Canadian court urges case-by-case decisions on face veils
A Canadian court has urged compromise when considering whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear veils while testifying in court.
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WCC leader reaches out to evangelical Christians
The head of the World Council of Churches has reached out to a global gathering of Evangelicals
Film on effects of Afghanistan war clinches human rights award
A documentary film exploring the consequences of war in Afghanistan, "The Garden at the End of the World", has earned a 2010 human rights award from two global Christian communication groups.
It explores the legacy of devastation and trauma in Afghanistan and illustrates the consequences of the conflict, and the hunger, homelessness and lawlessness that it causes.
MCC’s children magazine a treasure in Bolivian home
The Neufeld children in Swift Current colony in Boliva reading Das Blatt für Kinder und Jugend, a magazine for children and youth. --MCC photo by Silas Crews
Eleven-year old Franz Neufeld tries to hold back his tears as he talks about a Bible story that his mother reads to him and his siblings.
It is the story of Joseph, who is favoured by his father, sold into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers and reunited with his father, brothers and their families when the brothers came to Egypt to buy grain.
More prisons won’t improve public safety: MCC
Spending billions on more prisons in Canada won’t create safer communities, says a spokesperson for Mennonite Central Committee.
To remember is to work for peace
Event is an invitation to harness our creativity to challenge the necessity of war.
“To Remember is to Work for Peace” is the theme for the annual Fraser Valley Arts and Peace Festival, which runs at various locations in Langley and Abbotsford from Nov. 7-13th. Its mission is to provide opportunities to celebrate, reflect and be a public witness for creativity, love of neighbour and nonviolent peacemaking.
Muslims, Christians can tackle conflicts together
Muslim and Christian leaders need to set up permanent structures of relating to each other to head off potential conflicts in a world where religion is often seen as having a divisive role, the head of the World Council of Churches has said.
War Resisters bill defeated
A private member's bill, which would have allowed U.S. conscientious objectors to the Iraq War to remain in Canada, was defeated on second reading in the House of Commons on Sept.
South African 'moral compass' Tutu officially retires
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, often described as South Africa's moral compass, officially retired on his 79th birthday saying he wishes to devote time to his wife, Leah, and family.
Peace buses roll through Saskatoon
Stephanie Epp poses in front of a “peace bus.”
A grassroots response to Mennonite Church Canada’s Peace in the Public Square initiative is rolling through the streets of Saskatoon.