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CCCB offers blessings to PM, First Nations meeting

January 10, 2013

OTTAWA - 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

January 10, 2013

VATICAN 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

January 8, 2013

OTTAWA - 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

January 7, 2013

As 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.

Calgary Catholics warned about SSPX parish

January 1, 2013

Calgary Bishop Fred Henry has warned Catholics in his diocese not to attend a church purchased by the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX).

Sister’s determination gets dental clinic mobile

December 31, 2012

Updated 01/02/13 TORONTO - Twelve years of fighting to provide those in need access to free dental care has finally yielded a busload of help for Sr. Georgette Gregory and the Toronto Oral Health Coalition.

Life issues and religious freedom dominate news from Ottawa

December 31, 2012

OTTAWA - The year 2012 brought troubling news concerning religious freedom, social justice and euthanasia in Canada, but on abortion there are signs the public is increasingly engaged in debate.

Montreal deacon facing child pornography charges

December 28, 2012

OTTAWA (CCN) - William Kokesch, a Montreal permanent deacon who served nearly10 years as a communications director for Canada's Catholic bishops, faceschild pornography charges.

Ontario’s child poverty targets unlikely to be met

December 27, 2012

TORONTO - It’s highly unlikely Ontario will meet its own poverty-reduction targets in 2013, food bank use has hit record levels and Ontario’s bishops are worried that decent housing has become a distant dream for too many people.

Marriage better for women’s health

December 26, 2012

TORONTO - Being married matters to the health of mothers and possibly to the health of their children, a new study by Marcelo Urquia has found.