The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:59:37 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb QuebecƵapp Bill 21 puts religious freedom at risk /item/29277-quebec-s-bill-21-puts-religious-freedom-at-risk /item/29277-quebec-s-bill-21-puts-religious-freedom-at-risk

OTTAWA - In pursuit of a secular state, Quebec is wrong to limit religious freedom, said the president of QuebecƵapp assembly of bishops after the province tabled a controversial bill that will bar many provincial employees from wearing religious clothing and symbols on the job.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:46:39 -0400
Gender ideologies threaten Christian view, says theologian /item/24788-gender-ideologies-threaten-christian-view-says-theologian /item/24788-gender-ideologies-threaten-christian-view-says-theologian

GATINEAU, Que. – Ideologies that have given rise to gender theory and transgenderism represent “head-on” attacks on the Christian world view, warned a prominent Catholic theologian.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 05 Apr 2017 05:00:00 -0400
FarrowƵapp thoughts won’t make for a better country /features/arts/item/20824-farrow-s-thoughts-won-t-make-for-a-better-country /features/arts/item/20824-farrow-s-thoughts-won-t-make-for-a-better-country

Desiring a Better Country: Forays in Political Theology by Douglas Farrow (McGill-QueenƵapp University Press, 192 pages, softcover, $29.95)

As Douglas FarrowƵapp Desiring a Better Country: Forays in Political Theology arrived on my desk, I was in a conversation about whether we still live in a nation state or a corporate state. If in a corporate state, what does this say about democracy and the role left to us, the citizens of international free trade agreements? Are we just spectators to the drama being played out between Greece and the European Union?

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Religion pushed to side in Canada, Faith in the Public Square conference told /item/18585-religion-pushed-to-side-in-canada-faith-in-the-public-square-conference-told /item/18585-religion-pushed-to-side-in-canada-faith-in-the-public-square-conference-told

TORONTO - Canada's laws and courts promote secularism over religious and moral pluralism, a Montreal university professor said on the opening day of the Faith in the Public Square conference Aug. 5.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:00:00 -0400