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Josh Alexander

Suspended Catholic school student fights for standing

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It appears that James Kitchen will have to wait until nearly the end of the summer to substantively challenge the suspension of St. Joseph’s High School student Josh Alexander in provincial court.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, papal envoy to Ukraine, gestures during a meeting in Kyiv with Ukraine's parliamentary commissioner for human rights, Dmytro Lubinets on June 5, 2023.

Papal envoy meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv

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Pope Francis' peace envoy to Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, was finishing his two-day visit to Ukraine June 6. He met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid breaking news of the destruction of a critical dam and hydroelectric power plant along the front lines in southern Ukraine that Zelenskyy blamed on "Russian terrorists." The Russian side accused Ukrainian forces of blowing up the dam. Ukraine accused Russians of committing what it called "ecocide."

Sculptor Timothy Shmalz unveiled his latest creation, The Dante Gardens, at Toronto’s University of St. Michael’s College May 25. It’s an ode to Dante Aligheri’s 'The Divine Comedy'.

Sculptor, cardinal tout Dante’s power

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If you ask Toronto’s retired archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins or celebrated Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz to discuss the legacy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), they will likely wax poetic about the famous Catholic Italian poet, writer and philosopher.

Steubenville Atlantic will be welcoming young pilgrims again this year with the aim of offering teens refuge in Christ and the Church.

Steubenville Atlantic opens to new generation

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This year’s Steubenville Atlantic Youth Conference is forecast to resonate with the daily struggles of teen life.

Toronto’s Archbishop Francis Leo, the new Apostolic Chancellor of Catholic Missions In Canada, speaks during a special luncheon May 25 following CMIC’s annual St. Philip Neri Mass.

Archbishop Leo toasts CMIC for 115 years of service

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Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo fondly recalled his childhood encounters with missionaries.

A local group has gone to plan B to try and save St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S.

Plan B put in place to save heritage Acadian church

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A 32-day campaign to raise funds to save the historic, deconsecrated St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S., has fallen more than $2 million short of its intended target.

Protesters gather outside the offices of the Archdiocese of Toronto, June 1, 2023, demanding that Archbishop Leo remove Catholic institutions' right to call themselves Catholic if they continue to fly the Pride flag.

Campaign Life demands school boards remove Pride flag

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In the first harsh blast of summer heat, just over a dozen protesters gathered in the shade of the Archdiocese of Toronto offices on Yonge Street June 1, prayed the rosary and demanded that Archbishop Francis Leo remove from Catholic school boards and Catholic health care institutions their right to call themselves Catholic if they continue flying Pride flags.

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams throws to the plate in the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium May 29, 2023. Williams, known for his devout Catholic faith and prominent tattoos, expressed his disappointment with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to re-invite and honour controversial group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Ballplayers criticize Dodgers’ plan to honour controversial drag group

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams, known for his devout Catholic faith and prominent tattoos, expressed his disappointment with the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to re-invite and honour a controversial group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

The Monastere du Bon-Pasteur in Montreal. The structure suffered a major fire, May 25, 2023, and was extensively damaged.

Historic former Montreal monastery destroyed by fire

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A massive fire that began on the afternoon of May 25 and burned for two days inflicted extensive damage to a historic former monastery in Montreal that itself once provided shelter for those left homeless after the Great Fire in 1852.

Montreal class action to divide $15 million between victims

Montreal class action to divide $15 million between victims

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More than 60 victims of sexual assault by clergy in the Archdiocese of Montreal, and their lawyers, will be poised June 9 to divide up a collective settlement approaching $15 million.

This is all that remains of historic St. Bernard Church in Grouard, Alta. Two men from High Prairie, Alta., have been charged with setting the blaze.

Arson claims historic Alberta church

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Two High Prairie, Alta., men are facing charges of arson and break and enter to commit theft after fire destroyed St. Bernard Church, built in 1901, in Grouard, Alta., on May 22.

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