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Catholic parents, particularly those from the smaller French-language boards, fear more funding cuts are on the way.

Catholic parents fearing the worst in education cuts

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Catholic parents fear the massive March 15 education cuts are just the opening salvo of a campaign to fold Ontario’s Catholic schools into a unified public system, while French Catholic trustees are warning of much deeper cuts to come.

Deacon Pete Schumacher with a VP-8 image analyzing machine at his Shroud of Turin museum.

A close encounter with the Shroud of Turin

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VANCOUVER – When Deacon Pete Schumacher began working in image processing and remote sensing — a technology that analyzes images from X-rays, satellites or the ocean floor — he had no idea it would lead him to a personal encounter with Jesus.

Laurie Eberhardt, who is running the Windsor 40 Days for Life campaign, standing outside the entrance to Windsor Regional Hospital.

Windsor hospital in bubble zone battle

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WINDSOR, ONT. – Windsor Regional Hospital could be the first hospital in Ontario, perhaps Canada, to successfully apply for a 150-metre restriction on anti-abortion protests or vigils.

David Anderson has served the Saskatchewan riding of Cypress Hills-Grasslands since 2000. He announced this month that he won’t be seeking a seventh term in Parliament.

David Anderson steps down from federal politics after carrying religious freedom torch

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OTTAWA – David Anderson had been a popular Conservative MP in Saskatchewan for more than a decade when an assassination half a world away inspired him to pick up the torch for religious freedom.

St. Theodore Roman Catholic School in rural Saskatchewan is at the centre of a court case that could impact Catholic school funding.

Saskatchewan Catholic board looking to overturn school funding decision

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Catholic educators in Saskatchewan are “cautiously optimistic” that two days of hearings in a Regina courtroom will lead to the overturning of a 2017 ruling that threatened the existence of Catholic schools in the province.

Leona Huggins told her story of abuse to a symposium at the University of St. Michael’s College on the University of Toronto campus.

Abuse victim looks for a Church that ‘tries to shed the wall’

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Leona Huggins keeps telling her story — even though it’s unpleasant and she’s tired of talking about it. 

Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled his 2019 federal budget March 19, which included some extra money for the Security Infrastructure Program that offer grants to 'community gathering spaces' such as churches.

Federal budget includes increased funding for protection of churches

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OTTAWA - Houses of worship are receiving an extra measure of security in Canada’s federal budget.

“Our Church will always be a mixed community of holiness and sin,” said Brain Flanagan, author of Stumbling in Holiness, said at the March 14-15 symposium on abuse in Toronto.

Abuse crisis a chance to change ‘future of our Church’

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American author and theologian Brian Flanagan believes it is natural that victims of sexual abuse remain suspicious of the Church.

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast called the status of the partnership review “the elephant in the room.”

A year later, cloud remains over Development and Peace funding

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The status of Development and Peace as a Catholic charity in good standing hangs in limbo with no end in sight to a year-old review of some of the agency’s partnership agreements.

Hundreds of Torontonians turned up at Nathan Phillips Square on March 15 in response to the New Zealand shooting.

New Zealand attack hits close to home for Canadian bishops

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OTTAWA —The horrific murder of 50 Muslims at prayer at two New Zealand mosques March 15 hit close to home because of a similar attack in 2017 on Muslims at prayer at a Quebec City mosque.

Natalie and Isabella Bruno.

Mother-daughter bond continues to blossom and grow

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Natalie and Isabella Bruno are two ladies that any woman would be lucky to have in their corner. This mother-daughter duo are best friends who have grown in faith together, and on March 22 they hope to help other mothers and daughters do the same.

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