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Conservative MP Stephen Fletcher introduces assisted-suicide bills

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OTTAWA - Canadian legalization of assisted suicide is inevitable so Parliament should settle the issue before it goes to the Supreme Court, said a former Conservative cabinet minister as he introduced two private members bills in support of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Syrian children outside a refugee camp in Kilis, Turkey.

Canada-bound refugees still waiting

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There’s little chance Canada will fulfill a pledge to resettle 1,300 Syrian refugees before the end of 2014, said the director of the Office of Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto.

An icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa is currently on the North American leg of a worldwide tour.

Black Madonna in Canada

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OTTAWA - Hundreds of people lined up to venerate, pray and touch an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, the so-called Black Madonna, that was on display Mar. 18 at St. Patrick’s Basilica.

Ontario declares April 2 John Paul II Day

Ontario declares April 2 John Paul II Day

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Toronto - Ontario will make celebration of the life of Pope John Paul II on annual event following passage of legislation naming a day in his honour.

Attorney Mark Philliips represented Loyola High School at the Supreme Court of Canada on Mar. 24.

Supreme Court told Loyola is "not asking for the moon"

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OTTAWA - A Catholic school cannot be neutral when teaching Catholicism "otherwise it is not a Catholic school," said a lawyer representing Montreal's Loyola High School in arguments before the Supreme Court of Canada.

With Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s maternal health summit scheduled for Toronto in late May, pro-life groups are keeping a watchful eye on developments.

Pro-lifers key on Harper’s maternal health summit

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OTTAWA - Pro-life groups say they will keep a hopeful but watchful eye on an upcoming Toronto summit called by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to address maternal, newborn and child health.

COLf director Michele Boulva.

‘Wishful thinking’ fuels speculation on marriage changes

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OTTAWA - The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) will continue to focus on the Church’s teaching on marriage in the face of “wishful thinking” it will change.

Newly ordained Bishop Christian Riesbeck, who will serve the Archdiocese of Ottawa, signals a coming of age for the Companions of the Cross. The order, founded by Fr. Bob Bedard, is just short of 30 years in existence and Riesbeck is the first member called to the episcopacy

Companions of the Cross make history

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OTTAWA - The March 19 episcopal ordination of Ottawa Auxiliary Bishop Christian Riesbeck marks a “coming of age” of the Companions of the Cross, an order that is not yet three decades old, says the order’s general superior.

Defence lawyer Matthew Webber and Fr. Joe LeClair, right, head to court in Ottawa March 19 for LeClair's sentencing on charges of theft, fraud and breach of trust.

Gambling-addicted priest gets one-year jail time for stealing from parish

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OTTAWA - Ottawa priest Fr. Joe LeClair received a one-year jail sentence March 19 for stealing $134,000 from parishioners to feed a pathological gambling addiction.

Indian workers harvest the tea leaves on tea estates in Darjeeling, India.

Jesuit trip immerses travellers in India

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Walk through the tea estates of Darjeeling and meet the families who have spent generations harvesting the leaves that may end up steeped in Canadian cups. Meet the children of the lowest caste who, with classical musical instruments, literally play their way through school and then out of poverty.

Archbishop Richard Smith and the Alberta bishops have invited Catholics across the province to attend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event in Edmonton March 27 to 30.

Alberta bishops apologize for Church’s role in residential schools

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EDMONTON - Alberta’s Catholic bishops have apologized to those who experienced physical and sexual abuse in Indian residential schools run by the Church.

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