Book not banned

Re: “Vatican snuffs out a breath of fresh air” (June 10). Maureen Dowd’s claim that the Vatican is trying to send women back to the Dark Ages would not be taken seriously by anyone who has even a faint acquaintance with the modern Church. The columnist has mixed in a...

League protests graphic, tax-funded museum exhibit

OTTAWA, May 16, 2012 – The League wrote May 11 to federal Heritage Minister, James Moore, as well as to the museum itself to protest the exhibit “Sex: a Tell-All Exhibition”, scheduled to run at Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology May 18 to early next...

Bullying controversy focuses on school funding

TORONTO, ON May 2, 2012 – Many commentators are using the current controversy about anti-bullying programs in Ontario to attack the funding of Catholic schools. The League recently responded to two such articles, one in the National Post and one in the...

“The Three Stooges” and its Catholic images

TORONTO ON April 13, 2012 – The movie “The Three Stooges”, an updated take on one of the best-known slapstick trios, opened today across North America. The Stooges are depicted seeking to raise money to save an orphanage run by traditionally-dressed nuns. After seeing...

Double standard thrives at Star

The following letter, which was not published, was sent to the Toronto Star by the League in response to some photos included with an article about a minor Canadian fringe artist living in Europe. The article (Poking sacred icons draws reaction, Star, Feb. 23)...

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...