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In his 19 years as the head of Calgary's diocese, Bishop Fred Henry was never ambitious or compromising on the matters of faith, writes editorial.

Editorial: Bishop Henry's 19 years at Calgary diocese was a job well done

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Calgary Bishop Fred Henry said he knew it was time to retire when his pain became constant and his posture became stooped to the point that “my feet are much more familiar to me than the sky.”

Montreal's 375th anniversary celebration needs to respect the city's Catholic heritage, writes editorial.

Editorial: Respect Montreal's Catholic heritage

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Montreal was not quite 250 years old when Mark Twain, scanning a skyline of church steeples, called it the city of a hundred bell towers.

People wait near damaged buildings to be evacuated Dec.19 from Aleppo, Syria.

Editorial: Peace still elusive on 50th World Day of Peace

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An iconic soft drink commercial in 1971 invited the world to sing in perfect harmony. But the ad was hardly original. It came three years after Pope Paul VI made a profound pitch to teach the world to live in peaceful harmony.

"Our Christmas wish is that hope becomes as pervasive as joy, and that both spread in abundance," writes editorial.

Editorial: We pray that hope becomes as pervasive as joy this Christmas

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Christmas is a season of joy and hope but of the two hope seems harder to find.

Transgender Bill C-16, which is expected to pass the Senate before Christmas, will step on religious freedom and free speech, says editorial.

Editorial: Transgender Bill C-16 is on the wrong track

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Beating the Christmas rush in Ottawa this year seems to mean wrapping up new transgender laws in time for the holidays. It’s hard to find anything merry about that.

In an annual report released by Campaign 2000, there are estimated 1.3 million Canadian children living in poverty, with the majority of them from indigenous communities.

Editorial: Canada's pledge to end child poverty was an empty promise

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There can hardly be a voter or politician who doesn’t believe Canada’s shamefully high rate of child poverty should be promptly reduced and eventually eliminated.

A caring society would provide compassionate care to offset physician-assisted death, writes editorial.

Editorial: Palliative care bill is a must to offset assisted suicide

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One obvious failing of legalized assisted suicide is that Canada now recognizes a person’s right to receive a quick exit but fails to grant terminally ill people an offsetting right to humane care until their natural death.

No person, regardless of their crime, should be denied basic human dignity and put in prolonged solitary confinement, writes editorial.

Stop this torture of using prolonged solitary confinement

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Prolonged solitary confinement of prisoners — torture according to the United Nations — has no place in a just penal system. Yet isolating inmates for lengthy periods remains common practice at Canadian penitentiaries. It must stop.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Malmo, Sweden, to Rome Nov. 1.

Francis may be a reformer, but tradition will rule

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It’s continually surprising that people seem shocked or disappointed each time Pope Francis shuns modern convention and affirms some aspect of basic Church teaching.

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan shares a light moment with U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City Oct. 20.

U.S. election points to a great divide

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At a recent event in New York City, Cardinal Timothy Dolan achieved somewhat of a coup when he cajoled Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to set aside their obvious enmity and, in a private moment, pray together. A day earlier they had refused to even shake hands at a presidential debate. Yet at Dolan’s request the candidates agreed to pray, and afterwards they briefly hid their snarls and traded polite banter, creating what Dolan called a “touching moment.”

Pope Francis’ visit to Sweden for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation will continue the path towards reconciliation between Catholics and Lutherans, writes editorial.

The path to unity

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Pope Francis will join Lutheran leaders in Sweden Oct. 31 to launch a year of commemoration leading up to next year’s 500th anniversary of the onset of the Protestant Reformation. At first glance, it seems an odd stage for the Pope to occupy.

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