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Postal strike devastated charitable sector

Postal strike devastated charitable sector

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Seven days after the federal government announced on Dec. 30 that the deadline would be extended so that non-profit donations would be eligible for 2024 tax support up until Feb. 28, 2025, Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament on Jan. 6.

Cardinal Francis Leo delivers a homily at a Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, Toronto, celebrating his elevation to the College of Cardinals, Jan. 15, 2025.

Cardinal Leo calls all Catholics to ‘fearless witness’

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Just like a cardinal, ordinary Catholics too are called to “be fearless witnesses to the Lord,” a humble Cardinal Francis Leo told those gathered for a Mass of Thanksgiving to celebrate the Toronto Archbishop’s recent elevation to the College of Cardinals.

Bishop-elect Alan Campeau

Fr. Alan Campeau named Bishop of Thunder Bay

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Fr. Alan Campeau has been named by Pope Francis as the new Bishop of Thunder Bay in northern Ontario.

Cardinal Francis Leo at the Dec. 29 Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica celebrating the Jubilee year.

Canadian Catholics welcome Jubilee year of hope

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Catholics across Canada welcomed Jubilee Year 2025 at churches and cathedrals nationwide with Masses celebrating the historic event as well as the Feast of the Holy Family.

The now closed and demolished Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Nfld.

More bad news for St. John's abuse victims

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The Archdiocese of St. John’s has lost its legal effort to compel its insurance company to help cover some of its mammoth $105-million settlement with nearly 300 clergy sexual abuse survivors.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters from his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa, Ontario, Jan. 6, 2025, announcing he intends to step down as leader of the ruling Liberal Party but will stay on as prime minister until a replacement is chosen.

Trudeau to resign, Parliament prorogued

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A Catholic university political scientist says Justin Trudeau seems to have seen himself as the last man standing in Ottawa — until he wasn’t. 

Msgr. James Shea, the president of St. Mary's University in Bismarck, North Dakota, speaking at Catholic Christian Outreach's Rise Up Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary, Alta. on Dec. 30, 2024.

Annual Rise Up conference emboldens youth to "take courage" in fallen world

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“Why does God care about us?” is a question that's been on Msgr. James Shea's mind lately and one he posed to more than 500 young adult missionaries attending Catholic Christian Outreach’s (CCO) annual Rise Up Conference from Dec. 29 to Jan. 1.

Assumption University in Windsor, Ontario.

Assumption, U.S. Basilian school forge partnership

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Assumption University in Windsor, Ont., and the University of St. Thomas (UST) in Houston, Texas, two Catholic institutes informed by Basilian tradition, have signed a historic collaborative agreement that will take immediate effect in the upcoming Winter 2025 semester. 

John Longhurst

Order of Canada shines a light on faith

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John Longhurst is as one of 88 Canadians to be appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to the country’s religious and spiritual media.

Dr. Amir Hussain, a Canadian Muslim with a dissertation on Muslim communities in Toronto, now teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Muslim scholar seeks 'bridges for dialogue'

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A Muslim scholar at a Catholic university is set to offer his take on how the two faiths can build "bridges for dialogue."

A caravan wades past buoys, being constructed to deter migrant crossings through the Rio Grande, as they search for an entry point into Eagle Pass, Texas. Post-COVID, the numbers of trafficking victims identified by the UN has risen by 25 per cent.

Human trafficking on the rise: UN report

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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons shows the number of victims identified in 2022 and beyond is 25-per-cent higher than pre-pandemic levels.

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