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Archbishop of Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega spoke at the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops annual plenary on Sept. 16.

Canadian bishops urged to go to ‘the periphery’

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BEAUPRÉ, QUE. - The mission of the Church in North American is to go “con-cretely to places on the periphery,” Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega told Canada’s bishops on Sept. 16.

Governor General David Johnston invested Winnipeg Archbishop-emeritus James Weisgerber, left, as an Officer of the Order of Canada Sept. 12.

Weisgerber fears aboriginal violence

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OTTAWA - Canada faces potential violence unless a just solution is found to the plight of Canada’s aboriginal people, warned Winnipeg Archbishop-emeritus James Weisgerber.

Marie-Elisabeth Turgeon, the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

Pope Francis advances sainthood cause of Canadian nun

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of of Marie-Elisabeth Turgeon, the Canadian founder of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

Msgr. Pat Powers, left, meets with CCCB president Archbishop Paul-André Durocher. The CCCB announced that it will launch a national campaign this fall to combat the legalization of euthanasia in Canada.

Canadian bishops to launch national strategy to combat euthanasia

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BEAUPRÉ, QUE. - Canada's bishops will launch a national campaign this fall to combat a push in Canada to legalize euthanasia.

Before he became Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, wrote the final draft of the Aparecida document.

Latin theology coming to Canadian bishops

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Cuba’s Cardinal Jaime Ortega is about to welcome Canada’s bishops to the rough and tumble of Latin American theology. 

These children were among 350,000 people at Martyr’s Shrine for Pope John Paul II’s visit in 1984.

Remembering a saint

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Before George MacDonald met Pope John Paul II 30 years ago his life looked bleak.

Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino

Cardinal Ortega to address evangelization challenges

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OTTAWA - A high-profile Cuban cardinal with a French Canadian connection will lend a latin touch to the Canadian bishops annual conference this year. 

The Catholic Organization for Life and Family released a 12-page booklet titled, “Families, Christ calls us to sow joy and hope!”

Families encouraged to promote life, peace and love

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OTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is urging families to live up to a vocation of promoting life, peace and a culture of love.

Cardinal Thomas Collins (left) calls for action to protect vicitms against the self-declared Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Imam Habeeb Alli condemns the actions of ISIS.

Faith leaders urge peace and action

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TORONTO - The people came to pray and were told to act.

Archbishop Terrence Prendergast

Imams decry ISIS ‘barbarism,’ ‘satanic deeds’ at Ottawa rally

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OTTAWA - Religious leaders, including two Imams, denounced the barbarism of the Islamic State and urged the protection of Iraqi Christians and other minorities during a Parliament Hill rally on Sept. 6. 

Conservative cabinet member Jason Kenney (right) told Mahir Aboudi and his family that his aging mother and father could not join his family in Canada as refugees because hey haven’t yet crossed an international border.

Internally displaced Iraqi Christians not refugees

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TORONTO - Mahir Aboudi’s aging mother and father — on the run from the Islamic State and holed up with thousands of refugees in Irbil, Kurdistan — can’t join their son and his family in Canada as refugees because they haven’t yet crossed an international border, Conservative cabinet member Jason Kenney told Aboudi and his family. 

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