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General Jonathan Vance, Chief of the Defence Staff, Major-General Guy Chapdelaine and Lieutenant-General Charles Lamarre as Chapdelaine receives the insignia of his new rank Nov. 7.

Priest's military rank promotion a major bump for chaplaincy

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OTTAWA –Fr. Guy Chapdelaine was honoured with a bump in rank, but it is Canada’s military chaplaincy that received the real promotion, said Canada’s newest Major General.
A couple of hundred parishioners and townsfolk turned out to watch as Windsor construction company W.D. Lester used a truck crane to hoist the almost 14,000 kg (30,000 lbs.) steeple into place in less than a half hour.

Ste. Anne’s massive spire put back where it belongs after 10 years

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TECUMSEH, Ont. – A cheer went up here in the early morning of Nov. 14 as a cupola and spire, after sitting 10 years on the front lawn of Ste. Anne Church, was finally reattached to the church’s new re-cladded tower.
People console one another during the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls public hearings in Edmonton, Alberta, Nov. 7

Indigenous Canadians seek closure in cases of missing family members

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EDMONTON, Alberta – It has been 20 years since Susie Laliberte Small's sister, Marie, disappeared.
Young pro-life supporters rally during the annual National March for Life on Parliament Hill May 12, 2016 in Ottawa.

Pro-life movement meeting success in engaging young people

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OTTAWA – The pro-life movement in North America is targeting young people on university campuses because so is the abortion industry say campus pro-life activists.
Obianuju Ekeocha speaking at a United Nations conference hosted by the Holy See on maternal health care and the authentic needs of African women Mar. 17, 2016.

African pro-life advocate urges Canadians to stop funding ideological colonization

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OTTAWA – Obianuju Ekeocha, Catholic founder of Culture of Life Africa, wants Canadians to stop funding feminist ideological colonization she says will devastate African societies.

Husband and wife kneel in prayer in front of church altar. “If our child began to question his/her own sexuality, our answers would be based on biblical perspectives,” the couple wrote in an email to Alberta Child and Family Services March 6.

Edmonton couple’s adoption bid rejected because of religious beliefs, suit claims

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A Christian couple in Edmonton has filed a lawsuit against Alberta Child and Family Services claiming the agency denied their application to adopt due to their religious beliefs about marriage and sexuality. 
Grade 3 students at Whitby, Ont.’s St. Theresa Catholic School connect with a class at Marjorie Mills Public School in Longlac, Ont., 1,000 km away, through Skype. Teachers from the two schools are using the video chat application to connect the communities and give students the opportunity to learn about each other.

Learning program unites student pen-pals 1,000 km apart

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When a state of emergency was declared in April 2016 by the Attawapiskat First Nations in northern Ontario after a drastic increase in suicide attempts, a couple of teachers a thousand kilometres away felt a call to action.
The miracles of St. Francis Xavier, oil on canvas by Peter Paul Rubens, 1618

St. Francis Xavier relic arm set for Canadian tour

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OTTAWA – A significant relic of St. Francis Xavier is coming to Canada for a month-long, 14-city pilgrimage beginning with Catholic Christian Outreach’s (CCO) Rise Up conference in Ottawa Dec. 28-Jan. 1.
Cardinal Collins testified via video conferencing on Oct. 30, along with the president of the CCCB Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil and Bill Simpson, a criminal lawyer, who attended the session in Ottawa.

Justice Committee to keep protections for clergy and religious service

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OTTAWA – After an “avalanche” of letters and testimony from faith leaders, the Justice Committee has amended Bill C-51 to keep protections for religious leaders and worship services.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne addresses faith leaders at the annual ISARC event at Queen's Park Nov. 2.

Province is promising action on poverty

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has promised to make getting people out of poverty a campaign issue as provincial politicians gear up for the 2018 election.
Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins anoints the altar of St. Michael's Cathedral during a rededication ceremony Sept. 29, 2016. Canada's proposed Bill C-51 would remove a section of the Criminal Code that currently makes it an indictable offense to threaten or obstruct clergymen or ministers from celebrating services or going about their work.

Faith leaders push to keep law protecting religious groups

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Canada’s bishops have joined 65 other faith leaders to urge the federal government to rethink legislation that would eliminate laws that make it an offence to disrupt a religious service.
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