Religious freedom restricted in court decision, says League

TORONTO, April 3, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) regrets that the Federal Court has taken a narrow view of freedom of conscience and religion, and freedom of association, in its decision not to revisit the Canadian Human Rights...

N.Y. gallery cancels naked chocolate Jesus exhibit

NEW YORK (Reuters, March 30, 2007)) – A Manhattan art gallery canceled on Friday its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture depicting a naked Jesus, after an outcry by Roman Catholics, including the League and US Catholic League for...

League criticizes Easter “art” display

TORONTO, Ont. March 30, 2007 – According to international news reports, artist Cosimo Cavallaro is exhibiting a 6-foot tall chocolate sculpture of a crucified Jesus with his genitals exposed during Holy Week, from April 1 to April 7 in the art gallery of a New...

Editorial: A sad ending

One of the Catholic Church’s most valuable and humble services to the people of Saskatchewan is coming to an end. Regrettably, the owners of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in the small city of Humboldt have been told their religion is no longer welcome at the governance of...

We ended slavery. So why all the guilt?

By Michael Coren (March 27, 2007) – This week, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade by the British parliament. But rather than celebrate Britain’s courageous role in ending an abhorrent institution, Britons find...