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The Russian takeover of Crimea led to Christian families and priests fleeing the area, said Andrew Bennett, Canada's religious freedom ambassador at a fundraising breakfast for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association May 29.

Russia fomenting religious division in Ukraine, religious freedom ambassador says

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OTTAWA - Canada's Religious Freedom Ambassador Andrew Bennett has blasted Russian efforts to foment religious division in Ukraine.

Citizens for Public Justice called for a carbon tax as the most effective way of taxing pollution. The tax can be used as credits to benefit low income people, families, businesses and the development of green technologies.

CPJ puts positive spin on taxes as way to promote common good

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OTTAWA - Social justice think tank Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) has issued a report that puts a positive spin on taxes as a way to reduce poverty and clean up the environment.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher

Canada’s Catholic bishops want in on euthanasia debate

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OTTAWA - Archbishop Paul-André Durocher has written the Justice Minister requesting that Canada’s Catholic bishops be included in consultations regarding assisted suicide legislation.

Fr. Guy Chapdelaine has been appointed Chaplain General of the Canadian military. He assumes the post in August.

Military’s new top chaplain to go on recruiting drive

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The Canadian military’s first Roman Catholic Chaplain General in a decade says his top priority is to recruit more chaplains.

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.

St. Andrew’s Church in Oakville, Ont., celebrates its 175th anniversary this year.

All in the family at St. Andrew’s for seven generations

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Over its 175 years, St. Andrew’s Church in Oakville, Ont., has played an important role in many families’ histories. Terry Murphy-Johnson’s family has a connection to the parish that goes back 163 years.

Police lead away one of about six half naked women who tried to disrupt the National March for Life in Ottawa May 14.

Topless protesters disrupt rally as 25,000 march for life in Ottawa

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OTTAWA - About a half dozen half naked women tried to disrupt the National March for Life here May 14, disrobing and screaming while pro-life politicians addressed thousands on Parliament Hill.

Register, Coren part ways

Register, Coren part ways

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The Catholic Register and Michael Coren are parting ways after the award-winning columnist confirmed that he has joined the Anglican Church.

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast

Archbishop Prendergast calls for support for a culture of life

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OTTAWA - As the federal government prepares to begin consultations in order to draft euthanasia and assisted suicide legislation, the archbishop of Ottawa issued a pastoral letter that called on people to support a culture of life.

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association released a position paper agreeing that there is institutional bias against pro-lifers on university campuses in the province.

Civil liberties’ group onside with campus pro-lifers

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TORONTO - Pro-life groups at Ontario universities have gained an influential ally in their fight for free speech on campus.
The Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA) released a position paper on April 29 opposing “the evident statutory and institutional bias that exists in Ontario against the free-expression rights of pro-life campaigners.”

Hundreds of Yezidis took to Toronto streets last summer to call attention to the plight of minorities under Islamic State rule.

Catholics join efforts to save Yezidi

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TORONTO - For Ghina Al-Sewaidi — lawyer, Muslim and Iraqi-Canadian — the correct word to describe Islamic State attacks on Yezidi and Mandaean people is genocide. The correct response is to sponsor the survivors through Canada’s refugee system.

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