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Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Catherines, ON

Tabernacle found after theft from St. Catharines cathedral

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom (CNA) -- The tabernacle that was stolen earlier this week from the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in St. Catharines, Ontario was recovered on Wednesday, September 9.

Alex Schadenberg

Assisted suicide can proceed, appeal court rules

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OTTAWA -- A Nova Scotia appeal court has cleared the way for an elderly Nova Scotia man to kill himself with the help of a doctor.

A memorial outside Msgr. Paul Dwyer Catholic High School in Oshawa, Ont., commemorates the Traynor family, four of whom were killed Sept. 4. Father Chris was a teacher at the school while daughter Adelaide was to enter Grade 10 this month. Other family members also attended the school.

Oshawa Catholics mourn slain family

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The small Catholic community in Oshawa has been left to wonder why it has lost four of its members while another clings to life after a Sept. 4 shooting in the city east of Toronto.

Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Catherines, ON

Tabernacle stolen from St. Catharines cathedral

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom (CNA) -- The Bishop of St. Catharines, Ontario is pleading for thieves to return the consecrated Host after the tabernacle was stolen from the St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral on Tuesday.

Lucio Abbruzzese, centre beside the bag, and the Street Patrol team prepare for another Wednesday evening ministering to the homeless. At right, a volunteer gives a food package to a man in need.

Street Patrol hasn’t taken pandemic hiatus

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With the needs of the less fortunate exasperated in so many ways by COVID-19, volunteers with the summer Street Patrol ministry have continued providing meals to those living on the streets of downtown Toronto.

Dr. Hilda Koster will teach in the University of St. Michael’s College’s faculty of theology this year, albeit from her home in Minnesota as classes go virtual.

Laudato Si’ key to prof’s eco-theology

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In a time and place where Christians, and especially Catholics, are at each other’s throats over basic truths about the world we’re living in, how we teach theology matters a great deal to the University of St. Michael’s College’s newest theology professor.

ShareLife gets a reboot

ShareLife gets a reboot

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The rapid proliferation of COVID-19 prevented ShareLife, the Archdiocese of Toronto’s annual charitable appeal, from launching its major parish fundraising campaign on the last weekend of March as intended. 

Firefighters respond to an Aug. 30 fire at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in Edmonton. No one was injured in the blaze and the cause is under investigation.

Edmonton vows to restore historic Indigenous parish

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EDMONTON -- The Archdiocese of Edmonton says it will do whatever it takes to restore Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples after a devastating fire Aug. 30 tore through the rear of the building.

Alex Schadenberg

Wife fighting husband’s bid for assisted suicide

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OTTAWA -- A legal battle between an elderly married couple in Nova Scotia over the husband’s wish to kill himself with medical aid has become a rallying cry for anti-euthanasia organizations in Canada.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Archdiocese of Vancouver claiming the archdiocese was “systematically negligent” in protecting parishioners from abusive priests.

Vancouver archdiocese ‘negligent’ on abuse, suit says

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VANCOUVER -- A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese of Vancouver claims the archdiocese was “systematically negligent” in protecting parishioners from abuse by clergy.

A group of Haitians wait to cross the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec from New York in late August. Advocates decried a Nov. 20 decision by Elaine Duke, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to end a program allowing 50,000 Haitian nationals to remain in the U.S. on July 22, 2019.

Advocates to keep up battle against refugee agreement

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The federal government’s decision to appeal a court ruling that puts an international refugee agreement with the United States at risk is disappointing but not surprising to refugee advocacy and church groups that have long sought to have the Safe Third Country Agreement scuttled.

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