One more step forward as committee passes Bill C-9
By a majority 5-4 vote, Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, proceeded out of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on March…
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B.C. government announces bubble zones for places of worship and schools
VANCOUVER (CCN) — The B.C. government says it plans to introduce legislation creating protest buffer zones around schools and places of worship, modelled on…
Jesus is close by, just open your eyes, Pope Leo tells young people
ROME (CNS) — Every Catholic parish needs to show that Jesus, who promises a just, true and full life, is always near, Pope Leo…
Christian villages in Lebanon’s south empty due to war
Dozens of packed cars filled the center of Alma al-Shaab on 10 March. Residents who had…
Over 700,000 Lebanese flee the south, heed Israeli evacuation order
Christians again under siege as Mideast erupts
Even in death, Bhatti’s voice isn’t silenced
Jesuit program schools kids in Indian slums
Indigenous Catholics find common ground in New Zealand
Church can teach what’s at stake when nations choose war, not peace, cardinal says
Why do the bones of St. Francis draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims?
God’s name can never be used to justify ‘absurd’ pursuit of war, pope says
ROME (CNS) — Believing problems and differences can be resolved with war is absurd, Pope Leo XIV said, chastising those who use God’s name in their dark and deadly pursuits. “God cannot…
The Combatting Hate Act: a constitutional test
Are Canadians free to hold and express their religious beliefs? May they speak and act upon those beliefs without fear that they may face…