An arrest warrant has been issued in Canada for Msgr. Carlo Capella, the Vatican diplomat recalled from service in Washington in late August, who already was the subject of a Vatican criminal investigation involving child pornography.
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Cardinal Ouellet denounces ‘alarmist’ interpretations of ‘Amoris Laetitia’
The Canadian cardinal, who serves as the Vatican’s prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, told Canadian bishops the document does not signal “changes to doctrine or to sacramental discipline,” but represents a pastoral approach that takes into consideration “the good of the person,” according to his or her circumstances.
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Cardinals lead re-consecration of Canada to Mary
To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and to mark the 70th anniversary of its consecration to Mary, Canada’s three cardinals led the nation’s bishops in a ceremony Sept. 26 to re-consecrate the nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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A Jesuit canoe pilgrimage promotes reconciliation with Canada’s indigenous people
For Canada’s 150th anniversary, which has been met with frustration by indigenous people, the Jesuits had another dialogue in mind.
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Canadian Catholic bishops celebrate 50 years of Development and Peace agency
Canada’s Development and Peace has launched impressive public education projects and worked on advocacy campaigns and thousands of economic and community development projects on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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Canadian dioceses rally to help migrants fleeing U.S.
An estimated 7,000 men, women and children, primarily Haitians, have entered Canada over the summer since U.S. President Donald Trump ended a program offering temporary asylum to Haitians displaced by that nation’s 2010 earthquake.
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Canadian bishops call out their country’s mining companies for destructive practices abroad
The bishops are condemning the exploitation of land and indigenous peoples by Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America and other regions.
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Why refugees in the U.S. are risking their lives at the Canadian border
Refugees who initially fled from places in Africa were treated for frostbite after crossing the northern border on foot.
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Why indigenous people are crashing Canada’s 150th birthday party
For indigenous people, the 150th anniversary of the Canadian confederation is an opportunity for resistance.
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Once Guantanamo’s youngest prisoner, Omar Khadr seeks ‘renewal and reconciliation’ in Canada
In 2003, the U.S. Army’s Guantanamo Bay facility received a 16-year-old boy, Omar Khadr. Omar would become Gitmo’s youngest prisoner. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he had been captured by U.S. special forces in 2002; U.S. military believe he was responsible for the death of a U.S. service member during a brutal, four-hour firefight. Mr. Khadr […]