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Justin Trudeau , 33, the eldest son of the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was married to Sophie Gregoire, 30, at Ste. Madeleine d'Outremont church in Montreal May 28.  Justin was active in promoting World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto. He also told a WYD kickoff rally that he returned to the church following the deaths of his brother, Michel, in 1998   and his father two years later.

File photo	Ottawa religious leader Rabbi Reuven Bulka says an animated cartoon depicting Pope Benedict XVI giving a Nazi salute to the Virgin Mary is "horrible, unwanted and an inexcusable insult," the Ottawa Citizen reported May 28. The cartoon, which appears on the website rabble.ca, is published by prominent feminist Judy Rebbick, who defends it as legitimate satire. The cartoon has been condemned by the Catholic Civil Rights League. The pope has acknowledged he was forced to join the Hitler Youth during the Second World War.
File photo	Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher of the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall has cut the diocese's ties with priests who are part of the Army of Mary, a Quebec-based religious community that believes its founder, an 84-year-old woman, is the reincarnation of Mary. The contracts with two of the Sons of Mary priests ended when they refused Durocher's request to reject the movement's teachings, the Ottawa Citizen reported May 28. A third priest -- who rejected the teachings -- is to be incardinated as a diocesan priest.  The Army of Mary, headed by Marie-Paul Giguere, says it has 25,000 followers in Canada, the United States and several European countries.
File photo	Bishop Eugene LaRocque, Bishop-emeritus of the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, ordained four Sons of Mary to the priesthood since 1996. The community is part of  the Army of Mary, a Quebec-based religious group that believes its founder,  84-year-old Marie-Paul Giguere, is the reincarnation of Mary. But his successor, Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher, has ended the diocese's contracts with two of the priests for refusing to reject the teachings of the movement.
File photo	The  Centre Spiri-Maria chapel and retreat house on  the banks of Lac Etchemin, 100 kms south of Quebec City, is operated by the Army of Mary, whose founder, 84-year-old Marie-Paul Giguere, claims to be the reincarnation of Mary. The Army of Mary says it has 25,000 followers in Canada, the United States and several European countries.
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