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Canadian senior citizens with trepidations about contending with a medical regime increasingly preaching the gospel of euthanasia have a new ally.

Angie Peters, the former telecommunications executive — since 2013 the president and CEO of the Toronto-based Christian social service organization Yonge Street Mission — effortlessly cites Scripture to explain the ethos driving her mission to support people trapped in generational poverty.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta once said, “When Christ said, ‘I was hungry and you fed me,’ He didn’t mean only the hunger for food and for bread; He also meant the hunger to be loved.”

In the eyes of those who see them every Sunday, Larry and Theresa Keogh are titans of service - an irreplaceable duo who together have committed decades of their lives to the betterment of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Alliston.

Canadian archdiocesan and diocesan vocation directors assembled at the FCJ Retreat & Conference Centre in Calgary from Oct. 1-4 to contemplate how they can join forces to inspire more calls to the priesthood and consecrated life.

Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church’s unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop.

With fertility rates at record lows, question is, how will Canada repopulate?

Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals under the age of 80, but Pope Francis is planning to set a record.

The Catholic Register’s special full-colour magazine project Lives Lived for Life is more than just telling 12 stories of Canada’s pro-life faithful, it is also a melding of three distinct Catholic media entities in sharing these stories for the world to see.

Salt + Light Media is producing a special episode of its Behold series this month, diving deeper into the testimonies of four people dedicated to the pro-life cause highlighted in The Catholic Register’s Lives Lived for Life magazine project.