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It was a full house in 2018 for Palm Sunday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Mississauga, Ont.

Holy Week takes months of preparation

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St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica is bursting at the seams during Holy Week.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition executive director Alex Schadenberg

Ontario’s assisted suicides up 78 per cent

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Ontario was home to 1,499 instances of assisted suicide last year, a 77.8-per-cent increase over 2017, according to numbers released by Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner.

The Boston family came from Orangeville, Ont., to protest education cuts at Queen’s Park. Though Sean and Sonia both teach in the public system, their kids Arianna, Liam and Ciara all go to St. Peter in Orangeville. The protest followed a student walkout the previous day at 700 schools.

‘Catholic system will be the next target’

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Starving Ontario’s school boards of money will eventually lead to the loss of Catholic education, protesters told The Catholic Register during a rally at Queen’s Park.

In the aftermath of the Humboldt tragedy, students at St. Monica’s School in Edmonton tied prayer sticks to the fence in the schoolyard, one of many memorials around the country.

A year later, it’s still ’Humboldt Strong’

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It’s been a year since a nation was united in grief, waking up early one spring Saturday morning to the news that a team of young men pursuing their hockey dreams was torn apart in a horrific crash that would claim 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos’ family and leave 13 others with various physical and emotional scars they will carry a lifetime.

Vlad Mamaradlo, a lay pastoral associate at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Thornhill, Ont., had some pointers for young people when talking about their faith.

Defending the faith starts with listening

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Young Catholics are being challenged with tough questions about their faith. Vlad Mamaradlo, lecturing on the practical world of apologetics, recalled a story of a woman who found herself in the middle of an abortion debate at work because a co-worker asked her why she was pro-life.

Fr. Hans Zollner addresses a symposium at Regis College March 28 on the scope of problems with children and online porn.

Church urged to take lead in protecting youth online

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Children are in danger and Jesuit Fr. Hans Zollner believes the Catholic Church is uniquely placed to protect them.

Archbishop Lépine (left) and Archbishop Miller (right)

‘We have to get to the bottom of this’: Archbishop Lépine

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The Archdiocese of Montreal and four smaller dioceses within its ecclesiastical province have enlisted a former judge to conduct an external audit of files on the sexual abuse of minors dating back to 1950.

Quebec’s Bill 21 puts religious freedom at risk

Quebec’s Bill 21 puts religious freedom at risk

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OTTAWA - In pursuit of a secular state, Quebec is wrong to limit religious freedom, said the president of Quebec’s assembly of bishops after the province tabled a controversial bill that will bar many provincial employees from wearing religious clothing and symbols on the job.

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast has offered a vote of confidence in Development and Peace with his plea for donations.

Archbishops give Development and Peace a ‘solidarity’ push

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Development and Peace is assuring donors a review of the practices of 52 partner agencies will end soon while two archbishops are going the extra mile to support the Catholic development agency.

Canadian Immaculate Conception Sister Marie-Paul Ross, pictured in this undated photo, has a Ph.D. in clinical sexology. Sister Ross said sexual immaturity and deviance are part of the sex abuse crisis the church faces.

Canadian nun, sexologist: Catholics must increase their sexual maturity

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QUEBEC CITY - A Canadian nun with a Ph.D. in clinical sexology said the sex abuse crisis in the church does not mean "the end of faith" but rather "the end of a lack of formation and the end of deviance," and a call to return to Jesus' message of love.

Crucifix won’t be back at Montreal’s City Hall after renovations.

Crucifix evicted from City Hall

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A crucifix that has hung on the wall of Montreal’s City Hall since 1937, reminding city officials to let God guide their decisions, will be taken down for a renovation project, never to be put back.

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