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Benedict Rogers’ faith defines his human rights activism, he said, which focuses squarely on East Asia and China, where above, posters of President Xi Jinping hang on the wall of churches.

Faith inspires fight for religious freedom

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As defined by the Merriam and Webster dictionary, a crusader is someone “who makes an impassioned and sustained effort to bring about social or political change.”

Celebrating our elders

Celebrating our elders

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If St. Clare’s Parish in Toronto’s Corso Italia neighbourhood didn’t put on coffee and bingo for seniors every other Thursday morning, Vicenza Divizio would miss it.

Participants in the first Loretto Sisters’ walking tour gather in front of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.

Tour connects dots between early Toronto, Loretto Sisters

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The Loretto Sisters’ pioneering legacy in Toronto’s early beginnings has come alive in a new citywide walking tour.

A statue of St. John Paul II is seen outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital June 8, 2023, where Pope Francis is staying in the papal suite on the top floor after undergoing surgery to treat a hernia June 7, 2023. Because of his frequent visits over his three-decade pontificate, the Polish pope affectionately called the hospital "the third Vatican" after his second "home" at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome.

Pope Francis doing well after abdominal surgery, asks for continued prayers

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Among the many messages Pope Francis has been getting over the course of his first full day recovering from abdominal surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital, his favorite, so far, was a large card from a Peruvian family he met during his last hospital stay.

Chart gets to ‘meat’ of the settlement in abuse cases

Chart gets to ‘meat’ of the settlement in abuse cases

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What is the price of an abusive kiss by a predatory priest? How much should an unwanted fondle fetch to serve justice to the victim? Ask the class-action lawyers.

Smoke from a wildfire near Barrington Lake in Nova Scotia fills the skies. Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop Brian Dunn said the archdiocese will continue to support those affected and a special litany prayer was composed for those affected by the fires.

Prayers continue as Nova Scotia fires contained

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As Nova Scotians received a welcome dose of good news on June 5 that the overall wildfire situation across the province has been contained and many of the evacuees were authorized to return to their homes, the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth continued to call for prayer for those affected.

The now closed and demolished Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Nfld.

St. John’s settlement appears near

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Survivors of abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, and by clergy from the Archdiocese of St. John’s through the years, are poised to receive a financial settlement from the archdiocese by the end of the year.

New Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Italy, greets guests prior to a consistory for the creation of 13 new cardinals by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis will never give up hope for peace, says papal envoy back from Ukraine

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When it comes to peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis is not giving up hope, said Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the papal envoy recently returned from the war-torn nation.

Saskatoon school board vandalized in Pride protest

Saskatoon school board vandalized in Pride protest

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The Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ (GSCS) downtown office was vandalized May 29 following the leaking of an internal email asking principals to avoid the “Rainbow Tent” at a children’s festival.

Suspect seen at the scene of a suspected arson at St. Mary's Cathedral, Calgary, May 19, 2023.

Suspect sought in Calgary cathedral fire

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The Calgary Police Service (CPS) is on the hunt for a man who deliberately started a fire and assaulted two men at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Calgary.

Members of the media are seen outside of Rome's Gemelli hospital March 30, 2023.

Pope Francis to undergo surgery for hernia, expected to remain in hospital

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Pope Francis was scheduled to undergo surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital June 7 to treat a hernia that had developed at an incision of a previous operation, the Vatican said.

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