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Unlike the bishops of Alberta and Northwest Territories, the Canadian bishops’ conference has no immediate plans to issue pastoral guidelines for sacraments for those who choose assisted suicide.

Bishops not planning pastoral guidelines on assisted suicide

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OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops are unlikely to issue national pastoral guidelines on how to accompany Catholics considering euthanasia, the bishops’ conference president said.

File photo of Vanacouver's St. Paul's Hospital, 2010.

Catholic health care pressured to join in euthanasia process

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OTTAWA – The archbishop of Vancouver has written to a local health authority to oppose a threat to make compliance with assisted suicide requests mandatory at all its health institutions, including Catholic hospitals and palliative care centres.

An undated photo of Ste Anne's Parish in Tecumseh, Ontario.

Windsor priest jailed for stealing from parish

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WINDSOR, ONT. – A Windsor priest was sentenced to 10 months in jail and ordered to repay $75,000 to his former parish after a judge ruled the pastor preyed on victims who "were vulnerable given their faith and trust in their priest.”

The Canadian Jesuits have joined Catholic organizations from around the world in announcing they will divest all their holdings in oil, gas and coal.

Canadian Jesuits to divest from oil, gas, coal holdings

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TORONTO – The Canadian arm of the Jesuits is selling all its investments in oil, gas and coal.

Photo of CCCB president Bishop Douglas Crosby of Hamilton, 2009.

Canadian bishops to update their policies on abuse prevention

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CORNWALL, Ontario – Canada's bishops are finalizing new policies to better protect minors against sex abuse.

The Archdiocese of Vancouver's St. Mary's parish will be holding a mass wedding for 15 couples on Oct. 15.

Vancouver parish plans wedding for 15 couples

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VANCOUVER – Fifteen couples are set to be married in one big, happy ceremony in what will likely be the biggest wedding in the history of the Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec at the Vatican in 2015. In a statement put out Sept. 29, Lacroix said he won’t refuse funerals for those choosing assisted suicide or euthanasia.

Quebec cardinal won't refuse funerals for those choosing assisted death

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QUEBEC CITY – Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec said he has no intention to follow in the steps of his fellow Canadian bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories in refusing funerals for those who asked to be euthanized.

Irving Papineau, a Mohawk from Akwesasne, addressed the Canadian bishops Sept. 27 on the Church response to the TRC’s Calls to Action.

First Nations seek funding from Canadian bishops for promotion of culture, spirituality

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CORNWALL, Ont. – Members of the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council called on Canada’s bishops to help find permanent funding for an institution to promote indigenous culture and spirituality.

Justice Russell Brown at the St. Thomas More Lawyers’ Guild banquet in Ottawa, Sept. 22.

Humility essential to those in law, says Supreme Court Justice at Christian lawyers’ banquet

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OTTAWA – Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown stressed the importance of humility to find the right balance of mercy and justice in a speech to Christian lawyers Sept. 22 in Ottawa.

Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, is seen in Cornwall, Ontario, Sept. 26. The Dutch cardinal spoke to Canadian bishops about the "slippery slope" of euthanasia.

Dutch cardinal warns Canadian bishops about 'slippery slope' of euthanasia

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CORNWALL, Ont. – The Archbishop of Utrecht advised Canadian bishops to continue to decry euthanasia and assisted suicide so that Canada never emulates the Netherlands, where assisted killing can now be administered to psychiatric patients and the handicapped.

Thomas Montminy-Brodeur, former Archdiocese of Quebec employee, poses for a photo during the Emmys in Los Angeles Sept. 10. He won the Best Visual Effects Emmy Award as part of the team at Rodeo FX, the Montreal studio that makes the special effects for Game of Thrones.

Quebec Emmy winner, son of theologians, thought he would always be poor

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QUEBEC CITY – Thomas Montminy-Brodeur, 28, just won the Best Visual Effects Emmy Award as part of the team at Rodeo FX, the Montreal studio that makes the special effects for "Game of Thrones." Now at the top, Montminy-Brodeur smiles when he thinks about the work he used to do for the Archdiocese of Quebec a few years ago.

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