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After the death of a second migrant worker of COVID-19 and at least 240 positive tests on just five farms, Deacon Tony Hogervorst is praying for thousands of seasonal workers on 176 farms across southwestern Ontario.

Audrey Johnson has seen systemic racism. SheöÏÓãÊÓƵapp felt it. And every Sunday morning at 7 a.m. sharp she and a small circle of black friends meet at church and kneel down and pray for it to end.

Deacon Michael James Robinson has a lifetime of experience that tells him systemic racism is real and itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp embedded in Canadian history and culture.

Racism isn’t just a sin out there in the world, nor just a problem on American police forces, said Fr. Obinna Ifeanyi.

Bishops across Canada have condemned racism and encouraged peaceful protest amid the global wave of outrage at the killing of George Floyd while in police custody.

Ray TemmermanöÏÓãÊÓƵapp been a committed Catholic all his life. HeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp a former president of the National Council of Development and Peace. HeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp taken time out from his career in automotive technology and human resources to study theology at the University of Winnipeg, earning a Masters in Sacred Theology.

The 88-year-old godmother of palliative care in Ontario knows exactly whatöÏÓãÊÓƵapp wrong with long-term care in the province. Much of it is motivated by profit.

CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp seminaries have survived the spring onslaught of COVID-19, but they’re looking across the wide expanse of summer holidays and wondering what the future holds.

In the poorer corners of the globe — in refugee camps, slums and Indigenous communities — the Church is emerging as a critical line of defence against COVID-19.

One of the greatest canon law scholars in Canadian history has died. Fr. Frank Morrisey of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, canon law professor, consultant to bishops and religious orders around the world, died May 23 in Ottawa at the age of 84.