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According to Assist News Service, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has seized a painting called “Cristo Portacroce” and returned it to the Gentili family. The painting was one of many forcibly taken from the estate of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe after the Nazi army invaded France in 1941. … [Read more...]
The Assembly of Québec Catholic Bishops issued a statement March 29 in response to a report of the Quebec government’s Dying with Dignity commission. The statement praises the report’s recommendations to improve palliative care (care for the dying) but criticized its support of “medical aid … [Read more...]
In honour of the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible, Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria is hosting a week long continuous reading of the KJV from cover to cover. Special guests will include Governor General Award-winning author Kit Pearson, CBC radio host Jo-Ann Roberts … [Read more...]
Suffering from the drought crisis in East Africa, the famished people of the Borana tribe in Kenya and Ethiopia are given a chance to make a full recovery as Global Aid Network Canada intervened in the nick of time, bringing immediate and long term relief.With most of their livestock dead, the … [Read more...]
Gaddafi forces face deadline TRIPOLI — Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the head of the rebel Transitional National Council and interim leader of Libya gave forces loyal to Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi a four day deadline to surrender the areas they still control or face war. During the Arab Spring of February … [Read more...]
Sherbrooke — In an unexpected accident a tractor pulling a group of children at a Baptist Church Youth Camp in Sherbrooke, Quebec flipped over while traveling down a slope. Dozens of people were inside and some were flung from the vehicle. While some injuries are said to be serious, none are … [Read more...]
Campus Crusade is now CRUCampus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) will soon simply be known as CRU. This change comes after senior members of the organization had thought about rebranding because of negative connotations associated with the word “crusade”. Many still associate this … [Read more...]
Evangelicals can also play and laugh Trinity Western University, an evangelical Christian university in Langley, B.C., is presenting the play 'The Foreigner' November 23-December 4. The light-hearted farce focuses on a man named Charlie who goes to a small Southern town and soon becomes privy to … [Read more...]
Leave him Aziz The Catholic Syrian Archbishop of Mosul in Iraq, Georges Casmoussa, is appealing to the Iraqi government to spare the life of Tariq Aziz, who was given a death sentence by an Iraqi court on October 26. Aziz, a Catholic, is now 74, but served as foreign minister and deputy prime … [Read more...]
Parents wantedThe organization Adoption in Canada has designated November as adoption month and has launched a media campaign encouraging adoption. The media campaign's slogan is "I wanted to give my baby a mom and a dad."Pastor still under threat of deathYoucef Nadarkhani, a pastor in … [Read more...]
