The Canadian Human Rights Commission discriminates against Christians. In 2023, they released a Discussion Paper on Religious Intolerance that shows the bias. Here's what CHRC said under the heading of "Religious intolerance as a form of discrimination in Canada." (Note: all footnotes can be found in the above link.) Acknowledging that religious intolerance not only exists but results in real harm to people and communities is key to removing barriers in Canada, and to seeing and understanding the disadvantages that many communities suffer. Only through better understanding of how religious intolerance takes place in Canada can our legislation, policies and programs be crafted to address the causes and consequences of this intolerance. Discrimination against religious minorities in Canada is grounded in Canada's history of colonialism. This history manifests itself in present-day systemic religious discrimination. An obvious example is statutory holidays in Canada. Statutory holidays …
Dec 27 Feast of the Holy Innocents We continue to celebrate Christmastide with the Church Fathers. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. December 28th is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, who won the battle over death and are now martyrs in heaven. Eternal life defeats evil. Introduction The children and little ones will go before us into the Kingdom of Heaven. The Holy Innocents are unknowing martyrs immediately associated with Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross and the glory of the Resurrection, because there is merely a temporal gap—not a spiritual one—between Christmas and Easter. This occasion helps us to 'become like children' (Mt 18:3). Dec 26 Canadians forget their Christian roots at their own peril Yesterday, Christmas Day, Canada's National Post ran a feature article titled, "Should Jesus be a part of Christmas? Here's what Canadians think." The poll results of less than 2,000 people showed "…
Yesterday, Christmas Day, Canada's National Post ran a feature article titled, "Should Jesus be a part of Christmas? Here's what Canadians think." The poll results of less than 2,000 people showed "ambiguity" about celebrating Christmas. The article tries to use the results to push the idea that Canadians aren't sure as to whether to celebrate Christmas as a winter holiday or a religious day marking the birth of Jesus. We disagree. Most Canadians are sure about keeping Jesus in Christmas. That view depends on which Canadians you poll. Are they Christians? Are they Muslims, Jewish, atheists, believers etc… The Poll results can go in many directions. There were 1,723 participants in the poll. How many of them were Christians? How many of them were believers? If you poll mostly non-Christians you will get different results than sampling a greater number of believers. Nevertheless, from the poll some 51% of Canadians sampled want to keep Jesus in Christmas celebrations. We found out that …
We continue to celebrate Christmastide with the Church Fathers. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. We wish our readers a blessed, peaceful and healthy Christmas. Introduction Fulgentius creates a poetic parallel between the persons of Jesus Christ and Stephen. Today we see the wonders of both Christmas and Easter, which together made Stephen an imitator of Christ. He contemplates the glory of the risen Christ, proclaims his divinity, entrusts his spirit to him, forgives his murderers, and delights in the presence of the Father. Reflection: St. Fulgentius of Ruspe, Sermons for the Feast of St. Stephen, 1, 3-6 Yesterday we celebrated our eternal King’s birth into time; today we celebrate the triumphant passion of the soldier. Indeed, yesterday our King deigned to visit the world, bearing our flesh, by coming forth from the womb of the Virgin; today the soldier, coming forth from the tent of his …
Today we celebrate Christmas Day with the Church Fathers. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. We wish our readers a blessed, peaceful and healthy Christmas. Introduction May our bodies be living crèches every day and everywhere we are called to live as true Christians. May our legs, step by step, be like those of the animals that visited the grotto in Bethlehem so all creation could praise its Creator. May our bellies be like Mary’s when she accepted Christ and allowed him to grow within her; we can continue accepting him in the Eucharist. May our arms be like Joseph’s when they cradled, lifted, hugged, and served Jesus; we can do the same daily by embracing our brother and sisters, working, studying, and serving. May our mouths and voices be like those of the angels, that we may always sing and give praise in a loud voice to the Word made flesh: 'Glory to God in the highest' (Lk 2:14). May our …
Dec 24 Fourth Week of Advent, Wednesday We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction What is closer to us than the flesh, which covers and swathes us like a cloak? What is more concrete than the flesh from which we are born and which will abandon us when we die? What is more human than the flesh that brings us into contact with others and allows us to procreate, suffer, and rejoice? We should not fear the flesh and our humanness, but we are called to avoid enslavement to them. Dec 23 All Canadians of goodwill must oppose the Liberal government's Bill C-9 All Canadians of goodwill must oppose the Liberal government's Bill C-9. The proposed amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada will remove religious protection when it comes to free speech. The introduced legislation could make …
Čínska štátna televízia CCTV (China Central Television) 15. decembra informovala o plánovanej "ideologickej a morálnej výstavbe neplnoletých". Prezident Si Ťin-pching označil ideológiu mládeže za strategickú prioritu. Týka sa to napr: - uprednostnenie ideologického vzdelávania neplnoletých. - zakotvenie politických hodnôt vo všetkých školských predmetoch. - zapojenie rodín do posilňovania straníckych ideálov. - využívanie médií a kultúry na podporu vlastenectva. - reguláciu online priestoru pre deti.
All Canadians of goodwill must oppose the Liberal government's Bill C-9. The proposed amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada will remove religious protection when it comes to free speech. The introduced legislation could make quoting the Bible "hate" speech, and so if it becomes law it amounts to "hate" directed at Christian belief. It will make for Christian censorship. And another attack to silence the Christian view from the public square. Say NO to Bill C-9 by signing the Campaign Life Coalition petition. It reads as follows: TO: Prime Minister Mark Carney CC: Minister of Justice, Minister of Culture CC: Bloc Quebecois Leader, Yves-François Blanchet I urge you to reject the new “hate speech” proposal, Bill C-9, along with amendments that would remove exemptions for religious speech. I was alarmed to learn the Liberal Government made a deal with the Bloc Quebecois to remove the religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws in return for the Bloc’s support of Bill C-9. I …
For a third year in a row, Christmas is arriving in Gaza not with bells and lights but with silence and grief, as a battered community struggles to endure while clinging to hopes that the future will be brighter. Once a season of song and shared celebration in the Palestinian territory, the holiday has become another reminder of what the war has taken – lives, homes and any sense of safety. Yet many hope for a future in which the holiday can return to what it once was. Inside the few remaining churches in Gaza, where Israeli forces have killed more than 70,000 Palestinians since the Hamas attacks in October 2023, preparations are under way. Despite the ceasefire this year, traditional rituals are stripped down to their barest form: prayer, mass and quiet reflection, with no decorations and no outdoor ceremonies. For George Anton, director of operations for the Latin Patriarchate in Gaza, the decision is both painful and inevitable. “For the third consecutive year, Christmas arrives …
We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction Mary, the Mother of God, is present during all the crucial moments of the life of her Son and of the nascent Church. She doesn’t speak many words, but each one has great weight in the economy of salvation. St. Ambrose tells us about Mary in her daily life, speaking about her with wisdom from on high, presenting her as a lofty yet attainable model of virtue for each of us. Every once in a while, maybe we should adopt one of Our Lady’s attitudes while praying the Rosary so that our prayer will become efficacious in our lives and not remain mere words.St. Ambrose, The magnanimity of the teacher is the first thing that excites enthusiasm for learning. Now, who could be more magnanimous than the Mother of God? Who could be more splendid than she who generated the Body of Christ without …
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Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathersby Marco Pappalardo. Introduction Mary’s 'yes' is the unique measure of all our 'yeses' to the Lord. Her adherence to God’s plan becomes the model for our participation in the divine plan for this world. Mary was the 'daughter of his Son,' as Dante calls her, and we will be reborn as children and renewed in his mercy if we live our daily lives in praise of the Most High and in service to our brothers and sisters. St. Augustine, Christ the Lord exists eternally without beginning with the Father, and yet today you can ask, 'What is it?' It is the Nativity. 'Whose?' The Lord’s. 'So the Lord has been born?' Yes. 'The Word who was in the beginning, God with God, has thus been born?' Yes. If he had not been born as a human being, we would never have attained divine rebirth. He was born so that we might be reborn. Christ is born: may no one hesitate to be reborn! He was generated, but not to be regenerated.... This is how his mercy was infused into …
Dec 21 Fourth Week of Advent, Sunday We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction 'I, Joseph, was walking yet stopped walking. I looked up in the air and saw it was struck with wonder; I looked toward the vault of the sky and saw it was still, and the birds of the sky were still; I looked at the earth and saw a trough on the ground and workers reclining with their hands in it, but those who were chewing stopped chewing, those who were getting their food did not lift it from the trough, and those who were bringing it to their mouths halted; all eyes were looking above. Dec 20 Alberta's education minister writes a much needed Christmas message The Education Minister of Alberta Demetrios Nicolaides in his Christmas message to parents offers a refreshing Christian example in today's …
The Education Minister of Alberta Demetrios Nicolaides in his Christmas message to parents offers a refreshing Christian example in today's secular world. We welcome the message. We're certain the parents and students of Alberta also appreciate the encouraging words of Christian hope, love and peace. We wish Minister Nicolaides a blessed Christmas. The short letter is worth quoting in its entirety. We share it with our readers. Dear parents, As the glorious Christmas season approaches, I want to wish you and your loved ones a joyful and blessed time. This is a special season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the event that serves as a cornerstone of faith and brings the world a message of hope, peace, and love. It is a time to reflect on this profound gift and look forward with faith and optimism to the year ahead. I know the first part of this school year asked a lot of families, and I want to express my sincere appreciation for the commitment and care you devote to your …
Dec 20 Third Week of Advent, Saturday We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction If someone showed us a safe place to keep our treasure on this earth, we would not hesitate to follow him or her even if it was out of the way, and we would place our treasure there with great peace of mind. Well, it is no human being but God himself who offers this safety, and not in a desert, but in heaven; yet we do not want to listen to him. Dec 19 Third Week of Advent, Friday We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction In the age of GPS navigators, let’s keep in mind who is guiding …
Woke Watch Canada is a reader-supported publication. Please consider becoming a paying subscriber or making a one-time or recurring donation to show your support. By C.C. Harvey (This article originally appeared on The Cancelled Club Substack.) The extraordinary success of Anglo-Western civilization is not an accident. The Anglosphere resulted from a rare combination of forces: Judeo-Christian morality elevated the individual, restrained the powerful, and moralized truth-telling; English common law protected property, contracts, and personal rights; the scientific revolution prized empirical reasoning over dogma; culture emphasized literacy, self-discipline, and civic duty; the industrial revolution generated unprecedented wealth. The result was high-trust societies in which cooperation flourished, corruption remained low, innovation thrived, and economic growth became the norm. People from across the globe seek out Anglo-Western nations because they offer the greatest relative amount …
If one takes the Incarnation of the Son of God Jesus Christ seriously, one believes Almighty God chose the best possible time & place to send the Redeemer of mankind. And the Holy Spirit guided the Church. So it is NO ACCIDENT that "western" culture is built on Christendom and therefore superior to all non-Christian (pagan) societies. Sadly, the West is reaping the consequences of turning away from God to the self that began with the humanism of the 15th cent. to the Rationalism of the 17th, to the atheism of the 20th.
Dec 19 Third Week of Advent, Friday We continue posting daily Advent reflections by the Church Fathers. It's a good way to prepare to celebrate Christmas. The reflections and quotations come from the book titled, Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers by Marco Pappalardo. Introduction In the age of GPS navigators, let’s keep in mind who is guiding our lives, where our actions are directed, and which roads we need to take to reach our final goal. No technology can replace our conscience, but there are many ways to disorient and distract it. Dec 18 Shame on Canada for voting NO to removing SOGI from a UN resolution Shame on Canada for voting NO to removing SOGI, sexual orientation and gender identity, from a UN General Assembly resolution. The recent vote was 81 to 77 in support of its removal. Of course the vote was taken under the deceptive language of rights of the disabled. How could anyone vote NO? Canada once again betrayed Canadians. Surely, this positive outcome was made …