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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South Africa's Jesuits have warned that pursuing charges against the finance minister could harm the country's economy and have devastating effects on the poor.

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OTTAWA - The federal 2015 budget is an election document that sets out its vision for the middle class.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Prominent Catholic politician calls for end to Catholic school system /item/19216-prominent-catholic-politician-calls-for-end-to-catholic-school-system /item/19216-prominent-catholic-politician-calls-for-end-to-catholic-school-system

TORONTO - ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp time for Ontario to ditch publicly funded, separate Catholic education, retired Ontario cabinet minister and prominent Italian and Catholic politician Greg Sorbara claims in five bombshell paragraphs toward the end of his new 208-page political memoir. 

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:30:00 -0500 FlahertyöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic heritage shaped his political thinking /item/17959-flaherty-s-catholic-heritage-shaped-his-political-thinking /item/17959-flaherty-s-catholic-heritage-shaped-his-political-thinking

OTTAWA - Jim Flaherty was buried out of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Anglican St. James Cathedral in a state funeral on April 16 but the political life of the former Finance Minister was shaped by his Catholic upbringing, said former colleagues.

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