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Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo fondly recalled his childhood encounters with missionaries.
Plan B put in place to save heritage Acadian church
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA 32-day campaign to raise funds to save the historic, deconsecrated St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S., has fallen more than $2 million short of its intended target.
Campaign Life demands school boards remove Pride flag
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn the first harsh blast of summer heat, just over a dozen protesters gathered in the shade of the Archdiocese of Toronto offices on Yonge Street June 1, prayed the rosary and demanded that Archbishop Francis Leo remove from Catholic school boards and Catholic health care institutions their right to call themselves Catholic if they continue flying Pride flags.
Historic former Montreal monastery destroyed by fire
By Anna FarrowA massive fire that began on the afternoon of May 25 and burned for two days inflicted extensive damage to a historic former monastery in Montreal that itself once provided shelter for those left homeless after the Great Fire in 1852.
Montreal class action to divide $15 million between victims
By Anna FarrowMore than 60 victims of sexual assault by clergy in the Archdiocese of Montreal, and their lawyers, will be poised June 9 to divide up a collective settlement approaching $15 million.
Arson claims historic Alberta church
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterTwo High Prairie, Alta., men are facing charges of arson and break and enter to commit theft after fire destroyed St. Bernard Church, built in 1901, in Grouard, Alta., on May 22.
York Catholic school board won’t fly Pride flag
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterBy a vote of 6-4, the York Catholic District School Board voted against raising the Pride flag at the Catholic Education Centre in Aurora, Ont., for the month of June.
Solidarity fund takes aim at Ethiopia’s needs
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCOVID, plus civil war and years of crippling drought, have dimmed the prospects for democracy in Ethiopia, made the lives of hundreds of thousands of refugees more difficult, devastated the country’s basic social infrastructure of schools, hospitals, clinics and social services.
Exploring Pope Francis’ legacy
By Nicholas Elbers, Canadian Catholic NewsA forum on Pope Francis’ papacy from a Canadian context posed tough questions while also maintaining a celebratory mood as speakers from around the world gathered at St. Mark’s College to examine the significance of Francis’ pontificate.
