Uphold religious freedom for doctors, League urges

TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League recently called on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to ensure freedom of religion and freedom of conscience for physicians in the application of changes to the application of Ontario’s Human...

League supports CJC complaint involving Order of Canada process

TORONTO, ON Aug. 14, 2008 – Forty-two Canadian organizations, including the Catholic Civil Rights League, representing an estimated one million-plus members, collectively filed a letter of complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council on Wednesday, August 13th,...

League updates for August

* Catholic Insight Magazine is facing an appeal of the recent dismissal of human rights’charges against it. * Father Tom Lynch’s address to our Spring dinner is now available through our website. (See also Interim article.) * Quebec mayor refuses to drop prayer...

The sorry sport of Pope bashing

By Gerard Henderson (Sydney, July 15, 2008) – The new sectarianism is quite different from the old sectarianism. Yet it is real enough. From European settlement in 1788 until about the mid 1960s, Australia was afflicted with a prevailing distrust of Catholics...

League seeks to have Morgentaler award revoked

TORONTO, Ont. July 11, 2008 – The League has called on Governor General Michaelle Jean to rescind the nomination of Henry Morgentaler to the Order of Canada. A formal letter of protest has been sent to Her Excellency, and copied to HM Queen Elizabeth, Prime...