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 […]
OttawaWatch: A Rocha’s pebble creates a ripple
Markku Kostamo dropped into Ottawa a few weeks ago, to raise awareness in this very political community, for the work of A Rocha. Rocha, a Portuguese word meaning “rock”, became the moniker for A Rocha a quarter-century ago, when a Brit named Peter Harris founded a field study centre known as Cruzinha in that Mediterranean nation. […]
To veil or not to veil
A federal bill requiring all voters — including Muslim women — to uncover their faces before they vote is a lot of hype over nothing, and may reflect an increasingly bigoted approach to visible signs of religious faith, according to one prominent Muslim. Sameer Zuberi, a spokesman for the Canadian branch of the Council on American-Islamic […]
OttawaWatch: The senator’s quiet benediction
The occasion was the first-ever Inter-faith Prayer Breakfast on Parliament Hill. It drew about 100 people to the parliamentary dining room, about one-third of them members of parliament. While the event was considered an unqualified success by its organizers, it needs to be said, in context, that it drew only about one-fifth of the attendance […]
Quebec struggles with accommodation of minorities
A widespread debate on the “reasonable accommodation” of minorities has convulsed Quebec society and could set precedents that impact all of Canada. Some observers have even suggested the debate could lead to “serious persecution of minorities,” particularly religious minorities. The debate began with a series of somewhat minor incidents over the past two years. A […]
Amnesty International’s abortion position draws criticism
Amnesty International has approved a new policy on abortion that may cost it the support of the Roman Catholic Church. At its biennial meeting — which concluded August 17 in Cocoyoc, Mexico — the International Council of the human rights organization “affirmed the organization’s policy on selected aspects on abortion”. AI launched a ‘Stop Violence […]
Cartoon Campolo set for pixilated pulpit
LEADING American Baptist Tony Campolo will deliver a sermon in the world’s first 3D, interactive church this Wednesday, July 28 (15.30 EST, 20.30 BST). Campolo, 69, makes his debut as a cartoon avatar in the pixilated pulpit of Church of Fools. He will be the first U.S. preacher in the church – following luminaries like […]
Canadians split on creation/evolution
A Canadian Press-Decima Research poll has revealed that Canadians are strongly divided on the question of human origins. Asked to choose the statement which “comes closest” to their views, 26 percent of those polled said: “God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so.” […]
Toronto church converts strip club
It’s not every day that a church buys a strip club, but Queensway Cathedral did just that. The Toronto congregation completed the $1.2 million purchase of the Casino Gentlemen’s Lounge across the road from the church on Wednesday, June 20. The building immediately stopped functioning as a strip club. Instead, the church intends to use […]
Christian women contest election in Ontario
There is a good possibility voters in London North Centre will elect a committed Christian as a Member of Parliament on November 27. Green Party Running in the byelection in the Ontario riding is Elizabeth May, the recently elected president of the federal Green Party. The American born activist first became involved in public life opposing insecticide […]
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