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Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 7:16 in
Pro-Life, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns and John-Henry Westen Pope Francis
The conclave has selected a pontiff likely to follow in the footsteps of his recent predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI as a vocal defender of life and family. On the fifth ballot on the second day of the gathering of the cardinals in the Vatican, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was selected the next head of the Roman Catholic Church. He chose Francis as his ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Mar, 2013 at 16:39 in
Columnist, Religion, Rory Leishman | Author:
Rory Leishman Whatever happened to the valid free exercise of religion?
National Affairs Rory Leishman
In opposing the establishment of a law school at Trinity Western University (TWU), the Canadian Council of Law Deans have demonstrated once again that they, like our judicial masters in the courts, have renounced both freedom of religion and the rule of law. In a letter to the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, the deans ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Mar, 2013 at 16:23 in
Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns An evangelical group came under scrutiny from the Canadian International Development Agency, after the Canadian Press reported Crossroads Christian Communication Inc. received foreign aid money to help build wells and toilets in Uganda. The article, written by Lina Dib and Fannie Olivie, attempted to link Uganda’s consideration of imposing the death penalty for homosexual acts to the religious organization’s view of homosexuality as a “perversion” and a “sin.” The Harper government has condemned the Uganda plan to make sodomy a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Mar, 2013 at 12:02 in
Editorials, Religion | Author:
In an interview given 10 years ago, the then-Cardinal Ratzinger was asked about the possibility of his retiring from his position at the Vatican: “Yes, I had the desire to retire in 1991, 1996, 2001, because I had the idea I could write some books and return to my studies.” He then added, by way of explanation: “But, on the other hand, seeing the suffering Pope, I cannot say to the Pope, ‘I will retire, I will write my books.’ ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Jan, 2013 at 9:18 in
Issues, Religion | Author:
Pauline Kosalka The vandalized nativity scene in front of Old City Hall in Toronto.
A nativity scene in front of Toronto’s Old City Hall was vandalized for the sixth time in seven years. On the night of Nov. 27, two days after its installation, a woman saw a man walk up to the scene, break the glass, and tear the head off the lamb statue. She called the police, but the vandal fled ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2012 at 12:41 in
Announcements, Editorials, Features, Religion | Author:
When Christ left this world, Tiberius sat on the throne of Rome, and Rome sat proud and potent over its many conquered lands. Israel was a far-flung province at the Empire’s ever expanding edge, and the Jews feared Rome, just as Christ’s followers feared the Jews. Nevertheless, with His last words, Christ exhorted His small and fearful handful of followers to “teach all the nations,” (Mt 28:19) and preach without ... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Oct, 2012 at 12:00 in
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Commentary Pauline Kosalka In the days leading up to the Euro 2012 soccer tournament in June, the focus of headlines was not so much on which team would win, but on what was deemed to be intense racism on the part of the fans from Poland and Ukraine, the hosts of the tournament. Both countries have a predominantly Christian and ethnically homogenous population. “Racism is not so much the elephant in the soccer room as an insidious, lurking menace,” James Lawton wrote for ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Apr, 2012 at 6:35 in
Announcements, Features, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Pauline Kosalka The Conservative government is creating an Office of Religious Freedom to shine a light on religious persecution abroad with the hope of defending religious minorities. Before looking abroad though, the Canadian government would do well to attend to the country’s own problems in enshrining freedom of relgion, conscience, and expression for Christians at home.
Perhaps the most obvious threat to the free exercise of religion is the infamous human rights commissions. The most ... (Continue reading)
Written on 6 Mar, 2012 at 8:35 in
Announcements, Features, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns
Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, along with 21 other bishops from around the world, was promoted to the College of Cardinals at the Feb. 18 consistory. In an interview with Maclean’s as cardinal-designate prior to the consistory, Archbishop Collins was asked about “what Catholics call ‘life issues’,” and he replied: “I think it is the ultimate issue, the respect for life from the moment of conception to natural death.” He said abortion and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2011 at 7:28 in
Human rights, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns Many in the media rallied around the right for Bill Whatcott to speak freely even if they disagreed vehemently with his message, part of what the National Post’s Chris Selley called “the pleasantly broad consensus that the law shouldn’t be limiting Canadians’ right to free speech, however abhorrent.” With friends and allies like Selley …
But Selley was not unique. Just as columnists and editorialists defended Whatcott’s free speech rights, they condemned his “hate speech” and “anti-gay” activities. Writing in the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 12:13 in
Politics, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns On Oct. 12, the case of Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission v. William Whatcott was heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.
The case stems from events in 2001 and 2002 when Whatcott, a former member of the editorial advisory board of The Interim (1998-1999), as a part of the Christian Truth Activists, distributed flyers against homosexual acts to homes in Regina and Saskatoon. The pamphlets also included statements by Whatcott, a former street kid who engaged in homosexual prostitution to pay ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2011 at 9:58 in
Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Editor’s Note: This press release was sent by the Lutheran Church-Canada July 18 following the (liberal) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada meeting which authorized pastors to conduct same-sex ‘marriages.”
Responding to a vote by delegates at the convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) meeting in Saskatoon, July 15 and 16, which authorized its pastors to conduct same-gender marriages and finds sexual orientation no longer an issue for ordaining pastors, the leaders of Lutheran Church-Canada (LCC) issued a statement ... (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Jul, 2011 at 18:07 in
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Rebecca Millette Special to The Interim Quebec’s La Marche chrétienne (Christian March) on June 4th drew a crowd of around 1,000 in defense of the province’s Christian heritage against the radical secularism being imposed by the province.
The marchers, led by a huge wooden cross with the words “On marche avec Jesus” (“We walk with Jesus”), left the Plains of Abraham mid-afternoon en route to the National Assembly, Quebec’s provincial legislature.
Participants of all ages were joined by Christian clergy ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Jun, 2011 at 17:10 in
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Interim Staff The federally funded Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR) has drawn criticism over its financial support of a punk album that features anti-Christian artwork. Canadian punk group Living with Lions’ new album, titled “Holy S**t,” features cover art that looks like a Bible, is subtitled “The Poo Testament,” and depicts Christ as excrement. Black Box Recordings, Inc. received $13,248 from FACTOR.
“The content of this CD is offensive and the fact that it is clearly designed to offend a group ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Feb, 2011 at 7:44 in
Editorials, Religion | Author:
As we report on page three, the Halton Catholic District School Board caved to gay activists and their allies in the media, by rescinding their admirable and principled equity and inclusion policy that respected and upheld Catholic moral teaching on the issue of homosexuality, while respecting the dignity inherent in all human beings. But for gay activists, who are no friends of Catholic education nor the life and family movement, nothing less than full affirmation of the homosexual lifestyle would ... (Continue reading)
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