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Mary Agnes Herman is helped out of Lac Ste. Anne after walking 429 kilometres to the pilgrimage site.

An epic pilgrimage trek at Lac Ste. Anne

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LAC STE ANNE COUNTY, Alta. – She finally made it. 

Barry Bussey, director, legal affairs for the Canadian Council of Christian Charities said he thinks the government’s announced policy change is a positive step.

Charity faces another court fight with federal government to defend their advocacy activity

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OTTAWA – A poverty-fighting group, fresh from a victory over a law that threatened its status as a charity, is facing another round of legal fighting after the federal government appealed the court ruling.

The new federal plan promises to lift 650,000 Canadians out of poverty by 2019, and to cut Canada’s poverty rate in half by 2030. If the plan is to succeed it will need new money, Citizens for Public Justice executive director Joe Gunn said.

Canadian poverty plan big on promises, short on dollars

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Over the next 12 years the federal government promises to raise 2.1 million Canadians out of poverty and take Canada’s poverty rate from one in every eight Canadians to one in every 17 by 2030.

Left to right: Bishop Jon Hansen CSsR of Mackenzie-Fort Smith; Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver; Archbishop Terrence Prendergast S.J. of Ottawa; Archbishop Donald Bolen of Regina

Canada’s bishops express ‘sadness’ over sex abuse findings

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OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops have joined their American counterparts in expressing heartbreak and sorrow over the clerical abuse revelations south of the border. 

Parishioners in Alberta share their thoughts on the Pennsylvania grand jury report that exposing credible allegations against 301 priests in cases involving more than 1,000 children.

Canadian parishioners look for answers in wake of sex abuse scandal

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The clergy abuse revealed in a Pennsylvania Grand Jury report has left many Catholics reeling, and not just in the U.S.

The executive of the Catholic Women's League at the annual national convention in Winnipeg. Outgoing national president Margaret Ann Jacobs is in the centre; on her left is Calgary Bishop William McGrattan, the CWL's spiritual advisor; on his left is past president Barbara Dowding. On Jacobs' right is incoming national president, Anne Gorman.

Catholic Women's League vows to keep fighting summer jobs attestation

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OTTAWA – The Catholic Women’s League (CWL), Canada’s largest women’s organization, resolved Aug. 13 to continue its opposition to the Canada Summer Jobs attestation.

Carol Stokes signs for Fr. Guenter Petricek at the St. Francis de Sales deaf Mass at St. Stephen’s Chapel in downtown Toronto.

St. Francis de Sales deaf ministry celebrates 100 years in Toronto

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Deacon Kevin Brockerville was 25 years old when he attended his first sign language Mass. 

Euthanasia isn’t palliative care, Canadian bishops say

Euthanasia isn’t palliative care, Canadian bishops say

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OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops are urging the federal government to maintain a clear distinction between palliative care and the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide so institutions are not forced to become “an accomplice” in causing an intentional death.

Faith is sorely needed in society today, says retired lieutenant-general Roméo Dallaire. Dallaire spoke at the annual North American Interfaith Network conference Aug. 2 at First Presbyterian Church in Edmonton.

Faith on front lines: A desperate world needs God more than ever, says Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire

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EDMONTON – In military terms, “covering your six o’clock” means watching someone’s back while they’re in combat. For retired lieutenant-general Roméo Dallaire, his Catholic faith is how he covers his six o’clock. 

Susan Eagle of ISARC says the end of Ontario’s basic income project undermines trust in government.

Ontario winding down basic income pilot project

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OTTAWA – Anti-poverty advocates are disappointed that Ontario’s new Conservative government intends to cancel the province’s basic income pilot project, arguing that the study is important to help reduce poverty far beyond the province.

Archbishop Valery Vienneau of Moncton, News Brunswick, pictured in a July 18 photo, detailed in an interview how the sex abuse crisis affects the Acadian church's vitality and future.

Church must seek justice for abuse victims, Moncton archbishop says

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QUEBEC CITY – As many Canadians mark National Acadian Day Aug. 15, the biggest Acadian diocese in the world is going through the greatest crisis in its history.
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