A minister talks about growing up in Adolf Hitler’s Germany
Martin Rumscheidt on his father’s complicity in the Nazi extermination of Jewish people.
Ideologies are colliding at Canadian universities, and free speech is caught in the crossfire
"Universities are supposed to be places for the exchange of ideas, not for ideological war."
11 immigrants putting down roots in Canada and the United Church
"Lima was a bit difficult. It’s a Catholic society; I was never out of the closet there."
Liberal Christians in the U.S. test their faith against a demagogue
After Donald Trump's election, The Observer visits United Church of Christ congregations to learn more about how the denomination is responding to
Once abandoned, this cemetery became a marker for Indigenous reconciliation
As many as 40 children died at the Regina Indian Industrial School
His ancestors never came back from residential school, so he went to visit them
Anthony Dreaver Johnston drove four hours to honour family members he had never met
Unity Mosque provides a space for observant Muslims who openly live in LGBTQ relationships
More than half of Canadian Muslims believe it’s impossible to be an observant Muslim while living openly in an LGBTQ relationship. El-Farouk
What Anthony Bailey thinks about the day his church was vandalized
The co-ordinating minister at Ottawa's Parkdale United Church talks about his congregation's commitment to love and tolerance in the face of a
Small-town Ontario murder seemed like a blatant case of racist violence, but the truth goes deeper
The beating death of Andrew Mixemong three years ago exposes gaps in the social fabric we’d rather ignore
Broken dreams in Little Mogadishu
Canada's Somali community continues to struggle with higher-than-average levels of violence, unemployment and discrimination
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