Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:59:14 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Teens hailed as heroes in boyöÏÓãÊÓƵapp rescue /item/29266-teens-hailed-as-heroes-in-boy-s-rescue /item/29266-teens-hailed-as-heroes-in-boy-s-rescue

VANCOUVER - It was a day of skiing Grade 8 student Gabriel Neilson won’t soon forget.

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Crying, hugging and shaking their heads in disbelief, the people of Humboldt, Sask. gathered at the local hockey arena April 8 for an inter-faith service to mourn 15 people who died after the bus carrying the townöÏÓãÊÓƵapp junior hockey team collided with a truck.

]]> canadiancatholicnews@catholicregister.org (Canadian Catholic News) Canada Mon, 09 Apr 2018 09:25:46 -0400 Bruised, not broken: Pope encourages Colombians to pursue peace /home/international/item/26016-bruised-not-broken-pope-encourages-colombians-to-pursue-peace /home/international/item/26016-bruised-not-broken-pope-encourages-colombians-to-pursue-peace

CARTAGENA, Colombia – Pope Francis said he had no magic words or special recipes for Colombians seeking peace, but rather he wanted to listen to them, learn from them and travel a bit of the road with them.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:00:56 -0400 Pope Francis calls up garbage collector who lost legs in accident /home/international/item/25745-pope-francis-calls-up-garbage-collector-who-lost-legs-in-accident /home/international/item/25745-pope-francis-calls-up-garbage-collector-who-lost-legs-in-accident

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that left him without legs.

]]> cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) International Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:35:00 -0400 Pope Francis thanks people for prayers after deadly crash kills relatives /faith/item/18658-pope-francis-thanks-people-for-prayers-after-deadly-crash-kills-relatives /faith/item/18658-pope-francis-thanks-people-for-prayers-after-deadly-crash-kills-relatives

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, in mourning for the deaths of his nephew's wife and two small children, thanked people at his weekly general audience Aug. 20 for their prayers.

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SEOUL, South Korea - Families of the victims of the April Sewol ferry accident appealed directly to Pope Francis for justice on the eve of his Aug. 14-18 Korean visit.

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