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Dr. Collin-Vézina is the director of the McGill Centre for research on Children and Families. She is the only Canadian on an eight-member advisory board invited to Rome to work on a papal committee examining child abuse cases.

Church moving forward on sex abuse, but issues still to be resolved

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MONTREAL - The Roman Catholic Church is moving forward in the aftermath of the devastating child abuse crisis, yet a sense of helplessness around the issue still has to be resolved before the damage can be fully repaired, says a leading clinical psychologist and member of a papal committee examining child abuse.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the federal government will take its time in crafting a response to the Supreme Court striking down Canada’s laws against physician-assisted suicide.

Speculation mounts on response to euthanasia decision

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OTTAWA - With one year to come up with a solution after the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s laws against physician-assisted suicide, there are any number of options being bandied about on all spectrums of the political divide.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, wears a protective mask and holds a picture of Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang of Yixian Feb. 14 outside a government building in Hong Kong. Bishop Shi is said to have died under detention.

Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen seeks whereabouts of two bishops

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HONG KONG - Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, protested at the Chinese Liaison Office in the city and asked the whereabouts of Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang of Yixian, who was said to have died in detention.

In Nova Scotia, Antigonish bishop Joseph Dunn invited Catholics in his city to give comments for the upcoming 2015 Rome Synod on the Family.

More Canadian dioceses to put Synod questionnaire online

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Twenty of the 70 Catholic dioceses in Canada are using their web sites to ask Catholics for opinions about family life — questions that range from how the Church can welcome families with gay members to how economics and media are shaping family life.

General secretary Msgr. Patrick Powers said the responses in the CCCB's questionnaire will be kept private. The responses in the lineamenta are meant to be used by the bishops to share insights and pastoral experiences when they meet with the Pope, Powers said.

CCCB to keep Synod survey results private

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OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) released a revised set of questions Feb. 10 for the upcoming Synod on the Family, but maintain that the consultations’ results will stay private.

Egyptian Christians hold placards during a Feb. 16 protest in Cairo against what is said to be the killing of Coptic Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya. Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya Feb. 16, a day after the group there released a video showing what is said to be the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

Martyrs in Libya 'whispered' name of Jesus before death, bishop says

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VATICAN CITY - The 21 Coptic Christians who were beheaded by Islamic State militants died as martyrs, invoking the name of Jesus, said an Egyptian Catholic bishop.

Neighbors and friends of the relatives of Egyptian men said to be killed in Libya attend Mass at a church south of Cairo Feb. 16 and pray in front of a banner with pictures of the victims. Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya Feb. 16, a day after the group there released a video showing what is said to be the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

Pope seeks prayers for Egyptians beheaded by Islamic State

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called for prayers for the Egyptian Christians beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya and asked that God recognize these men killed for their faith.

A Coptic Christian woman cries during a prayer service at a church in Cairo May 8.

Coptic Christians increasingly feel endangered in Libya and Egypt

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CAIRO - The gruesome video released by militants from the Islamic State showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya has focused the world’s attention on the plight of Christians there and the government’s ability to respond.

Families of the 27 Egyptian Coptic Christians workers kidnapped in the Libyan city of Sirte, hold pictures of their kidnapped relatives in front of the U.N. office in Cairo January 19, 2015.

Pope Francis condemns Islamic State’s executions of Christians in Libya

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Monday (Feb. 16) denounced the brutal slayings of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya by militants linked to the Islamic State, saying “they were assassinated just for being Christian.”

Etobicoke North MP Kirsty Duncan greets Dee Gordon on Parliament Hill Jan. 29 at the end of her walk for autism.

Mother walks the walk for autism

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OTTAWA - Dee Gordon, a Catholic mother of three, walked to Ottawa from her home in Toronto in the dead of winter to raise awareness of the autism crisis.

“It was so incredible I was able to make this walk,” said Gordon in an interview from her home.

Some Christians object to the abortion link to vaccines, but it's a connection that is both clouded and complicated.

Vaccines and abortion? The links are cloudy and complicated

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WASHINGTON - With measles outbreaks in 14 states and health authorities imploring parents to weigh the minimal risks of vaccines against the ravages of preventable disease, some Christians are raising an objection of a completely different sort: the abortion connection.

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