Category - canada

Canadian native people receive Papal apology for abuse

staff writers — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:48:03 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI has met privately with a delegation of Canadian native people to express his sorrow for the abuse suffered by indigenous children in Canadian residential schools. The meeting took place at the end of last week.

Breaking free of consumer culture in North America

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:20:14 +0000

A Canadian author is encouraging parents and children in North America to put human relationships ahead of seasonal "shopaholism".

Canadian churches welcome PM's apology on forced assimilation

Ecumenical News International — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:33:28 +0100

Church leaders in Canada want action to follow a public apology by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to victims of a situation where aboriginal children were placed in residential schools run by churches in a policy of enforced assimilation.

Canada apologises for forcing aboriginal children to attend state-funded Christian boarding schools

staff writers — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:23:08 +0100

The Canadian Government has followed churches and apologised for forcing 150,000 aboriginal children to attend state-funded Christian boarding schools aimed at assimilating them.

Canadian church magazine sponsors Darwin exhibit

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:56 +0000

A Canadian church magazine has become the first North American sponsor of a travelling exhibit of the life and work of natural scientist Charles Darwin, which opened at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on 8 March and will come to Britain.

Jewish and Muslim groups cooperate across Canada and USA

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:59:03 +0000

Two major religious organizations, one Jewish and the other Muslim, have unveiled a shared interfaith dialogue project which is intended to reach hundreds of thousands of their members across the United States and Canada.

North American Anglicans authorise trial blessings for same-sex couples

staff writers — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:34:55 +0000

Anglicans in Canada and the United States are pushing ahead with local procedures for blessing lesbian and gay people in the church. The US Episcopal Diocese of California has authorised the use of three trial rites for same-sex unions.

Canadian priest says secular society should include the religious

staff writers — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:39:34 +0100

A Canadian Catholic priest is urging Quebec to move towards a model of "open secularism" that respects both religious and non-religious contributions to society without imposing the beliefs of any one group.

Canadian Mennonites protest treatment of US humanitarian asylum worker

staff writers — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:00:11 +0100

The arrest last month of a US humanitarian worker entering Canada with 12 Haitian asylum seekers has serious implications for church groups and organizations that help refugees, says Mennonite Central Committee Canada’s refugee coordinator.

United Church of Canada urges end to boycott of Palestine

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:27:05 +0100

The head of the United Church of Canada has written to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging his government urgently and immediately to resume financial support to the Palestinian Unity Government - in the face of a wide boycott.