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Pope Francis greets crowds from the popemobile at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, 2015.

Donors helping cover papal visit costs

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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has turned to a wide variety of donors to help it with the $15-million cost for hosting Pope Francis in Canada.

Rita Means, tribal council representative with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, holds a smoking bowl during a smudge ceremony at the Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina in Rome in this Oct. 18, 2019, file photo. A Canadian priest helping prepare for Pope Francis' visit to Canada said gestures such as the smudge ceremony or facing the four directions to pray show sensitivity to Indigenous culture and are not contrary to the Catholic faith.

Indigenous priest shares practices that will be part of Pope Francis' Canada trip

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When Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize to Indigenous communities for the way the Catholic Church joined efforts to uproot them from their traditional culture and spirituality, their traditions will be on full display.

Pope Francis greets crowds from the popemobile at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, 2015.

Papal Mass tickets pulled from resale site

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Scalpers have pounced on the potential of Pope Francis’ visit to Canada, but at least one ticket reseller has just said no.

People receive bags of relief grains at a camp for the internally displaced people in Adadle, Ethiopia, Jan. 22, 2022.

Development and Peace targeting hunger with matching fund

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In a hungry world, Development and Peace is giving Canadian Catholics a chance to save lives. Using its partnership with Canadian Food Grains Bank, Canada’s Catholic development agency is taking advantage of an Ottawa matching fund to get money and the food it can buy to starving people.

The addition to the Jobin family farm house in Barry’s Bay, Ont., has finally been completed, which will allow the family to live together under one roof again. The family had been living in two separate homes, one a rental that allowed the family’s youngest, Marie Ange, below, who was born with brain damage, to live in a temperature-controlled environment.

Family finally reunited under one roof

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After years of being separated due to the health-care needs of their youngest child, the Jobin family is finally reunited under one roof.

A 75th anniversary banner hangs from Ottawa’s Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church.

Welcoming strangers for 75 years and beyond

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Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Ottawa is celebrating 75 years as a parish this year, but its legacy as a welcoming place goes back a lot further.

Fr. J.A. Turcotte, O.M.I.

Priest innocent of abuse still has name shamed

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A Catholic priest falsely accused of sexual assault on children at an Alberta residential school will not get his name returned to the school that bore his legacy since it was founded in 1969.

A Men’s Shed is a place where senior men can come together and work with their hands, improving emotional health.

Cure for men’s loneliness? Take ‘em to the shed

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Catholic Family Services of Simcoe County is targeting loneliness, isolation and depression in senior men through an innovative program that improves their mental health and well-being.

The papal visit statue procession began at the Canadian National Marian Shrine in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Que., on June 22.

Marian movement launches papal visit procession

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Dennis Girard hopes the Marian Devotional Movement’s prayerful Papal Visit Pilgrim Statue Procession — and a 54-day Novena launched May 31 —  will bless Pope Francis’ mission of healing and reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples.

Newman Theological College in Edmonton will be hosting Pope Francis during his tour of Canada July 24-29.

‘A beautiful moment’ for Newman College

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Newman Theological College in Edmonton, has been abuzz for weeks as it prepares to host Pope Francis during his pastoral visit to Canada from July 24-29.

A protest at Vancouver City Hall in 2016 over the lack of enforcement of prostitution legislation.

Prostitution report slammed

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Parliament’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights is being blasted by anti-prostitution groups in Canada after releasing a report that concludes Canada’s current anti-prostitution law does more harm than good.

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