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Parishes in Penticton, B.C., have been providing evacuees of the ongoing Bald Range wildfires from nearby Summerland and Peachland with hope and strength amid their horrific ordeals.
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Warning against increased violence in the West Bank, Pope Leo XIV urged world leaders to decisively pursue an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
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Numismatists take note. The Vatican City State Mint has issued a new set of coins to mark Pope Leo XIV's pontificate and the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Christians are called to reflect Mary's authentic beauty, which is revealed through a life of enduring love rather than worldly aesthetic standards, Pope Leo XIV said.
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Ramuel Villardo integrates spiritual care, martial arts
Andrea Mrozek
How do we increase crashing fertility rates across the globe; how do we normalize again what is normal, that being a crying kid on a bus. Would large sums of money do it?
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Perhaps you are a bookaholic and have bibliomania! If you are a lover of books with overflowing bookshelves, could it be possible that over these hot summer days you will be ferreting out a few books that have been waiting patiently for you all winter?
Donna Fagan
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Parishioners at St. John the Evangelist in Caledon, Ont., on Aug. 22 will mark the historic country church's 125th anniversary with festivities, reminiscence and a special Holy Mass celebrated by Bishop Ivan Camilleri.
The “Happily Ever After” gala, hosted by the Don Bosco House, drew 270 young Catholics from around the GTA on Aug. 7 at the Primavera Event Space in Woodbridge, Ont., for a high-class evening of fellowship and faith.
Motivated by a mindset of service, humility and reconciliation, the St. Joseph’s Health Centre (SJHC) Guelph team knew more could be done to provide Indigenous Canadians with accessible care.
As veteran Canadian journalist Brian Stewart made his way to the frontlines of war, political upheaval and humanitarian crises around the world, more often than not he would find religion where he did not expect it.
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For the many living through war, displacement and devastating natural disasters, Mary remains a source of hope and maternal consolation, Pope Leo XIV said.
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Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend, saying Sunday is "the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year."
