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From left, Jason Nahanee, who carved the memorial statues, Barb Wyss, chair of the Eslahn Social Society who spearheaded the memorial project, and Deacon Rennie Nahanee, who worked with Wyss to plan the memorial and with the Archdiocese of Vancouver to have it placed on the property of St. Thomas More Regional Secondary, former site of St. Paul’s Indian Residential School.

Vandalized memorial brings communities together

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When a First Nations memorial at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School was vandalized in the winter, the incident could have provided more fuel for ongoing residential school tensions that have spread across Canada since last summer.

St. Pius X Church in St. John’s, Nfld., is one of four parishes that was sold at auction.

Four St. John’s churches sold in auction

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The Catholic Church presence in St. John’s, Nfld., is set to shrink significantly come autumn after at least four parish communities had their churches sold from underneath them to compensate Mount Cashel abuse victims, with possibly more to close.

The logo of the upcoming Papal visit to Canada: An Indigenous design with rich symbolism

The logo of the upcoming Papal visit to Canada: An Indigenous design with rich symbolism

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As its detailed program was launched on June 23, the Papal visit team unveiled the official logo of the Papal visit to Canada. The logo, which illustrates the Walking Together theme, is the work of an incredibly talented Indigenous artist, Shaun Vincent. 

Cardinal Michael Czerny speaks at the Development and Peace-Caritas Canada orientation assembly in Halifax.

D&P, and Church, must be on peripheries

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Development and Peace has new marching orders — new orders that are older than the Church.

A demonstrator in Washington, above, wears a traditional Native American headdress during an Indigenous Peoples’ Day protest outside the White House Oct. 11, 2021.

Papal apology draws American eyes

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A papal apology on Indigenous land in Canada is not irrelevant south of the border.

A bicentennial pilgrimage by five Basilian priests, from left, Frs. Morgan Rice, John Huber, superior general Kevin Storey, Pedro Mora and Laejandro Estrada, led them to Rome and a meeting with Pope Francis.

200th anniversary takes Basilians to Rome

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The  Basilian Fathers are praying for the Pope’s knee — not just because Pope Francis’ trip to Canada next month hangs in the balance and not merely because they are papists, loyal to His Holiness and the magisterium. The Pope personally asked the Basilians to pray for his knee.

Canada flagged for religious freedom watch list by Ohio lawmakers

Canada flagged for religious freedom watch list by Ohio lawmakers

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Joining China, North Korea and other authoritarian regimes on the religious freedom watch list is… Canada, or at least it should be included, according to Ohio Republican lawmakers.

Papal apology expected at former residential school July 25

Papal apology expected at former residential school July 25

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If Pope Francis is going to broaden or deepen the apology he offered April 1 in Rome, then it’s going to happen at Maskwacis, 70 kilometres south of Edmonton, site of one of the largest Indian residential schools in Canada.

Ernie Klassen of the White Rock Pride Society, left, and James Borkowski of the Archdiocese of Vancouver hope to build better relations through ongoing discussions.

Vancouver Archdiocese, pride society resolve human rights case

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One year ago, the Archdiocese of Vancouver and the White Rock Pride Society were at loggerheads, waiting for a hearing before the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal as adversaries in a dispute over a church hall rental that pitted religious rights against the human rights code’s anti-discrimination clause.

Delegates representing Canada’s First Nations, Métis and Inuit are pictured in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall during a meeting with Pope Francis April 1. The Pope will meet members of Canada’s Indigenous communities in late July, visiting Edmonton, Quebec and Iqaluit in Nunavut, the country’s most northern region.

First Nations group offers draft for papal apology

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A First Nations group of residential school survivors has publicly put forward specific wording for a papal apology widely expected in Canada in July.  

Cardinal Thomas Collins, centre, was honoured by ORAT and the Chaldean community June 19 for bringing thousands of refugees to Canada.

Toronto Cardinal Collins honoured for fatherly care of refugees

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Honouring Toronto’s Cardinal Thomas Collins for the thousands of refugees he has brought to Canada came quite naturally to the community at the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.

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