Some Manitoba faith leaders welcome new COVID-19 restrictions, others say they re divisive cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted: May 07, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 7
Critics of Manitoba s pandemic restrictions rallied outside the Winnipeg Law Courts on Monday afternoon, the first day of a hearing in a legal challenge of Manitoba s pandemic health restrictions.(Cameron Macintosh/CBC)
As a group of seven churches are challenging Manitoba s public health restrictions in court this week, saying they violate religious freedoms, many faith leaders are pushing back at that notion, saying they don t feel the same way. I ve heard a lot of other fellow Christians say that this doesn t really represent most of us in Manitoba, and most of us in southern Manitoba, in terms of how we feel about these things, said Michael Pahl, executive minister of Mennonite Church Manitoba, an association of more than 30 congregations.