Education should be more prominent election issue, says League

TORONTO, ON Sept. 23, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is encouraging its members and supporters to take a stronger stand for the education of their children as almost all polls leading up to the October 6 provincial election show that education is not seen as...

Analysis: Refugee claimant a better Catholic than board thought

by Charles Lewis Many Roman Catholics should thank the saints they have never had their faith tested by Rose Andrachuk. In January, Ms. Andrachuk, an Immigration & Refugee Board adjudicator, decided a refugee applicant’s knowledge of Catholicism put in doubt his...

Euthanasia the wrong answer, League writes

Re: Globe editorial: Autonomy In Death, With Safeguards (Sept. 12). There is significant confusion about what is meant by euthanasia, and it could be influencing what people say in one poll or another. Euthanasia needs to be clearly understood as the taking of...

League AGM to take place Oct. 13

TORONTO, ON September 9, 2011 – The annual general meeting of the Catholic Civil Rights League will take place Thursday, Oct. 13 in downtown Toronto. League members and guests are encouraged to attend. Attendees are invited to join us at the 5:30 Mass at St. Michael’s...

League praises Cardinal Ambrozic’s service to Church in Canada

TORONTO, ON August 26, 2011 – Statement from Philip Horgan, President of the Catholic Civil Rights League: Members of the Catholic Civil Rights League were greatly saddened to learn of the death this morning of His Eminence Cardinal Ambrozic. He was a great...

School policies must respect parents’ rights, says League

TORONTO, ON August 25, 2011 – As schools re-open across Canada, many League members are involved in situations challenging parental authority in religious education, such as in Quebec, where moves against traditional religious content are extending even to...