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Parishioners taking part in an outdoor Mass kneel on the frozen ground of the parking lot at Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal.

Cold air Masses bring faithful together

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Fr. Emanuel Zetino snapped the photograph that has been striking an emotional chord with Canadian Catholic social media users in recent weeks.

Three-year-old Marie-Ange Jobin and with mother Carole. The family has begun construction on an addition to its Barry’s Bay, Ont., farmhouse to provide a temperature-controlled environment for Marie-Ange, who has brain damage from a lack of oxygen during birth.

Family aims to bring its angel home

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The Jobin family, parents Marc and Carole and their nine children, have many dreams, but the greatest right now is to unite the entire family under one roof.

The discovery of unmarked graves across Canada last year led to renewed calls for healing and reconciliation.

Evading Church role harms reconciliation

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Repeated comments from bishops, priests and highly placed Catholics minimizing damage caused by the residential school system risk torpedoing efforts at reconciliation, warns a high-profile Indigenous scholar and former judge.

Catholic donors have taken to the digital world to support their parishes and charities throughout the pandemic.

Rise in digital donations a pandemic ‘blessing’

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The pandemic has brought unprecedented reliance on the digital world to the forefront, and the Catholic Church has not been exempt.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault.

Outdoor Mass circumvents Quebec church restrictions

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In the weeks since Quebec’s indoor Mass ban took effect, some Catholics are making do by embracing the outdoor religious celebrations available to them.

Catholic health feeling pandemic pain

Catholic health feeling pandemic pain

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Omicron has spiralled into a crisis for health-care workers — a crisis of physical, mental and spiritual exhaustion.

Jesuit Fr. Tony Van Hee carries a sign decrying laws against free speech near an abortion facility in downtown Ottawa in October 2018. He was arrested and charged with violating Ontario’s “bubble-zone” law. The federal government passed a similar law that goes into effect Jan. 16.

‘Bubble-zone’ law comes into effect

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Pro-lifers are sounding the alarm about the new “bubble-zone” laws that become active Jan. 16, 30 days since Bill C-3 attained royal assent. 

Architect seeks church partners to shelter homeless in tiny homes

Architect seeks church partners to shelter homeless in tiny homes

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Toronto architect and planner John van Nostrand has over his 40-year career built tiny home communities around the world and is hoping something similar can be brought to Toronto to house the city’s homeless.

Toronto archdiocese updates COVID protocols

Toronto archdiocese updates COVID protocols

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The Archdiocese of Toronto, recognizing the contagiousness of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, has issued new guidelines to parishes to help stem its spread.

Ted Byfield, right, with Jonathon Van Maren. Mr. Byfield passed away before Christmas at age 93.

An ‘unwavering voice of Christian conviction’

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Ted Byfield was laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in Edmonton Dec. 31, the Alberta flag draping the casket symbolizing his decades-long devotion to the province and role in its history.

Sr. Gisele Goguen, left, and Sr. Juliet Onuoha prepare an order of communion hosts for a parish.

Making Communion hosts stays true to sisters’ adoration of Eucharist

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Producing communion bread has been an integral part of the ministry of the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood in Canada for over 100 years, but just how the hosts are made remains a mystery to many.

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