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Canada job program grants saw spike in rejection rates under abortion litmus test

Mar 31, 2021

Rejection rates spiked after a Canadian government job grant program’s 2018 rules required groups to affirm abortion rights, and rejections... Read more

Participants at the May 9 Canadian March for Life, in Ottawa, Canada.

50 Years of Abortion: Where does Canada go from here?

May 10, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

On May 14, 2019, abortion will have been legal in Canada for half a century. Since it became legal, approximately... Read more

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Legal challenges to Canada Summer Jobs focus on freedom of speech

Jul 10, 2018

Legal opposition continues to gather against a new rule for a long-standing Canadian summer jobs program, which requires grant applicants... Read more

Canadians oppose abortion requirement for summer job grants, poll finds

May 10, 2018

A recent survey indicates that a majority of Canadians disapprove of a new provision in the Canada Summer Job Grants... Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Canadian Catholics won’t be bullied into supporting abortion, bishop says

Feb 9, 2018

A Canadian bishop announced that the Diocese of London, Ontario, would protest new requirements for government grants that require organizations... Read more

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Despite an online petition posted to change.org in mid-October that garnered over 53,000 signatures in protest of the evergreen to be used for the Vatican Christmas tree being chopped down, the tree arrived as scheduled in St. Peter’s Square at 7 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2024.

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Father Max Josef Metzger, a Catholic priest executed by the Nazi regime in 1944 for his peace activism and ecumenical work, was beatified Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Freiburg, Germany.

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Cardinal Kevin Farrell celebrates Mass for the World Meeting of Families 2022 on June 25, 2022.

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Gender: The problem isn’t the term but the anthropology behind it, Catholic expert says

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Jimmy Lai’s godfather assesses trial: ‘He’s a real champion of freedom’

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Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

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Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

Jimmy Lai’s wife, Teresa (left), and retired Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun arrive at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts to attend Hong Kong activist publisher Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

Jimmy Lai takes the stand in yearslong Hong Kong national security trial

Senior fellow at the National Catholic Bioethics Center Joseph Meaney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

Vietnam, with one of the highest abortion rates, leads UN initiative on premature births

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