by CCRL | Dec 24, 2008 | News
VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23, 2008 – In his annual address to the Roman Curia, Pope Benedict mentioned that the Church cannot accept “gender ideology” because it is contrary to God’s design for the human person. No one even vaguely familiar with...
by CCRL | Dec 19, 2008 | News
Montreal, Dec. 19, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on news that a Quebec school board has suspended students because they chose not attend the course on religious ethics and culture which has been made mandatory throughout the province,...
by CCRL | Dec 17, 2008 | News
By Barbara Kay An often-quoted Jesuit maxim boasts, “Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man.” Only seven? Amateurs! Since September all Quebec students from primary school entry to high school graduation, whether enrolled in public...
by CCRL | Dec 12, 2008 | News
TORONTO, Ont. Dec. 12, 2008 – The movie “Doubt” opens in Canada tonight. It centres around an unproven allegation of sexual misconduct between a priest and a boy in Grade 8, and is set in the Bronx in 1964. League Executive Director Joanne McGarry attended the preview...
by CCRL | Dec 8, 2008 | News
TORONTO, Ont. Dec. 8, 2008 – The Oblate Fathers of Assumption Province have returned the Orders of Canada granted to two of their members, Father Anthony Sylla, OMI and Father Michael Smith, OMI. In a letter to Governor General Michaelle Jean, Father Janusz...
by CCRL | Dec 4, 2008 | News
OTTAWA, Ont. Dec. 3, 2008 – A new Environics poll released in late November shows a majority of Canadians want legal protection for the unborn child at some point before birth. This is consistent with survey results over the past seven years. Canada remains the...
