Open Doors has just released its annual World Watch List, which surveys “the 50 countries where it’s most dangerous to follow Jesus.” The 68-page document, which can be downloaded for free, devotes a page to each of the 50 nations.…
The BC Humanist Association (BCHA) is determined to make our province more secular. Most recently, the group took aim at prayer in the BC Legislative Assembly – and won a small victory, with minimal opposition. Earlier this fall, the local…
Chinese security officers detained Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig a year ago, in early December. Kevin and Julia Garratt suffered through a similar experience and are now speaking about their experience on various media and in churches. Following is an…
Monica Tang will be participating in the Christian Climate Observers Program at the UN COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Spain, December 1 – 14. Following is a November 21 entry from her blog which explains why she is participating. My…
Archbishop Michael Miller has accepted all the recommendations in a report on clerical sexual abuse released November 22. Agnieszka Ruck wrote about it in The B.C. Catholic: A groundbreaking report by an Archdiocese of Vancouver review committee on clerical sexual abuse…
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be in Vancouver this Friday to participate in a climate strike at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Following is a comment by A Rocha International’s director of theology Dave Bookless. When Greta Thunberg speaks, the world…
A group of concerned citizens has banded together to oppose a Bill opposing conversion therapy. They point out the proposed legislation now before the BC Legislature is poorly drafted, being both too vague and too broad. An explanatory note with…
Cathy Peters is a tireless campaigner against human trafficking and she takes every opportunity to press her case – especially when there is an election looming. Thus she made a point of attending the annual Union of BC Municipalities gathering…
Following the climate strike march last Friday, B.C. Catholic editor Paul Schratz tweeted this: 100,000 #ClimateStrike marchers in Vancouver is impressive. It’s also the number of unborn lives lost to abortion last year in Canada. How many might have been…
China marked its 70th anniversary October 1. Widespread media coverage examined everything from the staggering display of new weaponry to the massive demonstrations, marred by violence, in Hong Kong. One article posted by a Christian group, ChinaSource, led with the…