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Blessed Pope John Paul II.

Parliament says yes to Pope John Paul II Day

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OTTAWA - A private member’s bill to designate April 2 as Pope John Paul II Day in Canada received all-party support and passed third reading in the House of Commons June 12.

Usuline Sisters Sr. Theresa Campeau, Sr. Sheila McKinley and Sr. Karen Gleeson. The Ursuline Sisters are among several religious orders that have signed onto a “Canadian Investor Statement on Bangladesh.

Ursuline sisters fight for worker safety

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The Ursuline Sisters of the Diocese of London, Ont. have joined a coalition of Canadian investors to demand that Canadian retailers join international efforts to ensure Bangladeshi garment factories meet basic fire and safety standards.

Demonstrators for the abolition of prostitution joined those wanting to see it legalized in front of the Supreme Court of Canada June 13 when it heard arguments for and against striking down Canada's prostitution laws.

Prostitution a moral issue, top Court told

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OTTAWA - Governments have a right to legislate on moral issues and “abhorrence of prostitution” is a common value in society, a lawyer told the Supreme Court of Canada.

A protester expresses her sentiments during GoldCorp’s 2008 annual shareholder’s meeting in Toronto. Currently, the Archbishop of San Salvador is calling for the international community’s help in closing a Canadian-owned gold mine in Central America which he believes will contaminate El Salvador’s main source of drinking water.

Canadian-owned mine must be closed, says archbishop

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The Archbishop of San Salvador is calling for international support in shutting down a Canadian-owned gold mine just across the border in Guatemala.

Dr. Philip Berger, chief of family and community medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital, addresses about 300 people protesting government cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program.

Doctors protest federal cuts to refugee health care

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TORONTO - About 300 doctors, nurses and supporters protested on the sidewalks outside of the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Office on June 17 to demand government restore fully-funded health care for refugees.

Syrian refugees families await treatment at a medical center at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, June 11. At the end of his weekly general audience June 19, Pope Francis called attention to World Refugee Day, focusing particularly on the pli ght of refugee families.

Pope, JRS call attention to the face of Christ in faces of refugees

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ROME - The photos of refugees projected on the facade of Rome's Gesu Church are reminders of what Pope Francis would call the suffering body of Christ today, said the head of Jesuit Refugee Service.

Archbishop Pierre-Andre Fournier, pictured in this photo dated 2009, warns that society faces a crucial choice as the Quebec government considers an end-of-life bill that would allow euthanasia.

Quebec at a crossroads with euthanasia bill, bishops say

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OTTAWA - As the Quebec government considers an end-of-life bill that would allow euthanasia, Quebec's Catholic bishops warn that society faces a crucial choice.

President Barack Obama speaks to 2,000 guests at Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 17. Auxiliary Bishop Donal McKeown of Down and Connor said some parts of the president's speech echoed "the Protestant/Catholic caricature that has actual ly receded into the background in Northern Ireland."

Bishop chides Obama for religious caricature

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DUBLIN - A bishop in Northern Ireland accused President Barack Obama of a "hackneyed" analysis of the political situation in the region.

Fr. Éric Sylvestre is rector at the 125-year-old Pontifical Canadian College, a cultural centre and a residence for Canadian priests in Rome.

Pontifical Canadian College marks 125 years

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ROME - The Canadian Catholic community in Rome is marking 125 years of maintaining an official presence in the Eternal City.

An Israeli border officer grabs a Palestinian man as police attempt to stop a non-violent protest by Christians and Muslims in the West Bank village of Beit Jalla March 7. The demonstration took place as Israel was clearing olive trees, a source of income for Palestinians, to make way for an extension of the Israeli separation barrier.

Jewish scholar predicts dark times for Palestinian Christians

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Updated 06/18/13: A previous version of this article contained an error. Justus Weiner does not practise law with the U.S. firm White and Case.

 

It’s not hard to find Christians willing to predict a dire future for Christians in the Middle East. Jewish legal scholar Justus Weiner arrived in Canada to echo that bleak forecast for Palestinian Christians from an Israeli perspective in front of the House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights in Ottawa June 4.

Dr. Anna Reid urged the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus to weigh the “social determinants of health.”

End poverty to improve health, says CMA

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OTTAWA - Canada must eliminate poverty in order to become a healthy nation, according to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA).

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