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March 24, 2008
Last week, the Mayor of Vancouver stood on the steps of a downtown Catholic church to make an imp...
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March 07, 2008
It seems the only time we hear about Canada’s Sikh community in the media is when there is ...
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March 24, 2008
Children being raised in a religious environment is a volatile issue, at least to anti-theists. A...
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March 04, 2008
In Ontario’s it’s often the little things that kick up the biggest fuss. This time, i...
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Tip:
This year, several significant religious and cultural events fall on the same
day. March 21 is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racism. In
the Christian tradition, this year it is also Good Friday where Christians
commemorate Christ’s passion and death on the cross to pay for the world’s
sins. Also this year, it is the Jewish holiday of Purim which celebrates
victory over an oppressive ruler as related in the Book of Ester. Hindus will
celebrate Holi on March 21 this year, which is a festival dedicated to Krishna.
Baha’is and Zoroastrians will celebrate New Years Day on March 21 (Naw Ruz and
Now Ruz). Finally, to cap off the significant events occuring on this day,
there will also be a full moon.
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Faith groups still enrich collective life
January 07, 2006
The fact that religious fanatics grab bigger headlines than members of the World Council of Churches does not diminish the importance of the latter's work, writes Stephen Scharper, who teaches world religions and ecology at the University of Toronto.
Alexy II Calls Euthanasia Satanic
December 18, 2004
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II condemned euthanasia as a form of conscious suicide, calling it satanic.
AWOL soldier seeks Canadian help
December 07, 2004
Jeremy Hinzman, a 26-year-old U.S. Army deserter who is seeking refugee status in Canada, cites that his growing awareness that killing is wrong was partly born from an interest in Buddhism and attendance at Quaker religious meetings. He applied for conscientious objector status in 2002 but was d...
God in the Marketplace 7
July 02, 2004
Can TV, the movies and music -- popular, commercial entertainment (as opposed to often more challenging high art) -- give the spiritually hungry masses a sense of purpose? I think there may be ways to find light amid its darkness.
1998 Media Scan
June 17, 2004
During the first week of June 1998, 270 journalists and representatives from various faith communities converged on the Journalism school of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The first ever Faith and the Media conference sought to bring together these two 'groups' to discuss how together th...