Parental rights issues in education highlighted

TORONTO, Aug. 27, 2010 – As students return to school in the coming weeks, several ongoing situations pose challenges for the rights of parents in education, and the Catholic nature of publicly-funded Catholic schools.   In British Columbia, an agreement in...

Canadian cardinal to set tone for Church

By Charles Lewis National Post The new head of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Bishops, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, said a combination of secrecy in certain corners of the Church and a general degeneration of mores in society at large combined to cause and...

Better knowledge of lack of abortion law needed, says League

TORONTO, August 4, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on a new survey showing that as many as two-thirds of Canadians do not know that Canada has no abortion law. The Angus Reid poll, which asked 1,022 Canadian adults a variety of questions about...

Census should retain religion question, says League

OTTAWA, July 7, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on changes being made by Statistics Canada to the next federal census, including its decision to exclude religious affiliation information from the mandatory portion of the 2011 census. Instead,...

CCRL congratulates Cardinal Ouellet

TORONTO, ON June 30, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Cardinal Marc Ouellet on his appointment as Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Commission for Latin America. “The League has always appreciated Cardinal Ouellet’s...

League celebrates Silver Anniversary

TORONTO, June 12, 2010 – The advocacy and education work of the Catholic Civil Rights League is needed now more than ever, Rev. Raymond J. de Souza told those attending the League’s June 10 anniversary gala. Noting that the media has grown rapidly and embraced...