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Abbot Peter Novecosky of St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster, Sask., in a 2012 photo. The former editor of The Prairie Messenger newspaper died Aug. 14 at age 79. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Abbot Peter Novecosky, former Prairie Messenger editor, dies at 79

Canada, News, Saskatchewan, Trending

Abbot Peter Novecosky, OSB, who for more than a quarter century shared the news, and the good news, with Catholics in Western Canada through The Prairie Messenger newspaper, has died at 79. Abbot Novecosky died on Aug. 14, the Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Humboldt, Sask., after battling cancer. A...

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who died on Feb. 29, is shown at a 2014 event. (Canada 2020 Photo)

Brian Mulroney’s Catholic faith forged his identity

Canada, Trending

When Pope (now St.) John Paul II arrived in Ottawa in 1984 – the first Pontiff to visit this country – greeting him in Ottawa was Canada’s 18th Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney. Mr. Mulroney, one of 10 Catholics who have held that office since 1867, died on Feb. 29. The “little guy from Baie Comeau,”...

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