Hate crimes related to religion on the rise
A plague of threats and attacks on religious people and institutions in Canada is challenging believers to stand up for one another, faith leaders said in the wake of a new Statistics Canada report on hate crimes.
To read statistical surveys of religion in Canada and the United States is to believe organized religion is imploding.
Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 12 (Year C) Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30
New ideas nearly always provoke controversy, resistance and even violence. This applies in all areas of human activity, but nowhere is it more prevalent than in religion.
Editorial: Safety is a priority
Separate terrorist attacks in the past five months have killed 80 people as they worshipped in New Zealand mosques, an American synagogue and a Philippines cathedral. These are just three among hundreds of attacks on worshippers over the past decade.
Pope Francis meets top Mormon leaders
French bishops urge mobilization against increasing anti-Semitism
Religious beliefs at centre of Christian couple’s dispute with child services agency
OTTAWA – The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has warned an Ontario child services agency it could face legal action for discriminating against a Christian couple.
Glen Argan: Teachers need to live a Catholic lifestyle
Alberta’s Catholic school system is again under fire from the province’s education minister, David Eggen. The issue this time is the “Catholicity clause” in teachers’ contracts which require teachers to agree to live a Catholic lifestyle.
President Duterte tells Filipinos to quit Catholic faith, stop paying Church 'idiots'
Religion must ‘rediscover that power’ to lead change, veteran civil rights crusader says
As Americans learned how Washington was realigned by the Nov. 6 mid-term elections, the elder statesman of the American civil rights movement was in Toronto calling President Donald Trump “an icon of chaos” and urging Canadians to resist “plantation capitalism” being pushed by American nationalists.
Peter Stockland: The power of hearts makes a better world
In a fine interview following the recent synagogue killings in Pittsburgh, Ottawa’s Rabbi Reuven Bulka offered wisdom that went far beyond the specific act of terrible bloodshed.
Parliament of the World’s Religions explores how feminism and faith can, and must, co-exist
God wants Catholics, Pentecostals to learn from each other, Pope says
Immigration driving rise in religion in Canada
OTTAWA – A new survey shows Canada’s high levels of immigration are making the country more religious and heightening the need to respect religion’s place in the public square, says Andrew Bennett, Canada’s former ambassador for religious freedom.