by CCRL | May 5, 2017 | News
Toronto, ON May 5, 2017 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is pleased to announce that it has chosen founder of MaterCare International, Dr. Robert Walley as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life. The award...
by Charles Lewis | May 1, 2017 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
The reason we fight against euthanasia, and fight for conscience rights, does not need much of an explanation. Euthanasia is a disease that will eventually kill thousands of people who will be denied many good years of life. It is a form of murder but instead it has...
by CCRL | Apr 13, 2017 | News
TORONTO, ON April 13, 2017 Dear Supporters and Friends of the CCRL, Our president Phil Horgan, executive director Christian Elia, and our board members from across Canada wish all of you a blessed Triduum in anticipation of the joy which accompanies the Resurrection...
by CCRL | Apr 4, 2017 | News
TORONTO, ON March 30, 2017 – CCRL president Phil Horgan, executive director Christian Elia, along with Toronto-based barrister and solicitor and CCRL member Catherine Pawluch appeared before a legislative committee to speak against the infringement of freedom of...
by CCRL | Mar 23, 2017 | News
TORONTO, ON March 23, 2017 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) sent the following letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The CCRL encourages all of our supporters and friends to also write. March 23, 2017 Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada...
by CCRL | Feb 16, 2017 | News
TORONTO, ON February 16, 2017 – It is the mission of mandate of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) to work with the media to secure a fair hearing for Catholic positions on issues of public debate, and lobbying government and intervening in court challenges in...
by Charles Lewis | Feb 8, 2017 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
Last week I went to see the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at St. Paul’s Basilica in Toronto. The program was essentially taken from Orthodox and Catholic and worship. One new piece, commissioned for the evening, consisted of the first three parts of the Rosary:...
by Charles Lewis | Feb 6, 2017 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
There is now a battle in Ontario to win back conscience rights for physicians. Various groups, from the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto are engaged in this battle. This is a fight we must not lose. It goes much further...
by CCRL | Jan 30, 2017 | News
TORONTO, ON January 30, 2017 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is appalled at the mass killings of six individuals and the attacks on numerous others on January 29, at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec, in Quebec City. Attacks at places of worship have no...
by CCRL | Dec 23, 2016 | Newsletters