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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.

MP Rachael Harder shunned by committee due to pro-life beliefs

MP Rachael Harder shunned by committee due to pro-life beliefs

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OTTAWA – A former chair of the Status of Women committee has joined a chorus which is denouncing a Liberal and NDP walkout due to the pro-life views of the new chair.

Jesuit and indigenous pilgrims arriving in Kahnawake on August 15, an Indian reserve in Montreal. They reach the end of their 540-mile canoe trip, following a route used by 17th-century missionaries, in an effort to promote reconciliation.

As bishops ponder Pope Francis visit to Canada, Indigenous relations are a priority

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OTTAWA – Regardless of whether Pope Francis comes to Canada, Indigenous relations remain a top priority to the bishops, said the newly-elected president of the Canadian bishops’ conference.
Church on the edge of freedom fight

Church on the edge of freedom fight

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In a trend that alarms Catholic thinkers, for the 11th year in a row freedom around the globe declined in 2016.

People are seen outside the Vatican Embassy, or apostolic nunciature, in Washington in 2014. An arrest warrant has been issued in Canada for Msgr. Carlo Capella, the Vatican diplomat recalled from service in Washington in late August, who already was the subject of a Vatican criminal investigation involving child pornography.

Vatican diplomat also wanted in Canada on child porn charges

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VATICAN CITY - An arrest warrant has been issued in Canada for Msgr. Carlo Capella, the Vatican diplomat recalled from service in Washington in late August, who already was the subject of a Vatican criminal investigation involving child pornography.

Canadian bishops won't publish new policy on minor protection till 2018

Canadian bishops won't publish new policy on minor protection till 2018

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CORNWALL, Ontario - The Canadian bishops will not publish their new policy for the protection of minors before 2018, said Bishop Anthony Mancini of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, chairman of the ad hoc committee tasked with drafting this resource in 2012.

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