Canada
Study finds churches with conservative theology still growing
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 21, 2016
(RNS) Canadian researchers are revisiting a hotly debated sociological question: Why do some churches decline while others succeed?
Canada’s Anglican Church provisionally approves same-sex marriage ceremonies
By Ron Csillag — July 13, 2016
TORONTO (RNS) If it passes a second reading, the Canadian church will join the Episcopal Church, which formally approved marriage ceremonies regardless of gender in 2015.
Canada drafts assisted dying law that bans ‘suicide tourism’
By Reuters — April 14, 2016
The option to die with a doctor's prescription would only apply to adults suffering serious and incurable illness and where death is reasonably foreseeable.
Priest says he gambled $380K raised for Iraqi refugees
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 29, 2016
(RNS) The Canadian priest confessed that funds for sponsoring mideast refugees had instead vanished in vice, his bishop told the Toronto Star.
Why seal hunting may come back to bite humans (COMMENTARY)
By Charles C. Camosy — March 11, 2016
(RNS) It is no longer possible to separate how we treat human beings from how we treat the whole of God’s creation.
Bike lanes * Saint Barbie * So long: October’s Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — November 2, 2015
Churches attack bike lanes for "burdening" their religious freedom as Saint Barbie leads a plastic revolution in Argentina. Savor every word of this last ever recap as I say “so long” to On Freedom.
Muslim woman can wear niqab for Canada citizenship oath
By Ron Csillag — October 6, 2015
TORONTO (RNS) The ruling is the third legal defeat for Canada's Conservative government on the Muslim face veil, which has become a hot-button issue in the Oct. 19 federal election.
Canadian Supreme Court rules against prayer at city council meetings
By Ron Csillag — April 15, 2015
TORONTO (RNS) Canada's top court ruled that the state must be neutral when it comes to religion.
Canada bill would ban polygamy, other ‘barbaric cultural practices’
By Ron Csillag — November 7, 2014
TORONTO (RNS) The "Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act" would ban arranged marriages of minors and deport polygamists.
Quebec lifts turban ban, but allegations of intolerance linger
By Ron Csillag — June 17, 2013
(RNS) The Quebec Soccer Federation lifted the Sikh headgear ban Saturday (June 15). But allegations of religious intolerance and racism still linger.
Canadians turning away from organized religion
By Ron Csillag — May 15, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) A new national study shows that while Canada is still overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers.
Canadian prisoners sue over lack of chaplains
By Ron Csillag — April 2, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) A group of prisoners in British Columbia is suing the Canadian government over a policy to cancel the contracts of non-Christian chaplains.
Quebec loses status as Canada’s most secular province
By Ron Csillag — February 25, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) Are Quebecers getting more religious or are other Canadians getting more secular? Either way, Quebec is no longer Canada's most secular province, according to a new report.
Canada names head of religious freedom office
By Ron Csillag — February 19, 2013
TORONTO (RNS) After nearly two years of delay, Canada on Tuesday finally named its ambassador for the Office of Religious Freedom.
New Native American saint Kateri Tekakwitha stirs mixed emotions
By Renée K. Gadoua — October 16, 2012
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday was declared the first Native American saint, and while some see her story as an affirmation of Native Americans' place in the Catholic Church, others view it as the result of the excesses and arrogance of colonialism. By Renee K. Gadoua.
