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An interfaith donation blitz on behalf of 20 million people threatened with famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen has resulted in $3.8 million headed overseas in the name of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Famine relief campaign hits $3.8 million with matching funds

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An interfaith donation blitz on behalf of 20 million people threatened with famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen has resulted in $3.8 million headed overseas in the name of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Calgary Conservative MP Tom Kmiec has launched an e-petition to urge the Liberal government to keep legal sanctions against disrupting worship services or obstructing clergy.

MP launches e-petition to protect clergy and worship service

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OTTAWA – Conservative MP Tom Kmiec has launched an e-petition to urge the Liberal government to keep legal sanctions against disrupting worship services or obstructing clergy.

Lorraine Shelstad's plan to study at Bible college in Toronto for a year turned into a nearly 20 years of mission work in Thai hospitals.

Unlikely missionary credits God for her inspiration

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MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. – Lorraine Shelstad was a prairie girl on her first trip to the big city, starting what was supposed to be a year of Bible study in Toronto.

The high level of minerals in Saskatchewan’s Little Manitou Lake has made it a virtually unsinkable destination for floaters.

Canada’s ‘Dead Sea’ is alive with legend

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The natural healing waters of the Dead Sea have long been known to cure what ails. For thousands of years it has attracted visitors drawn to its mineral-laden therapeutic water and was one of the world’s first health resorts, frequented by none other than King Herod around the time of Jesus’ birth.

Terrance Pelletier, the former chief of the Cowessess First Nation, has been awarded a three-year, $150,000 Vanier scholarship by the University of Saskatchewan to further his PhD research into the relationship between residential schools, the government and the leadership in the Indigenous community.

Residential school survivor awarded Vanier scholarship to further PhD research

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Terrance Pelletier has lived through the tragedy of residential schools and all its social and political fallout.

Canadians are split when it comes to whether a papal apology for the sins of the residential school era would do any good in reconciling Indigenous Canadians with the immigrant majority.

Poll reveals split, but advocates push for apology on residential schools

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Canadians are sitting firmly on the fence when asked whether a papal apology for the sins of the residential school era would do any good in reconciling Indigenous Canadians with the immigrant majority. But Aboriginal Catholics are certain an apology from the Pope on Canadian soil would mark a new beginning after a long, sad history of colonization, racism and neglect.

This Palestinian boy playing in the back alleys of Bethlehem may be able to dream of a better future, in part because of over $2 million Development and Peace spent in 2015-2016 to support community development, health and education programs in the Palestinian Territories.

Middle East tops list for D&P aid spending

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For the first time, Development and Peace spent more than half its international budget for humanitarian aid in the Middle East, according to its annual report.

A displaced Iraqi family walks near destroyed buildings March 4 in the Mosul. Iraq was the largest recipient of Aid to the Church in Need's funds in 2016.

Record year for Aid to the Church in Need

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Aid to the Church in Need set new fundraising records in Canada and internationally in 2016.

After 73 years living under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience with the Jesuits, Fr. Bill German died July 4 at the age of 92.

Fr. Bill German, a widely-travelled teacher and pastor, dies at age 91

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Jesuits who strive to see God in all things had a secret weapon in Fr. Bill German – a priest with an uncanny ability to connect all people with their own instinct for God. His missionary career took German from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Darjeeling, India. In Canada he was treasured as a spiritual director, confessor and pastor.

A man who told police he was from Mauritania is taken into custody Feb. 14 by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

Safe Third Country Agreement faces legal challenge

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Canada’s major churches, the Canadian Council for Refugees and Amnesty International Canada are taking the federal government to court, hoping to strike down a 13-year-old agreement between the United States and Canada on treatment of refugees.

President of the Canadian bishops' conference Bishop Douglas Crosby of Hamilton, right, has denounced a speech by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland where she suggests that sexual reproductive rights have become a cornerstone of the nation’s foreign policy.

Canadian bishops blast minister’s speech making abortion ‘core’ of foreign policy

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OTTAWA – Canada’s bishops conference has denounced a speech by Canada’s foreign minister as “erroneous, confusing and misguided” for suggesting that sexual reproductive rights have become a cornerstone of the nation’s foreign policy.

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