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Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast lays hands on Fr. Jim Tilley of Oshawa, Ont., one of four men ordained to serve as priests in the Anglican Ordinariate.

Ordinariate ‘instrument’ of unity

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OTTAWA - Former Anglicans who convert to Catholicism must be a bridge to Christian unity and a force for true ecumenism, said the leader of North America’s Anglican ordinariate as four former Anglican priests were ordained to the Catholic priesthood.

Citizens for Public Justice executive director Joe Gunn.

Poor under government radar

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OTTAWA - With the Dec. 10 release of the House of Commons Finance Committee Dec. 10 report on income inequality, Citizens for Public Justice says it is clear that Canada’s poor are not on the radar with the government.

Assumption University, one of Canada’s oldest Catholic universities, has sold its building to the University of Windsor. It’s not the end of the school however, says Fr. Tom Rosica, the school’s president and vice chancellor. It will be a change of direction for the school, he said.

Assumption shifts its focus to chaplaincy

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One of Canada’s oldest Catholic universities is claiming it has gained a new lease on life by selling its buildings.

Pope Benedict XVI leads a closing session of the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization at the Vatican in 2012. The Vatican has asked bishops around the world to consult with the laity on the next synod, on family life, scheduled for October 2014.

Online ‘pastoral conversation’ off to slow start

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Updated - 12/20/13

Less than 20 per cent of Canadian dioceses are using their web sites to consult the laity in advance of next year’s extraordinary synod on the family.

Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi has been appointed the new apostolic nuncio to Canada.

Vatican names Italian as new nuncio to Canada

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OTTAWA - Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi has been appointed the new apostolic nuncio to Canada, the Vatican announced today.

CPJ executive director Joe Gunn

Poor not on government radar, Citizens for Public Justice says

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OTTAWA - With the release of the House of Commons Finance Committee Dec. 10 report on income inequality, it is clear to Citizens for Public Justice that Canada's poor are not on the radar with the government.

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet

Pope reconfirms Cardinal Ouellet to lead bishops' congregation

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VATICAN CITY - Nine months after his election, Pope Francis has reconfirmed Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, seen as one of the most powerful offices of the Roman Curia, and expanded the international membership of the congregation.

Dominican Father Claudio Monge believes Turkey’s secular example should be mirrored by the rest of the Muslim world.

Turkey’s unity rooted in secularism

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TORONTO - It may sound strange to Catholics who look at Quebec’s Charter of Values and shake their heads over secularism run amok, but in 2010 the world’s Catholic bishops and Pope Benedict XVI came to the conclusion the only hope for beleaguered Christians in the Middle East is secularism — secularism combined with democracy.

Dr. Irene Ying

Palliative care consultancy centred on patient’s need

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TORONTO - Getting referred to Dr. Irene Ying can be scary for patients. Ying calls herself a palliative care consultant.

Pope Francis greets representatives of the International Union of Superiors General in Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 8. The Pope has signalled a willingness to open the doors to a greater role for women in the Church.

Women like what they hear from Pope Francis

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At the Catholic Women’s League there’s plenty of excitement about what Pope Francis has been saying about women.

An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft flies over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, May 14.

Canada not on board with investigating legality of drones

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Canada is rejecting a Vatican call for the United Nations to take a closer look at the ethics and legality of drone warfare, The Catholic Register has learned.

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