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Pope Francis’ prayer at security wall a ‘slap in the face,’ says B’nai Brith

June 4, 2014

TORONTO - Under the headline “A slap in the face,” B’nai Brith Canada CEO Frank Dimant has used his organization’s newspaper to condemn Pope Francis’ recent visit to the Holy Land.

Canadian sister released in Cameroon

June 3, 2014

VATICAN CITY - From Montreal to the Vatican, Cameroon to northern Italy, statements expressing “great joy” accompanied the news that a Canadian sister of Notre-Dame and two Italian missionary priests were released unharmed almost two months after being kidnapped in northern Cameroon.

Msgr. Foy was pro-life before there was pro-life

May 30, 2014

TORONTO - Vincent Foy paced back and forth, tears rolling down his 10-year-old cheeks, and promised God that if the Lord would spare the life of his mother, he would do everything in his power to become a priest.

Harper pledges another $3.5 billion for maternal care

May 30, 2014

TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to pump another $3.5 billion into improving the health of mothers, newborns and children in the developing world between 2015 and 2020.

German priest influenced conversion

May 30, 2014

TORONTO - A decade after converting to Catholicism, Stephan Brunck is now a deacon.

House of Commons adopts Angus motion on palliative care

May 29, 2014

OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed NDP MP Charlie Angus' private member’s Motion-456 calling for a national palliative care strategy.

REALWomen’s Gwen Landolt honoured with Exner award

May 29, 2014

TORONTO - Gwen Landolt is only the third woman to win the Archbishop Adam Exner Award since the Catholic Civil Rights League established the honour a decade ago.

Trudeau under fire for not condemning gendercide abortion

May 29, 2014

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa blasted Liberal leader Justin Trudeau May 27 for failing to condemn the practice of sex-selection or gendercide abortion.

Canada’s bishops seek release of condemned Sudanese Christian woman

May 29, 2014

OTTAWA - Canada's Catholic bishops are pressing both the Canadian and Sudanese governments for the release of a Christian woman condemned to death for apostasy from Islam.

Commitment to maternal care a start, but further challenges remain

May 28, 2014

TORONTO - While progress has been made towards the Millennium Development Goals of improving maternal health and reducing child mortality, challenges remain in order "to reach the most vulnerable and to reach those most excluded," said Rosemary McCarney, co-chair of the Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.