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TORONTO - The 166 Toronto-area parishes with active refugee committees could open a new, more hopeful chapter on up to 700 refugee stories in 2013.
Euthanasia opponents mourn loss of Dr. Andre Bourque
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsMourners packed Montreal’s Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral Jan. 5 for the funeral of Dr. Andre Bourque, the public face of Quebec’s anti-euthanasia movement.
India sets table for Christian unity week
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThis year Christians around the world are being asked to learn about unity from India.
Vancouver’s vicar general assigned to the Cariboo by Pope Benedict XVI
By Nathan Rumohr, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER - Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Msgr. Stephen Jensen, vicar general of the archdiocese of Vancouver for more than four years, as the new bishop of Prince George in northern British Columbia.
Extended shopping battle on the horizon in Sudbury
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIn Sudbury, Ont., unions, family groups and the business community are gearing up for a fight over expanded shopping hours.
Groups rally in opposition to transgender bill
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Religious and other groups are rallying opposition to Bill C-279 that would add gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds for discrimination.
Victoria Island becomes place of pilgrimage to support Chief Spence
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Victoria Island where Chief Theresa Spence has been holding a nearly month-long hunger strike to demand a meeting with the Prime Minister and Governor General to discuss First Nations’ issues has become a pilgrimage site for supporters from across North America.
CCCB offers blessings to PM, First Nations meeting
By Catholic Register StaffOTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops wants something substantial to come out of the Jan. 11 meeting between the government and indigenous leaders.
Canada's Maronite Catholics get a new leader
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News ServiceVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI named the priest in charge of co-ordinating his papal visit to Lebanon to head the Maronite Catholic community in Canada.
Retired Ottawa Archbishop Plourde, 97, dies
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop-emeritus Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, who chaired a committee that oversaw the founding of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, died Jan. 5 at the age of 97 after 49 years as a bishop.
Churches throw support behind Chief Spence
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAs Chief Theresa Spence passed three weeks living on nothing but water, fish broth and herbal tea, churches and Christian organizations were lining up behind her request for a meeting with Prime MInister Stephen Harper, Governor General David Johnston and aboriginal leaders from across the country.