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Christian persecution gains notice from Prince Charles, Catholic group

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MANCHESTER, England - The heir to the British throne suggested that Islamic leaders must speak out against the persecution of Christians by Muslims if they are to guarantee freedom within their own countries.

Brittany Maynard is pictured with husband Dan Diaz in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters Nov. 3. The 29-year-old woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer ended her life Nov. 1 in Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide is legal. Ma ynard's decision was praised by assisted suicide advocates, but pro-life leaders called it a tragedy.

Vatican ethicist: No dignity in Brittany Maynard’s physician-assisted death

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican’s top ethicist condemned Brittany Maynard’s decision to end her life, saying there was no dignity in her physician-assisted death.

Retired Anglican Archbishop of Toronto Terrence Finlay models Bishop Charles Henry Brent’s Cope, given to him in 1920 by the people of France for his service with the American Expeditionary Forces during the last year of the First World War. The elaborate liturgical garment has been restored by the Needleworkers Guild of Toronto.

Exhibition honours chaplains’ service during conflict

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TORONTO - For the first time in Canadian history, the men and women who ventured into war unarmed, carrying a holy book, ready to listen to and serve soldiers in distress are being remembered with a museum exhibition.

Andrew Bennett

Religious freedom office can make a difference

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TORONTO - Despite a tiny budget and a microscopic staff buried deep within the bureaucracy of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canadian Ambassador for Religious Freedom Andrew Bennett insists his efforts to promote religious freedom around the world can make a real difference over time.

Canadian bishops mark 50th anniversary of decree on ecumenism

Canadian bishops mark 50th anniversary of decree on ecumenism

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OTTAWA - Canada's Catholic bishops examine the church's connection with other Christian churches in a document marking the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's decree on ecumenism.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York presides at an August Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The Archdiocese of New York announced it will close more than 30 by August 2015 as part of a reorganization initiative that will merge 116 parishes i nto 56.

NY archdiocese, one of the world’s grandest, shrinks

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NEW YORK - The Archdiocese of New York, with the second-largest Catholic population in the country and an unparalleled place in U.S. Church history, is shrinking: Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Nov. 2 announced that nearly a third of the archdiocese’s 368 parishes would be merging, and some would close.

Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon's assisted suicide law, ended her life Nov. 1.

Woman's suicide called tragedy, symbol of 'culture of death' in U.S.

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PORTLAND, Ore. - Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon's assisted suicide law, ended her life Nov. 1. She was 29 years old.

Visitors look at historic costumes worn by actors of several theater companies to represent some of the plays by British playwright William Shakespeare during July's Almagro's Classical Theatre Festival in Almagro, Spain. New historical research suggests that Shakespeare was a secret Catholic at a time when the faith faced persecution in England.

Experts, historians explore Shakespeare's Catholic sympathies

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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England - Inside this town's recently refurbished Royal Shakespeare Theater, a massed audience, banked on three floors, gazes attentively out over a wide, brightly lit stage.

Pope Francis kisses the hand of a woman during a ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem May 26.

Remembering the Holocaust after the survivors are gone

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As aging Holocaust survivors gathered at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to celebrate its 20th anniversary last year, a question hung in the air: How will the world remember the Holocaust — the Nazis’ systematic murder of six million Jews —  when the last survivors are gone?

Fr. Stan Chu Ilo (right) in Nsukka, Nigeria, at a June 2014 training session organized by Canadian Samaritans for Africa on how to manage micro-financing for a multi-purpose, agricultural co-op group for women who receive an interest free start up loan.

Helping African women with the ‘Power of We’

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For Fr. Stan Chu Ilo, the fight to help African women escape the “unacceptable conditions” in which they live is personal. 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper greets the crowd at the Schwartz/Reisman Community Centre prior to announcing new measures to help make life more affordable for Canadian families.

Income-splitting for Canadian families welcomed by family groups

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OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced new measures to help families keep more of their earnings in their own pockets.

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