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Abigail Persaud, Faiza Haque, Nicole Posluszny and Jenna Langelaan held a news conference on May 28 as student representatives of the Girls Government program at Waterloo, Ont.’s Lester B. Pearson Public School and St. Luke’s Catholic Elementary School.

Program aims to include girls in politics

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TORONTO - The walls of the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen’s Park are engraved with the names of former legislators from the province’s past. Not many of these names are female. It’s something a group of girls from Waterloo, Ont., wants to change.

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast joins other Truth and Reconciliation Commission members to conclude the end of the report. Archbishop Prendergast acknowledged the harm that the residential schools had on native children.

TRC says Pope Francis should apologize for abuses at residential schools

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OTTAWA - Pope Francis should personally apologize to residential school survivors and their communities, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says in its final report.

Justice Murray Sinclair

The healing must begin now, Sinclair says

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OTTAWA - Now that the tragic history of Canada’s residential schools has been thoroughly documented, it’s time for healing, said Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

One of the key recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is that the history of Indian residential schools must be taught in Canadian schools.

Reconciliation must begin in the classrooms

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Catholic schools are ready for reconciliation, ready to equip the next generation with an honest history of Canada, but there’s work to be done.

Native and non-native Canadians walked from Parliament and Dundas Streets to Queen’s Park to mark the close of the five-year inquiry of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada May 31.

Reconciliation walk marks end to Truth and Reconciliation Commission mandate

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TORONTO - Close to 500 people, equal numbers of native and non-native Canadians, walked through a cold, constant rain in Toronto to urge reconciliation on Canada’s largest city.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission wraps up its inquiry into residential school abuses, but Canada still has a long way to go in reconciling with First Nations people.

Long way to go to First Nations’ reconciliation

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The truth is we’re not reconciled, even as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concludes its five-year inquiry into the legacy of 150 years of Indian residential schools with the release next week of its final report.

Romeo Maoine meets Pope John Paul II. Mr. Maoine was the first director of Development and Peace. He died May 12.

Romeo Maoine was a man of Catholic action

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Romeo Maione was all talk but it was glorious talk, talk that made things happen. Mr. Maione used every podium and platform he could find to make the Church real and alive in the world.

Fr. Scott McCaig

Priests need prayers to deal with disillusionment

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OTTAWA - Though a recent study shows most Catholic priests are happy in their vocations, they face many challenges that could lead some to become disillusioned.

Former Canadian senator Hugh Segal addresses the Faith in the City symposium earlier this month at Toronto City Hall.

Church voice will be heard to combat child poverty

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TORONTO - Former senator Hugh Segal is encouraging faith groups to use their collective voice to help put an end to child poverty in Canada.

Fr. Borna Puskaric of Croatia recently wrapped up media studies at Toronto’s Ryerson University.

Priest uses media training at Ryerson to improve Croatian Catholic news

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TORONTO - Fr. Borna Puskaric has a major project awaiting him when he returns to his home diocese of Zagreb, Croatia.

Fr. Jonathan Inskip is the Marian order's newest priest. He was ordained May 16 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kamloops, B.C.

Marian order ordains first Canadian after more than 300 years

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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - After more than 300 years in existence, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception are rejoicing at the ordination of their first Canadian priest.

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