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Supreme Court of Canada rules faith communities not subject to court review on non-legal matters Photo by Bill Oxford on Unsplash Supreme Court of Canada rules faith communities not subject to court review on non-legal matters By  Catholic Register Staff May 25, 2021 The Supreme Court of Canada has reaffirmed that secular courts should not be making theological decisions. In a May 21 ruling, the court ruled unanimously in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada v Aga that membership in a voluntary religious community is not a matter to be adjudicated by a secu...

Rights league defends church rights to manage own affairs January 7, 2021 A little legal ecumenism played out on Zoom before the Supreme Court of Canada as the Catholic Civil Rights League, along with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, came to the defence of Canada’s Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop Abune Dimetros. The Catholic Civil Rights League takes no position on orthodox or unorthodox liturgy in the Geez Rite of the Orthodox Tewahedo Church, but it was keen to protect the right of faith communities to manage their own affairs without the interference of civil courts, said veteran C...