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Author, former professor and pro-lifer Donald DeMarco received the Catholic Civil Rights League’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life.

Academic DeMarco takes rights league’s Exner Award

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TORONTO - The Catholic Civil Rights League once again highlighted the power of the pen by awarding author Donald DeMarco the award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life. 

Justin Trudeau

Conscience vote Motion 590 passes with Trudeau's support

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OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has joined Parliament in overwhelmingly passing a motion in Parliament in support of holding free votes on conscience matters.

Pope Francis approved the Canadian delegates to attend October’s world Synod of Bishops on the family including Cardinal Thomas C. Collins of Toronto.

Pope OKs synod members elected by Canada's bishops, superiors general

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has formally approved the Canadian delegates to October's world Synod of Bishops on the family.

Mary’s Meals founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, seated, with the Canadian team of the charity that feeds one million children in 13 countries each day. The Canadian chapter originated at Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary School in Niagara Falls, Ont., under the late Brigid Davidson. McFarlane-Barrow visited the school June 2.

Mary’s Meals feeds a million kids a day

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Students at Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary School in Niagara Falls, Ont., were buzzing with excitement when they heard Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and CEO of Mary’s Meals, was coming to visit. The school only had about a week to prepare for his June 2 visit, but it was obvious where to start.

Cameron Côté of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform.

Graphic pro-life campaign targets Justin Trudeau

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Organizers of a controversial anti-abortion campaign will not back down despite protests about the graphic nature of postcards that have been delivered to mailboxes in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.

These are some of the texts dating back to the early years in Canadian history that were discovered in the library of the Bathurst diocesan offices.

Burst pipes lead to historical find in Bathurst diocese

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For years the outdated library in the basement of the Bathurst diocesan offices saw more mice and rats than readers, said Bishop Daniel Jodoin. But when pipes burst during the spring thaw, new doors were opened to our nation’s past.

Pope Francis meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a private audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 11.

Residential schools, Ukraine on agenda for Harper, Pope

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VATICAN CITY - Prime Minister Stephen Harper discussed the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission when he met with Pope Francis at the Vatican today.

Gerry Kelly

Religious accept TRC findings, vow to do more

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The churches and religious orders who ran Indian Residential Schools up until the 1970s have responded to the final 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with a promise to do more.

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast said maybe the Pope can Skype about Indian Residential Schools, but said the TRC asking for a personal apology from Pope Francis is “reaching for the moon.”

Call for papal apology problematic

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OTTAWA - Calls for Pope Francis to come to Canada and personally apologize for abuses at Indian Residential Schools are “reaching for the moon,” said Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.

About 2,000 people marched on Queen’s Park June 7 demanding an end to the new sex-ed curriculum.

Ontario parents not backing down on sex ed

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TORONTO - The voice of parents must be heard, a determined group of parents upset with Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum has vowed.

They gathered again at Queen’s Park, almost 2,000 of them, on June 7 to denounce Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal government for moving forward with the curriculum.

Churches need to wade in on the side of more and better political debate in election campaigns. That means focusing on issues like climate change and how it is affecting Canada and the planet.

Churches focus on issues for federal election

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Attack ads rule the airwaves. Sponsored Facebook posts are trying to flush out political supporters with a click. The twitterverse is dividing up by hashtags. The 2015 vote may be four months away, but political parties are already in election mode.

Churches are also warming up for the coming vote.

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