TORONTO - Music, the universal language, is coming to the rescue of Macuxi, an endangered, disappearing language.

Volunteer policy change helps St. Felix Centre survive, thrive

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TORONTO - A decision made five years ago to embrace the contributions of the short-term volunteer helped the St. Felix Centre survive at a time when its future was uncertain.

Paper trail shows D&P cuts defied all advice

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Internal e-mails, briefing notes and memoranda obtained by The Catholic Register reveal that a government decision to cut funding to Canada’s Catholic development agency went against the advice of almost everyone consulted, including its own bureaucracy.

School board social media policy in the works

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TORONTO - Peter Aguiar wants to have Toronto’s Catholic students talking about netiquette this year.

Archbishop Plourde a leader among bishops

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OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop-emeritus Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, who participated in the Second Vatican Council and helped create Development and Peace, was a leader among bishops, current Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast told those gathered for Plourde's funeral Jan. 11.

Courage controversy embroils Toronto’s Newman Centre parish

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TORONTO - A dozen or more parishioners have quit the Newman Centre’s St. Thomas Acquinas parish after the introduction of a Courage apostolate that offers spiritual support for gay Catholics.

Frustration mounts in refugee waiting game

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TORONTO - The 166 Toronto-area parishes with active refugee committees could open a new, more hopeful chapter on up to 700 refugee stories in 2013.

Euthanasia opponents mourn loss of Dr. Andre Bourque

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Mourners packed Montreal’s Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral Jan. 5 for the funeral of Dr. Andre Bourque, the public face of Quebec’s anti-euthanasia movement.

India sets table for Christian unity week

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This year Christians around the world are being asked to learn about unity from India.

Vancouver’s vicar general assigned to the Cariboo by Pope Benedict XVI

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VANCOUVER - Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Msgr. Stephen Jensen, vicar general of the archdiocese of Vancouver for more than four years, as the new bishop of Prince George in northern British Columbia.

Toronto faith leaders to tackle ‘Faith in the City’

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TORONTO - Toronto’s city council chamber is famous and infamous for political battles, bitter oration, deals struck and deals undone. On Jan. 24 something will happen at Toronto City Hall that’s never happened before.