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Archbishop Terrence Prendergast has offered a vote of confidence in Development and Peace with his plea for donations.

Archbishops give Development and Peace a ‘solidarity’ push

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Development and Peace is assuring donors a review of the practices of 52 partner agencies will end soon while two archbishops are going the extra mile to support the Catholic development agency.

Canadian Immaculate Conception Sister Marie-Paul Ross, pictured in this undated photo, has a Ph.D. in clinical sexology. Sister Ross said sexual immaturity and deviance are part of the sex abuse crisis the church faces.

Canadian nun, sexologist: Catholics must increase their sexual maturity

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QUEBEC CITY - A Canadian nun with a Ph.D. in clinical sexology said the sex abuse crisis in the church does not mean "the end of faith" but rather "the end of a lack of formation and the end of deviance," and a call to return to Jesus' message of love.

Crucifix won’t be back at Montreal’s City Hall after renovations.

Crucifix evicted from City Hall

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A crucifix that has hung on the wall of Montreal’s City Hall since 1937, reminding city officials to let God guide their decisions, will be taken down for a renovation project, never to be put back.

Young skiers Gabriel Neilson, second from left, and four friends have been hailed as heroes after they helped rescue an eight-year-old boy dangling from a chairlift on Grouse Mountain. The drama was caught on video by another skier, Carolina Akoglu, as the boy fell.

Teens hailed as heroes in boy’s rescue

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VANCOUVER - It was a day of skiing Grade 8 student Gabriel Neilson won’t soon forget.

People make their way to the 90-year-old St. Michael’s Church before a March 17 ceremony honouring Hungarian immigrants who settled near Bashaw, Alta.

The many lives of St. Michael’s

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EDMONTON - Isabella Mraz Nelson kneels and gently places her hand on her great-grandfather’s headstone.

A groom and bride hold hands on their wedding day.

Marriage scores big on family satisfaction scale

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OTTAWA - Canadian married couples with children are a pretty happy lot — at least more happy than their unmarried counterparts.

Gillian cuddles up to a blanket featuring a photo of her father, who passed away seven years ago, at a unique program for low-income or marginalized women grieving the loss of a loved one

Grieving women find comfort in ‘quillows’

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Her father died nearly seven years ago and she is still struggling to come to terms with the loss.

Twelve-year-old Kisanet, left, joins in at Silent Voice’s Saturday program for deaf children.

Silent Voice bridges communication gap

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Twelve-year-old Kisanet hardly remembers the time when she was not deaf.

Matt Dineen and his family.

A little boost for dementia strategy

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OTTAWA - Matt Dineen’s long pursuit of improving lives for people living with dementia took a small but significant step forward in the federal budget.

A woman and her family from Sudan are taken into custody after arriving by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

Asylum funds allocated poorly, advocates say

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OTTAWA - Refugee advocates are welcoming a federal budget pledge to spend $1.8 billion over five years to accelerate the processing of asylum claims, but concerns are being raised about how funds will be allocated.

Fr. Mongeau

Jesuits combining policy and prayer

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Canada’s Jesuits are tweaking their sexual abuse policy less than three years after their last update, but as they do so they’re matching their policy with prayer.

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