In this CNS photo from 2004, Ottawa’s then Archbishop Marcel Gervais, right, joins Prime Minister Paul Martin in meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the archbishop’s residence.

Gervais served diverse communities

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The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Marcel André Joseph Gervais of Ottawa  Aug. 6 brought to a close 65 years of faithful service to the Catholic Church and beyond.  

Course looks to raise up next generation of Catholic journalists

Course looks to raise up next generation of Catholic journalists

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A small team of Catholic journalists, most of them members of the Catholic Media Association, have launched a 12-week course aimed at raising up new journalists for the Catholic press.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault.

Christian group sues Quebec over event cancellation

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A Christian organization forced to cancel a 10-day prayer rally in Quebec City has filed a $200,000 lawsuit against the provincial government for material and moral damages and for violating its Charter rights.

Loyola High School in Montreal.

Loyola High School in Montreal opens to girls

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This autumn, when Loyola High School in Montreal opens its doors to welcome 50 young women to the incoming seventh-grade class, only two single-sex Jesuit secondary schools will remain in Canada.

Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church, Camperville, Manitoba.

No bodies discovered in Manitoba excavation

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Fourteen anomalies discovered by ground-penetrating radar in a Manitoba church basement are not human remains, an excavation has discovered.

A view of Kelowna, B.C., Aug 18, 2023, as wildfires rage in the area.

Churches, so far, survive wildfires

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Wildfires wreaking devastation across British Columbia and the Northwest Territories have apparently spared Catholic churches, though numerous other buildings cannot say the same thing.

Firefighters stand on a Kamloops Fire Rescue truck at a wildfire near Fort St. John, British Columbia, May 14, 2023.

Bishop evacuated, asks for prayers as NWT wildfires grow

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Catholic churches have thus far been spared from the more than 200 wildfires sweeping through the Northwest Territories, according to Bishop Jon Hansen of the Mackenzie-Fort Smith diocese.

Ottawa teacher facing sexual assault charges

Ottawa teacher facing sexual assault charges

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An Ottawa Catholic District School Board teacher was arrested Aug. 10 and charged with five counts of sexual assault and sexual exploitation.

A man holds a placard while shouting slogans in support of Pakistan’s blasphemy law in this CNS file photo. Catholics and other non-Muslims in the Muslim world are in fear of reprisal after two Koran burning incidents in Sweden and Denmark.

Catholics in fear following Koran burnings

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It’s a burning issue from Sweden and Denmark to Iraq and Pakistan. Two Koran-burning incidents by individuals in the two Scandinavian countries have ignited furious reactions in Iraq, Pakistan and much of the Muslim world, leaving Christian minorities there even more vulnerable to extremist hatred.

Ottawa Madonna House mission to close

Ottawa Madonna House mission to close

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After nearly 50 years serving as a cellphone-free refuge for prayer and silence in the centre of Ottawa, a mission house of the Madonna House Apostolate is closing its doors.

Fr. Stephan Kappler, president and chief psychologist at Southdown.

Southdown to launch program for clergy on discerning boundaries

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Following a 50-country conference on safeguarding against clerical sexual abuse, Southdown Institute’s Fr. Stephen Kappler is launching a pilot project this month to train clergy on boundaries, abuse of spiritual power and healthy integrated sexuality.

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