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Msgr. Carlo Capella, the Vatican diplomat recalled from service at the Vatican nunciature in Washington after U.S. investigators suspected him of involvement in child pornography, is pictured at the Vatican in 2015. Canadian authorities have charged Msgr. Capella of accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography.

Vatican: Canada did not seek extradition for diplomat with porn charges

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VATICAN – Canadian authorities did not request the extradition of a Vatican diplomat who has been charged by police in Canada of accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography, a Vatican spokesman said.
Pro-lifers participate in peaceful demonstration in Toronto for the annual Life Chain held across Canada on Oct. 1, 2017.

Bubble zone legislation is 'simply wrong'

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Bubble zone legislation proposed to keep protesters away from abortion clinics in Ontario is “an unjust denial of freedom of expression and Charter rights,” according to Ontario Civil Liberties Association executive director Joe Hickey.

Richmond Cochrane, 92, is one of 16 aged pro-lifers named in an Ontario injunction seeking to end picketing at abortion clinics.

Province targets pro-life seniors

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The Ontario government is trying to reimpose a lapsed, 23-year-old temporary injunction against 16 aging pro-life protesters.
UAlberta Pro-Life hosted a public demonstration in 2015, which was shut down by a counter-demonstration of pro-choice students.

Alberta court rules against university student pro-life group

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The University of Alberta Pro-Life student group is planning to appeal after a provincial court ruled in favour of the university’s decision to charge $17,500 in security fees as a condition to host a public event on campus.
Pope Francis meets with Canadian Bishops in April during their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses.

Archbishop LeGatt releases report on state of diocese to the public

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In what may be a first for transparency in the Canadian Catholic Church, St. Boniface Archbishop Albert LeGatt has publicly released a 108-page report on the state of his bilingual diocese in Manitoba.
A woman holds up a sign during a rally against assisted suicide in 2016 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. Canada is projected to exceed assisted suicide and euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Assisted suicide on the rise in Canada, report shows

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OTTAWA – Euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths in Canada could soon exceed the rates of such deaths in Belgium and the Netherlands, warns the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
Catholic Church in Quebec to address the question of allowing transgender individuals to be godparents, an issue that is expected to come up more frequently with Canada's changing social norms.

Quebec Catholic Church mulls questions about transgender godparents

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QUEBEC CITY – Andrea was baffled when her friend asked her to be the godmother of her newborn baby. She would have said "Yes" right away, but things are not that simple for her. She has been a woman for only a little more than a year.
Archbishop J. Michael Miller oversaw the convalidation of 30 couples at St. Clare of Assisi Parish.

Great big Catholic wedding sets record

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COQUITLAM, B.C. – Jennifer Sison couldn’t stop crying and smiling when she and her husband Carlo walked down the aisle to say their vows in front of 58 other brides and grooms and hundreds of well wishers at St. Clare of Assisi Parish.

Men and women formed a Life Chain to protest abortion at Yonge and Steeles in Toronto. The annual event is held in more than 1,600 North American cities.

Life Chain hits the streets

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Thousands of people joined the Life Chain peaceful protest against abortion on Oct. 1 at more than 200 street corners across Canada.
American Cardinal Raymond Burke is one of the four dubia cardinals to ask Pope Francis for an audience to address unclear exhortation in Amoris Laetitia.

Bishop McCaig urges Catholics not to fall prey to conspiracy theories

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OTTAWA – In the wake of controversy surrounding the papal document Amoris Laetitia, Bishop Scott McCaig said people should not be baited by conspiracy theories.
Peter Bhatti's brother, Pakistan's former and only Christian Minority Affairs Minister, Shahbaz Bhatti (pictured), was assassinated in 2011 for being outspoken against his country's blasphemy laws, which carry the death sentence for anyone who insults Islam.

Witness says M-103 could bring violence to Canada

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OTTAWA – A religious freedom advocate whose brother was murdered for his Catholic beliefs told a parliamentary committee that legislation on Islamophobia could bring Canada the type of religious violence many people came here to escape.

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