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Pope Francis meets Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a private audience May 29. Trudeau asked the Pope for an apology for the Church’s role in residential schools.

Canadian bishops remain mum on invitation for papal apology

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OTTAWA – Canada’s bishops are being tight-lipped regarding a possible papal visit in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s request that Pope Francis apologize in Canada for the Church’s role in the residential school scandal.

Edmonton's Archbishop Richard Smith says "pain was etched on his face" as Pope Francis listened stories from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Smith and other western bishops met with the Pope during their ‘ad limina’ visits in March.

Pope Francis’ pain over TRC was ‘etched on his face,’ says Archbishop Smith

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EDMONTON – Archbishop Richard Smith doesn’t know if Pope Francis is coming to Canada but he is convinced the Pope has been deeply affected by the testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Former Ambassador of Religious Freedom, now director of Cardus Law, Andrew Bennett, left, with director of Cardus Family Andrea Mrozek and director of Cardus Social Cities’ program Milton Friesen participated in a panel June 1 on what makes a good city.

Canadian cities’ faith communities cast a profitable ‘halo’

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OTTAWA – Faith communities are not just good for the soul of a city — they also help its bottom line.

Bruce Rivers, executive director of Covenant House Toronto, applauds the overhaul of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act.

Covenant House applauds overhaul of Child, Youth and Family Services Act

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Canada’s largest agency for homeless youth is applauding a sweeping overhaul of Ontario’s Child, Youth and Family Services Act which will now treat homeless, abused and threatened 16- to 18-year-olds as children and not adults.

Seven people were killed during the June 3 terrorist attack, including Canadian Christine Archibald, right, and dozens injured.

Canadian Catholic killed in London Bridge attack

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A tragic death is inspiring others to help save lives in their own community.

Father John Brioux, pastor of St. Paul's Indian Catholic Church, suddenly passed away of a heart attack May 24, two months short of his 75th birthday.

Parishes, First Nations communities mourns sudden death of beloved pastor

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NORTH VANCOUVER – Parishes and First Nations communities from B.C. to Ontario are mourning the death of Fr. John Brioux, OMI, an Oblate priest with a deep spirituality and love for his flock.

Msgr. Ambrose Sheehy stands behind Mother Teresa at the opening of the novitiate of the Missionaries of Charity Fathers in New York City in 1984.

Msgr. Ambrose Sheehy’s 50 years of memories include helping Mother Teresa

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Msgr. Ambrose Sheehy wanted to be a priest for as long as he could remember.

Ajok Uogu feeds her 2-year old daughter, Awok, a nutritional supplement April 26 in St. Daniel Comboni Catholic Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. Drought and armed conflict have pushed tens of thousands of Wau-area residents out of their homes, away from their farms and unable to adequately feed themselves.

Matching fund offers chance to save lives in famine-ravaged countries

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There are 20 million people on the edge of starvation in just four countries and Development and Peace thinks we should do something about it.

A life-sized bronze monument honouring missing and murdered indigenous women and girls was recently unveiled near the main entrance of Saskatoon police headquarters. Created by artist Lionel Peyachew, the sculpture depicts Red Star Woman, a fancy dancer with her shawl as wings

Bishops look for healing at missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry

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The road to healing is long, but it is a destination Canada’s bishops hope can be reached by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Bishop Douglas Crosby of Hamilton says it's important for young priests, as he did when he was younger, to go serve in Canada's north.

Canada's north is a challenge and a blessing, says Bishop Crosby

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Bishop Douglas Crosby has some travel advice for newly-ordained priests: Go north, young man.

Crowds gather around the black stone on May 28 that marks the memorial to the 6,000 Irish refugees who died after arriving in Canada in 1947.

Montreal's Irish protest sale of ‘sacred’ land to Hydro-Quebec

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MONTREAL – Hundreds of Montrealers ended a solemn march on May 28 by placing thousands of small white wooden crosses around a 28-tonne black stone that marks the mass grave of 6,000 Irish famine refugees who died 170 years ago.

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