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A Marian order priest on the cusp of returning to Canada within a week was shot and killed in Haiti's capital April 25.

BOSTON - I was in the foyer of the House of Commons when I learned of the Boston Marathon bombings. Knowing my brother Mike and his wife Sally had friends running, I immediately called his home. Sally said Mike had been shooting video of runners raising money for charity and had called her from near the finish line. “His voice was high. He said: ‘There’s been an explosion. I’m okay. I gotta go.’ ”

TORONTO - The Meera family have endured two wars, ethnic cleansing, religious persecution and a lot of bureaucracy, but with the help of a Catholic parish in Brampton, Ont., the six Iraqi Christian refugees have fought their way into Canada.

CONCORD, ONT. - The Loretto Sisters have a special place in their institute for the Jesuits.

Twenty-five women will walk from Montreal to the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa at the end of month to remind Canadians that abortion has had no legal restrictions in this country for the past quarter century.

OTTAWA - Alissa Golob got involved in pro-life activism the old-fashioned way — through snail mail.

TORONTO - The Canadian bishops’ development agency is running an experiment with about 16 high school students, hoping to discover a new way to grow the movement for global solidarity in Canada.

OTTAWA - The May 9 National March for Life in Ottawa puts the spotlight on sex-selective abortion and the gendercide of girls.

OTTAWA - The House of Commons Finance Committee has begun its study of rising income inequality in Canada, holding its first of four hearings April 16.

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa has decided to abandon his gendercide Motion-408 and replace it with a bill to protect sexual abuse victims.