Religious Freedom

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Our latest project – The Anglosphere Project – looks at the history of religious freedom in the United Kingdom, The United States of America and Canada. A joint initiative of the Religious Freedom Institute and Cardus, it offers a constitutional and institutional history of this foundational liberty in the Anglo-American tradition. Read more at this link.

We believe in upholding the importance and centrality of religious freedom in our common life.

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The Latest from Cardus Religious Freedom

Matthew House: Case Studies in Faith-Based Social Service

REPORT November 10th

Matthew House Ottawa provides services to refugee claimants, offering them a temporary place to live in Ottawa, Ontario, and access to an established support network as they start their new life in Canada.

Religion is under assault in China. But Canada may not have the moral high ground it needs to defend it

REPORT November 6th

Adapted from a presentation to the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute’s online seminar, “Mao vs. God: State Control of Churches in China under Xi," David Mulroney explains how "China’s response to COVID-19 has also created new opportunities for surveillance and control of religious institutions."

David Mulroney is a distinguished fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and the former ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of China.

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