“Respecting Difference” supports Catholic education rights

TORONTO, February 2, 2012 (CCRL) – “Respecting Difference” establishes guidelines for Catholic school boards to follow in implementing anti-bullying strategies that will be both comprehensive and consistent with Catholic teaching on sexual morality. The report...

The Devil Inside – Inaccurate and hostile

NEW YORK, NY January 16, 2012 (Review by National Catholic News Service) – “The Devil Inside” (Paramount), so we’re told, is a film the Vatican doesn’t want you to see. If so, perhaps there’s a “Da Vinci Code”-like...

League congratulates Cardinal-designate Collins

TORONTO, ON January 6, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Archbishop Thomas Collins on his elevation  by Pope Benedict XVI to the College of Cardinals and wishes him many years of continued service to the Church.   “We have always...

League would support effort to update “personhood” laws

OTTAWA, ON January 5, 2012 – Canada’s Criminal Code provisions surrounding the legal rights of the unborn child are confusing and not in step with medical and social realities. Therefore the Catholic Civil Rights League supports recent statements by MPs,...

Poll shows better care is needed, says League

TORONTO, ON January 3, 2012 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on results of a Forum Research Poll finding that 67 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they support making it legal for doctors to help the terminally ill kill themselves. The poll, taken...