Chairman of First Nations Health Authority in Heart Health launches new project
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Jeff Reading (back row, second from left), is the chairman of a new
research project for improving heart health for native people. Agnieszka
Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic. |
A new health authority has been established to help improve the health of native people in Western Canada. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
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There's a backlash against solitary confinement in U.S. prisons
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A priest prays with a death-row inmate in 2008 at Indiana State Prison
in Michigan City, Ind. Karen Clifton, executive director of the Catholic
Mobilizing Network, said during a Washington conference on restorative
justice Nov. 21 that the U.S. "has 5 per cent of the world's population
and 25 per cent of its imprisoned." CNS photo / Tim Hunt, Northwest
Indiana Catholic. |
Kalief Browder was 16 years old when he entered the notorious Rikers Island prison in New York, awaiting trial for allegedly stealing a backpack. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
Anglican Communion sanctions Episcopalians
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Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the
Anglican Communion, speaks with protesters on the grounds of England's
Canterbury Cathedral, which was closed for a meeting of primates of the
Anglican Church. CNS photo / Toby Melville, Reuters. |
The suspension Jan. 15 of the Episcopal Church by the primates of the Anglican Communion for devising a same-sex marriage canon has implications for Anglicans. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
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