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The annual Good Friday procession through Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood has been cancelled for the third year running. COVID uncertainty didn’t give St. Francis of Assisi Parish enough time to plan this year’s event.

Little Italy Good Friday procession a no-go again

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For the third straight year, the annual Good Friday procession through the streets of Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood is cancelled.

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy in Barry’s Bay, Ont.

Inquiry criticizes Our Lady Seat of Wisdom in abuse case

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An independent investigation has found that a former music professor at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay Ont., committed sexual misconduct against a school alumnus.

'A mysterious tall, white tower on the grounds of the demolished St. Raymond Catholic School in midtown Toronto has been turning heads in the neighbourhood. It turns out the Toronto Catholic District School Board was required by provincial legislation to build it to accommodate the chimney swifts that were displaced when the school was torn down.

Chimney swifts occupy TCDSB property

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A pristine white tower that sits in the empty lot of the now demolished St. Raymond’s Catholic School in Toronto has had passersby scratching their heads trying to figure out its purpose.

A person waves a Canadian flag in front of banners in support of truckers during the Freedom Convoy rally in Ottawa in February.

Charities fear Emergencies Act overreach

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Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) executive director Joanna Baron and litigation director Christine Van Geyn have said that charities are experiencing a financial chill after the federal government instituted the Emergencies Act to deal with the Freedom Convoy snarling the streets of Ottawa.

Blackfoot artist Kalum Teke Dan with students from Calgary’s St. John XXIII School where Dan just completed his mural Water is Life (background).

Artist’s mural brings life to Calgary school

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Prolific Blackfoot painter Kalum Teke Dan’s latest residency has been at St. John XXIII School in Calgary, where for over a month he’s been sharing his art and culture with students from kindergarten to Grade 9.

Stephanie Gray Connors, author of Conceived by Science: Thinking Carefully and Compassionately about Infertility and IVF. The photo was taken when she was seven months’ pregnant with her daughter, who is now six months old.

Author turns critical eye to in vitro fertilization

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VANCOUVER -- Although in vitro fertilization can be something of a fringe concern among pro-life groups, many are starting to believe that IVF poses a serious threat to society’s understanding of pre-born human dignity.

Fr. Ivan Nahachewsky

Priest helping flock deal with homeland’s crisis

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Through the uncertainty of war, Fr. Ivan Nahachewsky is working to bring support and sanity to his community in the midst of collective trauma.

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is seen through a window of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome in this 2018 file photo. A Canadian Indigenous delegation will be meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican beginning March 28.

Why Rome matters

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Rome is not just another city. It’s not even an Italian city. It belongs to the world and to God at one and the same time.

A statue of St. Jean de Brebeuf at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ont. Recalls the long spiritual journey of Indigenous Christians in Canada.

Indigenous hope to ‘create path forward’ with Pope Francis

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A week of spiritual diplomacy between Pope Francis and three Canadian Indigenous delegations will begin with hope, Assembly of First Nations Northwest Territories Regional Chief Gerald Antoine told an international press corps gathering on Zoom March 24.

Fr. James Dennis reads from the pulpit in braille.

Xavier Society brings Gospel light to blind

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Ann Musgrave, who is completely blind, attends a Catholic book club and has just started reading The Gift of Years by popular American nun Joan Chittister.

A child in New York City is comforted March 19, 2022, during a Mothers March against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Archdiocese of Toronto to join Pope Francis in consecration of Russia to Mary

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On Friday, March 25, the Archdiocese of Toronto will answer the call of Pope Francis for dioceses around the world to pray for peace.

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