by CCRL | Dec 25, 2021 | Articles, Issues, News
Toronto, ON December 25, 2021 – In a country so blessed with prosperity and an amazing quality of life, the past two years have been a reminder that circumstances can change rather quickly. Our earthly “paradise” quickly descends into a vale of tears, especially for...
by CCRL | Dec 17, 2021 | News, Prayer
Toronto, ON December 17, 2021 – The CCRL is saddened to report that our dear friend and mentor, Janine Langan, has died, at the age of 88, on Sunday, December 12, 2021. Janine suffered a fall in the windstorm on the day before and she did not recover from a cranial...
by CCRL | Dec 15, 2021 | Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON December 15, 2021 – On November 23, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) launched its Church Attacks Database, accessible from www.ccrl.ca cataloging attacks against Catholic churches in Canada ranging from the breaking of stained-glass windows, to...
by CCRL | Nov 23, 2021 | Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON November 23, 2021 – The CCRL has launched a Church Attacks Database, accessible from www.ccrl.ca which catalogues attacks against Catholic churches in Canada ranging from the breaking of stained-glass windows, to acts of desecration and church burnings,...
by CCRL | Jul 30, 2021 | Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON July 30, 2021 – On June 22, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) decried the burning down of two Catholic Churches in British Columbia on June 21, National Indigenous People’s Day. On July 1, Canada Day, the League issued another press release Burning...
by CCRL | Jul 1, 2021 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON July 1, 2021 – On June 22, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) decried the burning down of two Catholic Churches in British Columbia on June 21, National Indigenous People’s Day. In less than ten days, two more churches in BC have been attacked in...
by CCRL | Jun 22, 2021 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON June 22, 2021 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) laments the loss of two century old Catholic churches in the Okanagan region of British Colombia, destroyed by suspected arson in the early morning of June 21. The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL)...
by CCRL | May 25, 2021 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON May 25, 2021 – The CCRL welcomes the unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) granting St. Mary Cathedral’s appeal, released on Friday, May 21. The litigation arose after a difficult pastoral decision made by the Archbishop in order to...
by CCRL | Apr 1, 2021 | Events, Issues, News
Toronto, ON April 1, 2021 – Last year in our Holy Week message of 2020 we at the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) asked our supporters and friends to place crucifixes in their windows and on their front porches to demonstrate a public witness to our faith from Holy...
by CCRL | Mar 30, 2021 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON March 30, 2021 – As we prepare for the Sacred Triduum and Easter, it is time to reflect on the great truth of our faith, the joy of the resurrection. We are comforted in the sure knowledge of the great love and mercy of God, as we are confronted by the...
