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Rick Firth, executive director of Hospice Palliative Care Ontario, delivers the Cardinal Ambrozic lecture Dec. 5.

Planning for end-of-life care foils euthanasia option

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TORONTO - You know you’re going to die, so what’s the plan?

Archbishop Richard Smith welcomed Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio, noting the principles in it mirror those the bishops are already working on with Development and Peace.

Papal norms clarify charity rules

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OTTAWA - Many Catholics, including bishops, have disagreed about how far a Catholic charity can go

Eighteen Catholic high schools were represented at the ninth annual Social Justice Symposium in Toronto Dec. 6.

Students can help fix their communities

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TORONTO - When attempting to solve social problems like homelessness, students need to be prepared

The Waterloo Catholic board’s THINK campaign aims to curtail cyber-bullying.

Social media campaign asks students to THINK

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The Waterloo Catholic District School Board thinks the answer to cyber-bullying isn’t punishment policies but bands on cellphones — blue rubber bands.

Online shopping is a great way to avoid the stress that comes from finding gifts at Christmas.

Online shopping a growing, and convenient, stress buster

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TORONTO - If the thought of crowded malls full of screaming children and stressed adults has you putting off finding that last-minute Christmas gift, online shopping might be your saving grace.

Cardinal Thomas Collins

Anglican deanery approved for Canada

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The Holy See has approved a new deanery in Canada that will minister to Anglican Use Catholics and their clergy.

John Zucchi

Quebec school ruling another "blow" to Catholic education

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OTTAWA - A Quebec Court of Appeal decision forcing a private Catholic high school

Julian Falconer

TRC seeks more documents

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OTTAWA - The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is seeking a court opinion on its mandate to collect government documents under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

Great strides have been made in upgrading the inadequate housing conditions in Attawapiskat in Northern Ontario, meaning many families are no longer living in shacks or tents, said Fr. Rodrigue Vezina, pastor at Saint-Francois Xavier parish.

Binding Attawapiskat’s wounds

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For MP Charlie Angus, the important part of the Good Samaritan story is that the Good Samaritan came back. He didn’t just bind up the traveller’s wounds and go on his way.

With products from around the world, Jolica’s founder Darlene Loewen shows off the diversity of her fair trade company.

Fair trade, a gift that gives twice

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TORONTO - By sticking to fair trade products while Christmas shopping this year, you’ll have wrapped a gift once while giving twice.

A frank and direct exchange between national council members and CCCB president Archbishop Richard Smith at the Development and Peace annual meeting in Montreal was “an extremely enriching dialogue”

New D&P president comes on board in trying times

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Facing high-profile resignations and protests from within the organization, massive budget cuts and a complete reorganization, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace

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