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Students in an ESL class at St. Andrew's Catholic Elementary School in Toronto.

Special education, mental health funding given helpful boost in Ontario public schools

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A pre-election $625 million injection of cash into Ontario’s education system has put a smile on the faces of Catholic school trustees as they anticipate more help dealing with mental health issues in the student body and the spiralling costs of educating special needs students.
The Carmelite sisters run an orphanage for albino children in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Albinos’ plight sends Canadian into action

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ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Abandoned. Beaten. Ostracized. Dismembered. Children in Tanzania with albinism face rejection and brutal attacks due to local superstitions about their condition.

Levi and Kaitlyn Breederland with their young family.

For converts, Easter brings sense of relief

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EDMONTON – Levi Breederland and his wife Kaitlyn feel a strong sense of relief as they approach Easter — after months of preparation they will finally be received into the Catholic Church.
A letter from Liberal MP John McKay (left) has surfaced in which he called the attestation a “regrettable error.” Liberal MP Scott Simms (right) was the only MP to vote for the Conservative motion March 19 that would have lifted the attestation.

No sign Liberals will budge on Summer Jobs attestation despite continuing protest

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OTTAWA – The Liberal government shows no sign of budging from requiring the pro-abortion Canada Summer Jobs attestation, despite pleas from faith leaders and news of a second Liberal MP breaking ranks.

Taylor Hyatt of Not Dead Yet and Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition made the rounds of various MP offices the last week of March to raise concerns about the possible expansion of the euthanasia law while there are not adequate regulations in place for the present law.

Pro-life, disability rights activists take euthanasia concerns to MPs

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OTTAWA – Euthanasia opponents and disability rights activists are uneasy about a process to liberalize Canada’s euthanasia law — a law which they say still lacks regulations and proper safeguards.

Chief Bellegarde wants an opportunity to impress upon the Pope how an apology could help foster healing and reconciliation.

First Nations not giving up on Pope Francis apology

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OTTAWA –  Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde wants a face-to-face meeting to ask Pope Francis to reconsider his rejection of a call to come to Canada to issue a formal apology to Indigenous peoples.

Pope Francis meets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a private audience in 2017 at the Vatican.

Pope Francis not coming to Canada to apologize for residential schools

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Pope Francis won’t be coming to Canada to personally apologize for the suffering endured by Indigenous Canadians at residential schools, a decision that has prompted disappointment from several corners, including the prime minister.

A child sleeps in a tent April 4, 2017, at a shelter for people left homeless after mudslides in Mocoa, Colombia. Caritas Colombia is working with international and national agencies to assess needs and generate a plan for the thousands of families left homeless.

Halton Catholic School Board to support only Catholic charities

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A new mandate from trustees of the Halton Catholic District School Board to allow its schools to give donations only to a specific list of charities that uphold Catholic values sets it apart from other nearby Catholic school boards.

Scott Hayward, president and co-founder of the pro-life lobby group It Starts Right Now, sees a big positive growing out of the attestation controversy for opponents of the government’s policy.

Critics pounce on summer jobs attestation backlash

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OTTAWA – The government’s resolve to plow ahead with its pro-abortion Canada Summer Jobs attestation is turning into a boon for free-speech advocates and pro-life groups, says a political organizer.

Fr. John McCarthy, in his lecture at Regis College March 21, displays a tree core sample he found in New Brunswick that handily demonstrates the Jesuit principle of finding God in all things. McCarthy is a lichenologist and ecologist who also is chaplain at the University of British Columbia.

Science, faith are a perfect fit in Jesuit’s life

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Jesuits have a long tradition in science and there’s a good reason for that, says Jesuit lichenologist and ecologist Fr. John McCarthy.

Archbishop Durocher’s address was titled “Echo Chamber or Megaphone? The Church in Canada and the Prophetic Voice of Pope Francis.” It kicked off “Love Your Neighbour,” an exhibition at the St. Michael’s College Kelly Library until June 8.

Archbishop Durocher: Church must adapt to changing times

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It’s a new era in the Church and therefore a new era for the Church’s social teaching, says Archbishop Paul-André Durocher.

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