The challenge of parenting in a consumer culture
TORONTO - When Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 entered her teenage son’s vocabulary this year, Mary hit the panic button. First, she didn’t like that “all his friends” were playing this game with a mature rating, and second, she worried about the impact a controversial terro...
Read more... Brother André a saint for today
MONTREAL - Just two days after the announcement of Brother André’s canonization, St. Joseph’s Oratory had no lack of pilgrims filing past his tomb.
One young woman, who would not reveal her name, stopped and prayed at the various stations depicting St. Joseph’s life, lea...
Read more... Encountering God in the lab
One of the myths of our age declares that there is a war between the traditions of science and religion. Those who promote this myth assert that the conflict between science and religion is a necessary consequence of the fundamental incompatibility of these two systems.
The stakes of this confli...
Read more... The ugly truth of Canada's First Nations teen suicide
Stretched thinner and thinner across Canada’s North, the church is losing touch with First Nations communities as First Nations communities lose touch with hope. Another wave of teen suicides in the James Bay region has left church leaders wondering how they can offer hope to young aboriginals...
Read more... Charitable status lost when church didn’t file report
OTTAWA - An official from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) said King’s Glory Fellowship of Calgary lost its charitable status for failing to file its annual financial report.
Its controversial lay pastor Artur Pawlowski admitted he did miss the deadline. He believes, however, King’s Gl...
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