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
by CCRL | Dec 22, 2016 | News
The League thanks CCRL board member Dr. Nicholas Newman, and the Physicians’ Alliance Against Euthanasia for the following letter. It was originally published in the French language newspaper La Presse, on December 10, 2016. Dr Nicholas Newman, orthopedic...
by CCRL | Dec 21, 2016 | Annual Reports
Events and Engagements March for Life, Ottawa On May 12, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) was pleased to extend its continued support for the national March for Life taking place in Ottawa with representation from across the country. The theme for this year’s...
by Charles Lewis | Nov 29, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
This talk was delivered on November 23, 2016 at the Church of the Holy Family in Toronto, which is the seat of the Oratorian Fathers of Saint Philip Neri. The occasion was the launch of a new book, “The Lion of Münster: The Bishop Who Roared Against the Nazis,” by Fr....
by Charles Lewis | Nov 14, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
The day after Donald Trump was elected president a number of well meaning friends tried to commiserate with me over the election results. For many months I had already become completely disgusted by the two main choices and ended up writing in a third-party candidate...
