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The Tsoi-Ko Din family celebrate grandmother Concepcion Ko Din’s 90th birthday.

Family heart beats strong in Philippines

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Lucila Cordovero, or Lola Lucing as I call her, is very petite. Every day, she sits in the same bamboo rocking chair by the window of her bedroom, listening to the buzz of her radio novellas. Her right hand is always clutching a small promotional fan someone gave her years ago.

Kim Phuc gives a signed poster to audience member Laurena Hensel that shows the famous photograph during the Focus on Life Gala.

Girl in chilling 1972 Vietnam War photo is now a Canadian peace ambassador

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VANCOUVER – A famous photograph of a naked child running, screaming and covered with napalm burns captured the horror of the Vietnam War 45 years ago.

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, Toronto’s poet laureate from 2004-09, calls himself “a creative cities exponent with a Gospel mandate underneath.”

The gospel according to Di Cicco

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UPTERGROVE, ONT. – Ordinary lives, however quiet or unnoticed, are a sequence of miracles, tragedies and triumphs. We all stumble into hell and are repeatedly resurrected into ultimate beauty.

Tom Cigarran, chairman of the Nashville Predators hockey team, with yellow hat, and CEO Sean Henry, center, greet fans in Bridgestone Arena May 16 before Game 3 of the Western Conference finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Tennessee. The two men are active in the Nashville Catholic community.

Execs at helm of Nashville Predators aim to foster culture of service

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The recent scene in downtown Nashville of mobs of hockey fans was almost unthinkable a decade ago.

Pope Francis prays in the Little Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 12. The pope was making a two-day visit to Fatima to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions and to canonize two of the young seers.

A tender gaze: Fatima trip shows Pope's respect for pilgrims' faith

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis is not shy about showing his love for Mary in public and, like many Latin American bishops, he strongly has resisted attempts to dismiss as superstitious or "simple," in a negative sense, popular devotion to the mother of God.

Pope Francis leads the blessing of candles in the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 12. The Pope was making a two-day visit to Fatima to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions and to canonize two of the young seers.

Fatima at 100 – Recap of Pope Francis’ trip

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Missed our coverage of Pope Francis' trip to Fatima for the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions? Click here to check them out.

Toronto’s Our Lady of Fatima parish is in possession of a chip of wood from the original tree on which the Virgin Mary appeared and splinters of the original caskets in which Jacinta and Francisco Marto were buried.

Fatima relics create a special connection for Toronto parish

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While Pope Francis and countless thousands of Catholics flock to Portugal this week to celebrate one of the most famous Marian devotions in the world, a little piece of Fatima can be found in the Archdiocese of Toronto.

The life of Eddie Baraka Mony, pictured, changed through the support of Mirijam and Stuart Spoelstra who sponsored Mony through Chalice to allow him to pursue his dream of becoming an opera singer.

Aspiring opera star to meet his benefactor at Canadian debut

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What do you say to a stranger who changed your life?

April 30-May 5 is Catholic Education Week!

Catholic Education Special Section

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This week is Catholic Education Week! Click here to check out all of our feature stories on Catholic Education.

With declining enrolments, some Catholic schools are going around the globe to recruit international students.

Schools ready to go around the globe to solve enrolment issues

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Years of declining enrolment are pushing some Catholic school boards to take a far deeper dive into the foreign student market.

Emily Hunter credits the Catholic education she got at St. Michael's Catholic High School in Niagara Falls, Ont. for helping her gain admissions to Harvard University. She starts school at the prestigious Ivy League school in September.

Niagara teen excels on all fronts to gain Harvard admission

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Emily Hunter expects to do great things at Harvard University starting next September, thanks to the Catholic education she received in Ontario.

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