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On Holy Ground
March 24, 2008
Last week, the Mayor of Vancouver stood on the steps of a downtown Catholic church to make an imp... Read More

Underneath the Helmet Issue
March 07, 2008
It seems the only time we hear about Canada’s Sikh community in the media is when there is ... Read More

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Brainwashing or simple parenting?
March 24, 2008
Children being raised in a religious environment is a volatile issue, at least to anti-theists. A... Read More

Lord’s Prayer
March 04, 2008
In Ontario’s it’s often the little things that kick up the biggest fuss. This time, i... Read More

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.


Evangelical Christian Articles
Mormons are looking to future on anniversary of founder's birth
January 07, 2006
Latter-day Saints mark church's bicentennial President keen on working with other Utah churches

Faith-based organizations face suits
January 02, 2006
Groups using federal funds are accused of proselytizing

Faith that celebrates life
January 16, 2005
Afro-Brazilian religions like Candomble are flourishing across Brazil, even among the middle class At the many Candomble terreiros, or temples, people eat, flirt and court, writes Michael Astor.

Springer protests pour in to BBC
January 16, 2005
Hundreds of conservative Christians gathered to protest the BBC airing of Jerry Springer-The Opera on Jan. 8th outside BBC buildings before and during the broadcast on BBC Two. The BBC news reported it received 50,000 complaints about the show, including unpleasant calls and threats to the execut...

Darwin beats God in Red America
January 15, 2005
A US federal judge ordered the school board of Cobb County, an affluent district north of Atlanta, to immediately remove stickers from its school science textbooks that had informed students that \\\"the theory of evolution was not a fact and should be viewed critically.\\\" According to the Toro...

360 Vision Report Raises Questions About Popular Christmas Charity
December 19, 2004
Although people may not be aware, the ultimate goal of Operation Christmas Child is to convert young people to Christianity, warns Vision TV in its special investigative report. Moreover, the organization responsible for the popular holiday charity employs various intimidation tactics to silence ...

Tourism surges as Christian pilgrims walk in the footsteps of Jesus
December 19, 2004
Wanting to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, an increasing number of devout Christians are traveling to Jerusalem's Old City, home to the holiest sites of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Evangelical Christians from the United States or Australia follow the itineraries that tour companies created...

Withdrawing from marriage
December 12, 2004
Roland De Vries, a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and a PhD candidate in the McGill Faculty of Religious Studies, writes that every marriage ceremony conducted in a church, the shared participation of Church and State in the solemnization of marriage, is "one of the last vestiges o...

Same-sex marriage is upheld
December 11, 2004
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the power to change the definition of marriage lies exclusively with the federal government, not the provinces. The court also ruled that a proposed bill to legalize same-sex marriage is constitutional and fell within its legislative authority and was consis...




 
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