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Quebec poised to legislate 'right to euthanasia'

June 24, 2013
DEBORAH GYAPONG
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS

Pro-life and other groups joined forces to denounce a bill governing end-of-life care introduced by the Quebec government June 12 as a form of Belgian-style euthanasia.

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St. Vincent de Paul gathers provisions for northerners

June 24, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER

Vowing that no Canadian child would ever go hungry, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) has sent more than $200,000 worth of food and supplies to help hungry children in the Canadian Arctic.

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Ethicist challenges conventional views of human dignity

Dr. Daniel Sulmasy

June 24, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER

Several years ago, some friars decided to convert an old friary in northern New Jersey into an AIDS hospice.

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Catholics urged to wage cultural warfare

June 24, 2013
EVAN BOUDREAU
THE CATHOLIC REGISTER

There is a war happening, a culture war, right in our backyards and all Christians are called to fight in it, says a prominent Catholic author and academic.

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Oblate becomes bishop, grandfather

June 24, 2013
MICHAEL SWAN
THE CATHOLIC REGISTER

Bishop Anthony Krotki found out a few weeks before his episcopal ordination he was finally a grandfather.

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Jesuit outlines threats to West from Muslim Brotherhood

Fr. Henri Boulad

June 24, 2013
DEBORAH GYAPONG
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS

OTTAWA – A priest who directs the Jesuit Cultural Centre in Alexandria, Egypt, blasted Western support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during a visit to Parliament Hill.

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Families remember Dad with Fat Frank's jumbo hot dog

June 24, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER

At Holy Cross Cemetery on Father's Day they offered a Fat Frank's jumbo hot dog with all the trimmings and a drink for free. There were few takers in the first 20 minutes as people didn't want to get wet.

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Hierarchy must rub shoulders with the people, says pope

June 24, 2013
FRANCIS ROCCA
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

A news report that Pope Francis acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican offers a sensational example of his unvarnished speaking style and a reminder of the challenge that style poses for the papacy in the age of digital communications and vanishing privacy.

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Wealth obscures power of God's word, says pope

June 24, 2013
CAROL GLATZ
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

A Church that is rich and lacking in praise for the Lord is an old, lifeless Church that neglects the true treasure of God's free gift of grace and salvation, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.

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Parliament may declare April 2 Pope John Paul II Day in Canada

June 24, 2013
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS

OTTAWA – A private member's bill to designate April 2 as Pope John Paul II Day in Canada passed third reading in the House of Commons June 12 with support from all political parties.

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Students reach out to new immigrants

June 24, 2013
SPECIAL TO THE WCR

EDMONTON – On May 29, the St. Clement Grade 5 students marked their successful completion of the international baccalaureate Primary Years Program with an exhibition.

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Scrap secularism, embrace real faith – the Good News

Eric Metaxas

June 24, 2013
DEBORAH GYAPONG
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS

An aggressive secular orthodoxy has created a cartoon version of the Christian faith said the keynote speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast here June 4.

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Poverty impacts health, ransacks health care system

June 24, 2013
DEBORAH GYAPONG
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWS

OTTAWA – The Canadian Medical Association wants parliamentarians to consider the role poverty plays in health outcomes as well as demands on the health care system.

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Psychologist gives witness to the patient's point of view

Kathy Torpie

June 24, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER

EDMONTON – Kathy Torpie has a dual perspective as both a health care professional and as a patient.

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God's love is stronger than the devil, Pope Francis tells crowd

June 24, 2013
CINDY WOODEN
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY – Christians have "far to go" if they seek to be known primarily for their love of God and neighbour, Pope Francis said.

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Pastoral appointments for St. Paul Diocese

June 24, 2013
SPECIAL TO THE WCR

ST. PAUL, ALTA. – Bishop Paul Terrio has announced the following priests' appointments for the Diocese of St. Paul. All appointments take effect Aug. 15.

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