The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:12:34 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Changes to controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation get mixed reviews /item/28585-changes-to-controversial-canada-summer-jobs-attestation-get-mixed-reviews /item/28585-changes-to-controversial-canada-summer-jobs-attestation-get-mixed-reviews

OTTAWA – Following months of protest and the launch of several court challenges, the federal government has dropped the so-called “values test” from the application for Canada Summer Jobs funding, but many faith groups remain uneasy about new wording.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:34:13 -0500 Trump signs order to give faith groups stronger voice in government /home/international/item/27308-trump-signs-order-to-give-faith-groups-stronger-voice-in-government /home/international/item/27308-trump-signs-order-to-give-faith-groups-stronger-voice-in-government WASHINGTON – In front of a small crowd of cabinet members and religious leaders at the White House Rose Garden May 3, President Donald Trump announced, and then signed, an executive order giving faith-based groups a stronger voice in the federal government.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Fri, 04 May 2018 10:18:06 -0400 Ontario budget offers encouraging signs for faith groups /item/25057-ontario-budget-offers-encouraging-signs-for-faith-groups /item/25057-ontario-budget-offers-encouraging-signs-for-faith-groups

A balanced budget with investments sprinkled across education, health care and welfare — including the surprise pharmacare program for anyone 24 and younger — has given faith communities in Ontario plenty to chew on.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 03 May 2017 05:01:00 -0400 U.N. head looks to religions for 'moral leadership' on climate change /faith/item/20139-u-n-head-looks-to-religions-for-moral-leadership-on-climate-change /faith/item/20139-u-n-head-looks-to-religions-for-moral-leadership-on-climate-change

VATICAN CITY - Promoting sustainable development and mitigating climate change will take more than just global policies and agreements, it will also take a strong, unified stance from the world's religions, the secretary-general of the United Nations said at the Vatican.

]]> Vatican Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:00:00 -0400 Faith groups throw support behind U.S. gun control efforts /home/international/item/15743-faith-groups-throw-support-behind-us-gun-control-efforts /home/international/item/15743-faith-groups-throw-support-behind-us-gun-control-efforts

WASHINGTON - If Vincent DeMarco is right — and heƵapp got a whole bunch of faith leaders and their organizations lined up to work with him — ending easy access to the kinds of high-power guns used in mass shootings in the United States can be accomplished with a tried-and-true strategy.

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