The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:59:38 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Trinity Western University removes mandatory community covenant /item/27821-trinity-western-university-removes-mandatory-community-covenant /item/27821-trinity-western-university-removes-mandatory-community-covenant

OTTAWA – After battling all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to defend its mandatory community covenant, Trinity Western University (TWU) has decided to drop it for students.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:29:59 -0400 Religious freedom ‘on an abyss of revolutionary change', lawyers warn /item/26464-religious-freedom-on-an-abyss-of-revolutionary-change-lawyers-warn /item/26464-religious-freedom-on-an-abyss-of-revolutionary-change-lawyers-warn OTTAWA – Religious freedom in Canada is facing a “watershed moment” and may be “on an abyss of a revolutionary change,” argued lawyers in a Supreme Court of Canada case involving a Christian universityƵapp proposed law school.
]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:44:26 -0500 Catholic groups make their case in Christian law school hearing /item/26461-catholic-groups-make-their-case-in-christian-law-school-hearing /item/26461-catholic-groups-make-their-case-in-christian-law-school-hearing OTTAWA – Lawyers representing Trinity Western University faced tough questions from Supreme Court Justices Nov. 30 in an important religious freedom case involving communal rights.
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