Faith in the Public Square

Christians in Quebec will be taking to the streets on Good Friday, April 18, to follow behind a Cross and witness to their faith in Jesus. However, they will do so under a curious political shadow: open discussions around the possibility of forbidding public prayer.  

Having turned down a request to fly the Vatican flag at City Hall to commemorate Pope John Paul II Day, the City of Toronto has sown more confusion surrounding its religious imagery policy.

The flag of Vatican City will not fly over Toronto City Hall to mark the annual St. John Paul II Day for the first time in nearly two decades.

More than a decade ago, the late Pope Benedict XVI, sounded an alarm about the menace of accelerating secularism. His concerns were more than justified.

Has Quebec Premier François Legault pushed too far with his assertion that public prayer should be banned in the province?

Durham MP Jamil Jivani has joined forces with a group of Protestant pastors to ignite a national conversation on the challenges faced by Canadian Christians in the public square – just as Quebec’s premier is threatening to ban all prayer in public spaces.

When Terry Vanderpool moved from Texas to Alberta two years ago, the biggest adjustment wasn’t to the cold winters. It was to the cold shoulder given the Catholic Church in Canada.

A little over one year ago the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) was attracting scorn for a discussion paper declaring that statutory holidays such as Christmas are a manifestation of the “discrimination against religious minorities in Canada” and “grounded in Canada’s history of colonialism.”

The 2024 Jerry Seinfeld Award for Drip Dry Irony can already be safely presented to Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgin’s for arch-lipped appraisal of Elon Musk’s evocation of Christianity.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew used the Manitoba Multi-faith Council’s annual leadership breakfast to tell faith leaders he wants to change the prayer recited in the legislature to make it more inclusive.