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{mosimage}CALGARY - Songs of praise to God replaced the clang of champagne glasses as young adults welcomed in the New Year at the stroke of midnight.

{mosimage}OTTAWA - Hope remains alive that Pope Benedict XVI will attend the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City in June, despite evidence his travel calendar is filling up.

{mosimage}VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an immediate end to ethnic violence in Kenya and called on political leaders to resolve the conflict there through "dialogue and democratic debate."

{mosimage}NAIROBI, Kenya - Following days of violence and death after the announcement of disputed election results, Kenya's Catholic bishops appealed to political leaders to make every effort to engage in dialogue to resolve the crisis.

{mosimage}TORONTO - The church has been praying for the unity of Christians for 100 years, and will keep doing so.

{mosimage}TORONTO - Former U.S. president John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said,  “Children are the world������Ƶapp most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”

{mosimage}TORONTO - The number of people gathered in St. Anne������Ƶapp Catholic Church in downtown Toronto to commemorate the Acteal massacre in Chiapas 10 years ago was about equal to the 45 indigenous Mexicans who were shot down by a paramilitary group in 1997.

{mosimage}TORONTO - An Edmonton resident has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against , a small Toronto-based magazine of opinion, news and analysis.

{mosimage}TORONTO - Canada������Ƶapp Catholic bishops may have something to say about Canada������Ƶapp role in Afghanistan before Parliament debates the issue in March.

{mosimage}THRISSUR, India - Catholic leaders in Pakistan and Pope Benedict XVI condemned the assassination at an election rally of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, leader of the opposition Pakistan People������Ƶapp Party.