Leprosy Mission raises $100,000 The Leprosy Mission Canada (LMC) announced November 11 that $100,000 was raised in an emergency fundraising campaign to aid the 30 million flood victims of India and Bangladesh. “Canadians immediately responded with compassion to help leprosy affected people and their neighbours, whose homes and livelihoods had been destroyed,” said executive director Peter Derrick. […]
News round-up: November 15, 2007
Stories about CBC’s documentary on Falun Gong: CBC pulls film after calls from Chinese embassy The CBC postponed the airing of a documentary about the Falun Gong spiritual movement after receiving calls from the Chinese embassy expressing concern about the film’s subject matter. Beyond the Red Wall: The Persecution of the Falun Gong was scheduled […]
News round-up: November 8, 2007
Note: Registration or subscription to the host news sites may be required to read some of the stories linked here. Stories about Jean Vanier: Vanier: ‘Close to a saint’ The founder of L’Arche has spent nearly a lifetime championing the severely disabled. National Post, November 3 Spiritual pedigree linked to Therese Jean Vanier was blessed […]