by Charles Lewis | Jun 17, 2016 | Editorials by Charles Lewis
What is going on with us? How is it the Catholic voice has been suppressed to a whisper? Why is it we lose battle after battle, including the recent fight to stop euthanasia from becoming legal? How is it so many Catholics have become afraid to stand up for their...
by CCRL | Jun 15, 2016 | News
Toronto, ON June 16, 2016 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is pleased to announce that it will be unveiling a new editorial column featuring its newest member of the board of directors, Charles Lewis. Charles Lewis has been a close friend of the CCRL,...
by CCRL | Jun 9, 2016 | News
Toronto, ON June 9, 2016 – On June 2, the CCRL hosted its annual dinner in Toronto. This year the keynote speaker was Douglas Farrow, Professor of Christian Thought at McGill University, holder of the Kennedy Smith Chair in Catholic Studies, and Project Director...
by CCRL | May 12, 2016 | News
Ottawa, ON May 12, 2016 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is pleased to extend its continued support for the national March for Life taking place in Ottawa today with representation from across the country. The theme for this year’s march is...
by CCRL | May 10, 2016 | Events, News
Toronto, ON May 10, 2016 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is pleased to announce that its annual Spring Dinner will take place in Toronto on June 2 at 6:30 pm at the Sala Caboto Ballroom at 40 Playfair Ave, west of Dufferin, south of Lawrence. Tickets...
by CCRL | May 9, 2016 | News
Toronto, ON May 9, 2016 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is pleased to announce that it has chosen anti-euthanasia/assisted suicide activist Alex Schadenberg as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life....
by CCRL | May 2, 2016 | News
TORONTO, ON May 2, 2016 – Canada moves to engage third party “suicide”, against our history, and the practice of good medicine. Parliament should not meekly comply with a radical Supreme Court decision, when other mature democracies have come to the opposite...
by CCRL | Apr 15, 2016 | News
TORONTO, ON April 15, 2016 – On April 14 the federal government introduced legislation in the House of Commons for the provision of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) reposted a statement from the Archbishop of Toronto,...
by CCRL | Apr 14, 2016 | News
OTTAWA, ON April 14, 2016 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) is reviewing Bill C-14 which was presented in the House of Commons today. Bill C-14 is an act to amend the criminal code to allow for the provision of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. The...
by CCRL | Apr 8, 2016 | Media Watch
TORONTO, ON April 8, 2016 – On March 24, the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) wrote an open letter to the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in opposition to Physician-Assisted Death: Interim Guidance for Nursing in Ontario on grounds that its main recommendation...