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Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ont., has for years been producing graduates well-versed in the Catholic faith, but it is also gaining a reputation for producing priests and religious.

Ontario Catholic college a vocations’ breeding ground

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Nine priests. Four professed religious sisters. Four seminarians. Three novitiates. Two transitional deacons. One sister poised to profess her final vows.

Providence Hospital in Kingston, Ont., has hired a MAiD proponent as its interim head of palliative care.

Providence palliative director a MAiD provider

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The appointment of a Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) provider as Interim Clinical Director of Palliative Care at a Catholic hospital in Ontario has provoked renewed concern about the future of Catholic health care in Canada.

An offering is seen at the site of the former Brandon Indian Residential School in the wake of thousands of alleged unmarked graves found at former residential schools across Canada in 2001. Calgary Bishop Emeritus Fred Henry has challenged his brother bishops to demand proof of the thousands of residential school children alleged to have gone missing in the Indian residential school system.

Bishop demands ‘proof’ for missing children claims

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As he lay in a Calgary hospital bed in late July, retired Bishop Fred Henry summoned the energy to publicly break the silence around what he considers the prevailing “lie” about missing Indian residential school children.

Archbishop Marcel Gervais is pictured in a 2004 file photo.

Ottawa Archbishop Emeritus Gervais dies at 91

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Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais, who shepherded the bilingual diocese covering Canada’s capital from 1989 to 2007, died Aug. 6, Ottawa-Cornwall Archbishop Emeritus Terrence Prendergast announced in an Instagram post.

The historic St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S..

Future preserved for historic Acadian church in Nova Scotia

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A deconsecrated Catholic Church in Digby County, N.S., facing the grim prospect of demolition for months has been afforded a new lease on life.

MAiD really isn't a medical issue, suggests Dr. Sephora Tang, a council member with the Ontario Psychiatric Association. For most people, the reasons they want to end their lives boil down to existential questions imposed by loneliness, sadness or depression. They need a friend to lean on. It's a problem that doesn't have a medial solution.

Anti-MAiD forces ‘need to tell better stories’

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A Christian think tank is spinning a hopeful narrative for MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) legislation expansion in Canada. 

With artificial intelligence here to stay, including within the Church, questions abound as to whether mankind will be surpassed.

Of bots and men: AI and the Church

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In the brave new world of artificial intelligence, many have raised questions and voiced fears about AI’s potential to surpass human intelligence and bypass human agency.

Members of the Montreal delegation prepare for their journey to World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, which runs Aug. 2-6.

WYD pilgrims challenged to be seekers

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Less than 24 hours before her departure for Portugal on July 13, Isabel Correa, national coordinator for the Canadian delegation to World Youth Day (WYD), appeared to exemplify something of the Biblical verse that is the theme for this year’s pilgrimage, “Mary arose and went with haste.”

CNEWA’s Adriana Bara (fourth from right), Msgr. Peter Vaccari and Anna Dombrovska (second from right) visit volunteers packing supplies as part of the Food Boxes for Ukraine initiative.

Ukraine humanitarian needs grow

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As the war in Ukraine approaches its 18th month with no end in sight, the humanitarian needs are greater than ever in the war-devastated country, says Anna Dombrovska, Ukraine program coordinator for the pontifical charity Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA).

‘Religious women’ have more kids, study shows

‘Religious women’ have more kids, study shows

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Strong and active faith in God helps put more religious Canadian women in the family way, says a new report from think tank Cardus.

Peterborough priest facing sex charges

Peterborough priest facing sex charges

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A 33-year-old Catholic priest is charged with sexual assault and sexual interference with a minor as a result of an investigation by Peterborough Police Service’s Sexual Offences Unit.

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