Pages

Search for your Topic

Search

Summer Jobs attestation language concerns bishops, despite ‘step in right direction’

OTTAWA – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is welcoming the revisions to the Canada Summer Jobs application, but not without reservations.

The new application has dropped the mandatory check-off of a pro-abortion attestation, making it possible for many charities and parishes to apply for grants this year in a manner “true to their faith tradition and/or conscience,” the CCCB said in a statement Jan. 10.
The bishops are “pleased with the positive revisions,” but remain concerned over the “eligible activities” section of the application and its “language related to ‘restricting or undermining rights’ and how that working will be interpreted for applicants.”
That

Praise the Lord

Read more... http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheCatholicRegister