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Brevan Dias and Kelly Liang, two of the 14 Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) Top Scholars for 2023-24, while pleased with their own scholarly performance expressed gratitude for the support they received from their respective learning communities.
Knights of Columbus are on the rise
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register“It is a good time to be a Knight of Columbus,” declared Arthur Peters, who joined the worldwide Catholic fraternal service order in 1986.
God's journey with married couples never ends
By Luke Mandato, The Catholic RegisterWhere is God throughout marriage? As highlighted by two programs being offered in separate Ontario dioceses, God is present in the beginning, middle and end of relationships.
Olympic bell will ring inside newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral during every Mass
By Caroline de Sury, OSV NewsDuring the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the most sacred part of the Mass.
Canada has world's fastest-growing MAiD regime
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe fifth-leading cause of death in Canada is one that didn't even exist just eight years ago.
Ukraine's religious leaders back proposed ban on Russian Orthodox Church over security concerns
By Gina Christian, OSV NewsThe largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president -- approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 -- to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia's decade-long war on Ukraine.
Imprisoned in Egypt, Christian convert on hunger strike
By Junno Arocho Esteves, OSV NewsA Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion has declared a hunger strike, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.
Nicaragua extinguishes legal status for religious orders, evangelical congregations
By David Agren, OSV NewsThe Nicaraguan government has extinguished the legal status of more than 25 Catholic organizations, including religious orders such as the Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, another diocesan Caritas chapter, and lay Catholic groups, as part of an attack on civil society with the closure of 1,500 nongovernmental organizations.
Abbot Peter Novecosky, former Prairie Messenger editor, dies at 79
By Canadian Catholic NewsAbbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, who for more than a quarter century shared the news, and the good news, with Catholics in Western Canada through The Prairie Messenger newspaper, has died at 79.
Voices rise against Venezuela election result
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThousands of Venezuelans at home and across the world, including in Montreal and Calgary, hit the streets Aug. 17 in protest of President Nicolás Maduro declaring that he won a third term in office.
Two more Nicaraguan priests arrested, exiled to Rome
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News ServiceThe Nicaraguan government arrested two priests who were then exiled to Rome, shortly after a group of seven priests was sent to Rome earlier in the month.