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Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

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As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked faith communities for helping Canadians struggle through nine long months of COVID-induced uncertainty and isolation, he also urged a group of 250 clergy and faith leaders from a wide range of religions to do more over the home stretch while vaccinations roll out. 

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is not some distant, colourful, Mexican tradition for former New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor Graydon Nicholas.

Not just a vaccine but a cheap, ethical, Canadian vaccine is on its way before 2022, and itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp not just a solution for COVID-19, says the new chief operating officer at Eyam Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics.

A bit early for Christmas, KingöÏÓãÊÓƵapp University College has been hit with a surprise gift of $1 million — one of the largest gifts in the London, Ont., Catholic collegeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp history.

Banned by the Quebec government, churches and faith communities who sponsor refugees want to face their accusers and get some sort of explanation for QuebecöÏÓãÊÓƵapp sudden one-year suspension of refugee sponsorship.

Science, medicine and economics are going to all play important roles in the global post-pandemic recovery, but from the ChurchöÏÓãÊÓƵapp point of view there needs to be a moral recovery first, Cardinal Michael Czerny explained in a Nov. 27 address at TokyoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Sophia University.

The stock market is up, real estate is soaring and yet food bank use is through the roof.

As Toronto and Peel Region officially went into lockdown on Nov. 23, they joined Good Shepherd volunteers who have already been in lockdown for 10 months.

Church networks are getting ready for a humanitarian disaster and a massive wave of new refugees as the civil war in Ethiopia rages on.

Discovering a hint of moral backbone at this yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp G20 negotiations, hosted by Saudi Arabia online over the Nov. 20th weekend, was more than CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp representative to the G20 Interfaith Forum expected.