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Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad celebrates a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 4, 2013, file photo.

Chaldeans shocked by patriarch’s removal of status

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Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid’s recent decision to revoke the official status of Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako as the head of the Chaldean (Eastern-rite Catholic) Church of Iraq has left the country’s dwindling Christian community and the entire worldwide diaspora deeply hurt, said Bishop Robert Saeed Jarjis.

No ‘quick fix’ to housing asylum seekers, says ORAT head

No ‘quick fix’ to housing asylum seekers, says ORAT head

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There is no “quick fix” for a deluge of refugees overflowing Toronto’s shelter system, said Deacon Rudy Ovcjak.

St. Ann’s pastor Fr. Jeff Oehring in the ring with McGrory’s Boxing Club owners Maria and Lawrence Hay. The famed club is housed at east end Hamilton’s St. Ann’s Parish and is hosting a fundraiser for the parish’s 100-year anniversary later this month.

St. Ann’s, where the pugilists go

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St. Ann’s parishioners in Hamilton’s east end may not know that there is a world-class boxing gym right under their feet as they gather for prayer and worship at their century-old church.

A constitutional challenge has been filed against the Parliamentary Protective Service after it barred the display of graphic images of aborted fetuses on Parliament Hill at a March for Life news conference.

Pro-lifers censored, challenge claims

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The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has filed a constitutional challenge against the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS) on behalf of the Campaign Life Coalition and a female anti-abortion advocate.

Fr. Santiago Torres, at left being ordained by Calgary Bishop William McGrattan, credits his mother with being his role model in life

Mother’s love inspires Calgary priest

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A local woman carries a baby at the site where an apartment building was damaged during Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine June 24, 2023.

Jesuits reopen Montreal’s ‘Old Villa’ for Ukrainians fleeing wartorn homeland

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Just a little more than six months after Fr. Kevin Kelly SJ cleared the rooms and locked the doors for what he thought was the last time at a former Jesuit retreat house in Montreal, he and his team have now scrambled to prepare the Old Villa to once again welcome Ukrainians to Canada.

Efforts to save historic St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S., continue, with an Acadian community group in negotiations with the Archdiocee of Halifax-Yarmouth.

Tax break sought to save historic Nova Scotia church

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Nation Prospère Acadie is continuing its quest to save historic St. Bernard Church in Digby County, N.S.

Cardinal Thomas Collins speaks at a past Cardinal’s Dinner against the “shadow of euthanasia.” The religious voice on such matters needs to be heard in the public square, Canada’s bishops say in a new pastoral letter.

Canada's bishops speak out for religious freedom

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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a new pastoral letter, is seeking to empower Catholics to reclaim their distinctive perspective and voice in society.

Alex Schadenberg

Ontario Ministry of Health funds euthanasia with palliative dollars, pro-lifers claim

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Windsor, Ont.'s historic Our Lady of the Assumption Church continues to be refurbished.

Organ restoration latest phase in Assumption renos

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The latest phase in the restoration of historic Our Lady of the Assumption Church here includes the dismantling of the 104-year-old pipe organ.

Archbishop Frank Leo of Toronto stands during the chanting of the creed during Mass with Pope Francis June 29, 2023, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Archbishop Leo receives pallium from Pope Francis

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Archbishop Francis Leo of Toronto joined 31 other metropolitan archbishops appointed over the past year who received their pallium from Pope Francis after Mass for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29.

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