors to welcome 50 young women to the incoming seventh-grade class, only two single-sex Jesuit secondary schools will remain in Canada.
No bodies discovered in Manitoba excavation
By Catholic Register StaffFourteen anomalies discovered by ground-penetrating radar in a Manitoba church basement are not human remains, an excavation has discovered.