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Julie Payette, STS-127 mission specialist, attired in her shuttle launch and entry suit, on the flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during postlaunch activities in July 2009.

Julie Payette faces backlash over faith remarks

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OTTAWA – Governor General Julie Payette should apologize to Canadians for denigrating religious faith during a speech in Ottawa, says the Catholic Civil Rights League.
Fr. Fred dedicated 56 of his 75 years in religious life to promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Fr. Power led Jesuit monthly and devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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A half-century spent editing Messenger of the Sacred Heart and a lifetime promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus came to a quiet, peaceful end with the death of Jesuit Fr. Frederick Joseph Power on Nov. 2 in Pickering, Ont. He was 93 years old.
Not many Catholic schools still have clergy and religious on their teaching staff, but Fr. Zinger’s love for young people kept him coming back to the classroom.

Fr. Zinger left trail of inspiration

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Everyone has a Zinger story. 

Fr. Cecil Harold Zinger taught generations of St. Michael’s College School students in Toronto the virtues of faith and discipline. Decades after young men have left his classroom, they still remember the legacy he left behind. 
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has partnered with Caritas Bangladesh to meet the immediate needs of the Muslim refugees pushed out of the majority Buddhist country of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

Canadian government to match donations for Rohingya refugees

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As the federal government announced a matching fund to help more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees, Canada’s Catholic humanitarian aid and development agency was already on the ground in Bangladesh delivering aid to desperate people in Cox’s Bazar.
Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, left, speaks with Fr. Raymond Lafontaine during an Oct. 26 day-long conference for Montreal priests.

Ten-step program builds happy priests

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MONTREAL – What do priests usually do when they get together socially?  They complain, of course, says Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, but that doesn’t mean they’re an unhappy bunch. 
Thirty three per cent of the doctors who participated in the study say assisted suicide should remain off limits for all minors, no matter the circumstance.

Canadian doctors face questions over assisted suicide, euthanasia for minors

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Ottawa – Only one year after assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia became legal for adults in Canada, a new study is showing that some of the country’s pediatricians are being faced with questions about the practices for minors.

Recap: Fighting a lifetime of spiritual warfare

Recap: Fighting a lifetime of spiritual warfare

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A recap of the #SpiritualWarfare conference in Toronto hosted by Serviam Ministries on Oct. 28, 2017. Highlights from ex-satanist Catholic convert Zachary King & exorcist Fr. Gary Thomas.
CCCB President Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil chats with the chair of the House of Commons Justice Committee Liberal MP Anthony Housefather of Mount Royal Quebec Oct. 31.

Failure to protect religious services sends ‘disturbing message’

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OTTAWA – Parliament would be sending a “disturbing message” to Canada’s religious community if it eliminates a law that currently makes it an offence to disrupt a religious service, Cardinal Thomas Collins told a parliamentary committee.
Pro-life supporters carry a banner during the annual National March for Life on Parliament Hill May 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario.

Catholic organizations scramble in wake of new 'bubble zone' law

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Ontario’s bubble zone legislation has Catholic lawyers pondering courtroom strategy, Ottawa’s archbishop worrying about the annual March for Life and a pro-life counselling service looking for a new location.
gyptian Jesuit Fr. Henri Boulad was in Toronto on Oct. 28 for the Fr. Boulad Dinner to raise funds for projects supported by the priest and the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Syria and Iraq.

Egyptian Jesuit looks for dialogue ‘based on truth’

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Catholic-Muslim dialogue is a blind alley, says a prominent Egyptian Jesuit priest who headlined an Oct. 28 dinner in Toronto to support Christians in the Middle East.
Sr. Helen Petrimoulx, centre, with the organizing committee of the Community Refugee Fund’s 10th anniversary dinner in Windsor.

Sisters are a driving force for fund to aid new refugees to Canada

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WINDSOR, Ont. – She may have “retired” five years ago, but Sr. Helen Petrimoulx has never backed away from her commitment to refugees seeking a new life in Canada.
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