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TORONTO - Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto capped off its centenary celebrations with a special Sunday afternoon Mass at St. Paul’s Basilica.

OTTAWA - Pro-life groups have commended the Stephen Harper government for holding the line and not funding abortions in the Third World.

OTTAWA - Defund Abortion rallies organized by Campaign Life Coalitionyouth in Ontario since 2011 have gone national.

First Nations students at Assumption College School in Brantford, Ont., are being encouraged to embrace their native tongue by enrolling in new native language courses.

TORONTO - Several Toronto Catholics, including Redemptorist Father Paul Hansen, have joined an international organization that seeks to open the Vatican corridors of power beyond the clergy.

OTTAWA - Two prominent Quebec organizations hoping to block the province’s euthanasia Bill 52 submitted forceful briefs to the Health and Social Services committee seeking public input on the bill.

SAINTE-ADELE, QUE. - In his final address to Canada’s Catholic bishops Sept. 23, the papal nuncio told the bishops Pope Francis was giving them “a powerful lesson on the qualities that should characterize the episcopal ministry.”

Pope Francis’ warning about overemphasizing Church teaching on abortion and other social doctrines is no cause for Canada’s pro-life movement to change its tactics or rethink its priorities, say veteran pro-life campaigners.

VAUGHAN, ONT. - Four days after a deadly suicide attack on the historic All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, more than 200 Pakistani Canadians descended on Pakistan’s remote consulate located in suburban Vaughan to protest against the brutality and send a clear message to the Pakistani government.

OTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) has published a booklet warning that yoga, meditation, Reiki and other activities of the New Age movement are dangerous.