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Saint Paul University theology professor Catherine Clifford.

Ecumenism needs to get more pastoral

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TORONTO - Fifty years on, it’s time for the ecumenical movement to take on a more pastoral mission and worry less about trying to untie the knots of history and theology, Saint Paul University theology professor Catherine Clifford told a small gathering of bishops, clergy and lay people in Toronto commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism.

Islamic State fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in this June 11 file photo.

Jesuit based in Syria urges caution as Canada debates military action

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OTTAWA, Ontario - As Canada debated joining the United States and other nations in military intervention to stop Islamic State militants, a Jesuit priest based in Syria urged caution and called for renewed efforts to find peace.

Cardinal Thomas Collins blesses the Cardinal Collins High School Academic Centre.

Edmonton school named after Collins

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EDMONTON - With a wide smile on his face, Cardinal Thomas Collins cut the red ribbon declaring the new Cardinal Collins High School Academic Centre officially open. 

Cardinal Thomas Collins speaks at the May launch of the Family of Faith campaign, which has surpassed $40 million in donations to date.

Donations a ‘tremendous witness’

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The Archdiocese of Toronto’s $105-million fundraising campaign has surpassed $40 million in donations and pledges, due in large part to almost $700,000 contributed personally by clergy.

Elizabeth Crouchman, president and chair of New Brunswick Right to Life.

East coast pro-lifers to continue despite new government

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New Brunswick’s pro-life community plans to use the recent election of a pro-abortion Liberal government to reenergize efforts “to stand up for what is right.”

Hundreds participate in Ottawa’s first Freedom Walk to highlight efforts against human trafficking.

Hundreds join Ottawa’s inaugural Freedom Walk

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OTTAWA - Several hundred marchers participated in Ottawa’s first fundraising Freedom Walk Sept. 27 to raise awareness of the fight against human trafficking.

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was sent by the Vatican to investigate a U.S. bishop.

Ottawa archbishop investigates U.S. bishop

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OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was sent by the Vatican to investigate the bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, according to published reports. 

Matt Dineen, a teacher at an Ottawa Catholic high school, is calling on Canada’s bishops to help advance a national dementia strategy.

Bishops urged to support national dementia strategy

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OTTAWA - An Ottawa Catholic husband and father whose wife suffers a rare, early onset form of dementia is calling on Canada’s bishops to help advance a national dementia strategy. 

A man walks away with a bag of rice at a food distribution center. An Ipsos-Reid poll conducted in May found that 61 per cent of Canadians believe Canada should do more to help farmers int he developing world.

Poll: Canada should act to alleviate world hunger

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A third of the people in sub-Saharan Africa are chronically hungry. But, strangely, small-scale farmers, 80 per cent of them women, are the Africans most likely to come up short when trying to feed their families. 

Vicklyn Ebanes, 44, poses outside a small-scale gold mine she operates with her husband in the Diwalwal area on the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao. The Canadian government has objected to a UN resolution to advance rights of indigenous peoples.

Canada rejects UN resolution on native rights

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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops may have to re-fight a battle with the federal government over the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

Bishop emeritus Francis Sharma was the first bishop of Nepal. Nepal’s Jesuits use education to undermine the negative effects of the Hindu caste system.

Church grapples with caste system in Nepal

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Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma loves his title as emeritus bishop of Nepal. He loves it because it allows him to make a little joke at his own expense.

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