CBC TV pilot blasphemous, Catholic group says

By Janice Tibbetts (National Post, May 16, 2007) OTTAWA – A Catholic organization is accusing the CBC of blasphemy over a pilot program that portrays altar boys as drug users and the Catholic communion host as “munchable snack food, possible poker chips...

CBC program serious affront to Catholic sacraments, League says

TORONTO, May 15, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its disappointment and concern with CBC Television for some of the content in the pilot program “The Altar Boy Gang,” which aired Friday evening, May 11 at 9 pm (eastern).   The show is...

World Congress of Families IV issues Warsaw Declaration

ROCKFORD, IL, May 14, 2007 – At its closing session, the 3,000-plus delegates to World Congress of Families IV (Warsaw, May 11-13) endorsed the Warsaw Declaration – a pro-family credo for the 21st century. With the family under attack in Europe, the United...

League calls for renewed respect for life

OTTAWA, May 9, 2007 – On the eve of the annual March for Life, the Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) hopes the public witness of thousands of Canadians on Parliament Hill tomorrow will awaken in all people the need to build respect for all life, from...

League to host Spring dinner

TORONTO, May 7, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League invites members and their guests to its Spring dinner, to take place the evening of Wednesday, June 6 at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. Guest speaker will be Rev. Alphonse de Valk, CSB, editor of...