Calgary Church: Church and Canadian Government

calgary church: The new two solitudes: 'Alberta and the rest of Canada'CBC-Angus Reid poll: Canadians want minorities to do more to 'fit in' It an ancient tradition, today being performed in a southwest Calgary church, according to CBC. The pews are mostly filled — not bad for a church that didn't even exist a year and a half ago. They respond with chants they sing every Sunday, chants that people from this sect of the Catholic Church have used for 2,000 years. Immigration keeping churches alive Father Ephrem — Kardouh is his last name, though no one seems to bother with it — is a priest in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was sent to Calgary when the Canadian government announced it would open its door to 25,000 Syrian refugees, many of whom are Christian. "We used to go to the airport almost on daily basis, sometimes we used to go twice a day, to greet the people, to welcome them to tell them here they are welcome and they are safe." Over the past 18 months, Father Ephrem says his congregation went from about 20 faithful to 600. These are the Christians from the Middle East. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.