Archbishop Raymond Roussin carried crosses of closing a diocese, financial strife, and illness
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Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM, gives a lesson to children at St.
Patrick's Elementary School in 2006. He was the head of the Vancouver
archdiocese from 2004 until he retired in 2009. BCC file photo. |
The Marianist Archbishop of Vancouver from 2004 to 2009 has died at age 75. For
full story
see
The B.C. Catholic website.
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Pope says marriage is a participation in the Church's mission
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Pope Francis smiles as he plays with a basketball next to a members of
the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team during his weekly audience in
St. Peter's Square May 6. CNS photo / L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters. |
Marriage is more than the wedding ceremony, the flowers, the dress, the photos, Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience: it is a participation in the Church's mission. For
full story see
The B.C. Catholic website.
ARPA seeks true abortion stats
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A sign and small wooden crosses with U.S. flags are seen in a field near
Jesus the Divine Word Church in Huntington, Md., in 2011, for Respect
Life Month. A similar display was placed in front of the Ontario
legislature. CNS photo / Bob Roller. |
With 100,000 pink and blue flags littered across the front lawn of Queen's Park representing Canada's annual abortion toll, a blogger and a Protestant civil rights organization announced a constitutional challenge to Ontario freedom of information laws that keep all abortion statistics secret. For
full story
see
The B.C. Catholic website.
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