Canada urged to grant asylum to Asia Bibi and her family
OTTAWA – Canada is being urged to give asylum to Asia Bibi and her family after Pakistan’s Supreme Court cleared her of blasphemy charges, resulting in widespread rioting by Islamic extremists.
Fr. Tony Van Hee arrested for violating abortion bubble zone
OTTAWA – Constitutional lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos will represent an 83-year old Catholic priest who was arrested Oct. 24 for violating Ontario’s abortion bubble zone law.
Vatican-China deal will lead to 'annihilation' of Church in China, Cardinal Zen says in NYT op-ed
Peter Stockland: Religious freedom’s losses are piling up fast
The new Quebec government’s proposed assault on religious freedom by barring public wearing of overt faith markers is worrisome enough.
Proposed law to ban religious symbols in Quebec violates religious freedom, Catholic leaders say
OTTAWA – A proposed law by Quebec’s new government that would ban religious symbols is a clear violation of fundamental rights, said Montreal’s archbishop and Canada’s former Ambassador of Religious Freedom.
Charles Lewis: Alabama needs to fight for Ten Commandments
The State of Alabama has had a controversial relationship with the Ten Commandments. Not so much its teachings but its physical representation.
OTTAWA – Experts warned religious freedom is at risk in Canada as it is no longer seen as a fundamental right but something that can be trumped by vague “charter values” and partisan politics.
Peter Stockland: Canada on hot seat for freedom forum
The phrases “hot ticket” and “religious freedom forum” appear only infrequently in the same sentence, especially on Parliament Hill where the operative word is secularism, secularism and more secularism.