Media bungling of papal comments on AIDS

TORONTO, November 24, 2010 – As with most news involving papal comments, some reflections by Pope Benedict touching on the AIDS crisis and condom use have provoked the usual rush of anti-Catholic invective to the message boards and talk radio. However, most of the...

Media biases reflect social realities, says journalist

TORONTO, October 22, 2010 – Anti-religious bias exists in the media because it exists in society and therefore exists in newsrooms, National Post reporter and editor Charles Lewis told the League’s AGM in Toronto. “The Catholic Church is singled out more as a...

Pope, cardinal falsely maligned

TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2010 – The departure to Rome of Cardinal Ouellet, Canada’s most senior churchman and a good friend of the League, was marked by some good press reports (Post, Aug. 19, Register, Aug. 23) but also by some cynical observations about the sex abuse...

Vatican document sparks biased response

TORONTO, July 29, 2010 – As we mentioned in a membership message July 16, The Vatican recently released updated guidelines on the handling of several issues in Church governance, including improvements to the management of allegations of the sexual abuse of...

Comedy series about Jesus said to be in the works

CCRL membership message, May 7, 2010 – Comedy Central, the US comedy network whose programs often make their way to Canada on the Comedy Network, announced Thursday it has a cartoon series about Jesus Christ in the works. “JC” is one of 23 potential...

Focus on help, not blame, says League

TORONTO, March 31, 2010 – The only reaction any decent person could have to the abuse scandal is a determination to prevent such things from happening again, and to offer whatever help is available to the victims. Considerable progress has been made on these...