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THE LATEST FROM THE CATHOLIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEAGUE
CCRL Cosignatory on Letter to Prime Minister Voicing Opposition to Covid-19 Vaccines from Abortion Derived Cell Lines
The executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) Christian Elia cosigned a letter sent yesterday to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, calling for funding for Covid-19 vaccine research that is ethically acceptable to the millions of Canadians who vehemently oppose the use of abortion derived cell lines.
read morePrayer Request for CCRL Exner Award Recipient Dr. Robert Walley
The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) asks our supporters and friends to fulfill the request of Dr. Robert Walley for prayers for a good and peaceful death following the news from MaterCare International regarding his diagnosis of terminal cancer.
read moreThe League Mourns the Death of Co-founder and Former Exner Award Recipient Fr. Alphonse de Valk
Fr. de Valk was a passionate defender of life, and of free speech, and stood for a robust understanding of freedom of conscience and religion. Fr. de Valk was born on Easter Sunday, 1932. He died during the Easter Octave, and just prior to Divine Mercy Sunday. His witness to the Gospel of Life was always centred on his relationship with Jesus Christ, in his case, through the priesthood. May he be richly rewarded with the promises of the same Christ, our Lord.
read moreCCRL Supporters and Friends Respond to Call for Public Expression of Faith
In response to our Holy Week message and call to action, supporters and friends of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) are placing crucifixes in their windows and on their front porches to demonstrate a public witness to our faith during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is our outward sign of the veneration of the cross.
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Prayer Request for CCRL 2017 Exner Award Recipient Dr. Robert Walley, founder of @MaterCareOrg https://t.co/2LFxYtJQ8i
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The League Mourns the Death of Co-founder and Former Exner Award Recipient Fr. Alphonse de Valk:
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The CCRL has asked its supporters to make a greater public witness to our faith this Triduum by placing crucifixes in windows and front porches on Holy Thursday and Good Friday as an outward sign of our veneration of the cross. #GoodFriday #Triduum #HolyWeek2020 #HolyWeekAtHome
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