by CCRL | Nov 17, 2011 | Media Watch
TORONTO, ON November 17, 2011 – In recent days, clothing giant Benneton issued an advertising poster showing doctored photographs of world leaders kissing one another, including a photo of Pope Benedict with an Egyptian imam. Others feature U.S. President Barack Obama...
by CCRL | Nov 15, 2011 | News
TORONTO, ON November 14, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed the hope that respect for life will prevail in the assisted suicide case currently before the BC Supreme Court. Carter vs. Attorney General of Canada brings a constitutional challenge to...
by CCRL | Nov 8, 2011 | Media Watch
When an Ottawa radio station hosted a “win a baby” contest last month, pledging to pay for fertility treatments for whoever wrote the best pitch about why they deserved the treatments, station officials claimed they wanted a catchy promotion that would shine a light...
by CCRL | Nov 4, 2011 | News
MONTREAL, QC November 3, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has expressed its support for a group of Catholics who were fined by a Montreal-area municipality for conducting a Mass and other religious activities in a public building they had rented for the...
by CCRL | Nov 2, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, ON November 2, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that trespassing charges against members of Carleton Lifeline have been withdrawn, and hopes the school year will be marked by a climate of openness to all viewpoints on university...
by CCRL | Nov 1, 2011 | News
OTTAWA, ON November 1, 2011(CCRL) – The annual poll by Life Canada has found that most Canadians want some legal protection for the unborn, and in general do not support public funding of most abortions. In results released yesterday, seventy-two percent of Canadians...
by CCRL | Nov 1, 2011 | News
How the Media Twist the News, Sheila Gribben Liuaugminas, Catholic Educator’s Resource Centre Media Coverage of the Catholic Church: Executive Summary – Center for Media and Public Affairs, Catholic Educator’s Resource Centre Religion and the News...
by CCRL | Oct 29, 2011 | News
TORONTO, On October 29, 2011 – On Friday December 28, the leaders of the Commonwealth approved a motion that would make succession to the Crown based on age rather than gender, and would allow heirs to the throne to marry a Catholic without losing their place in...
by CCRL | Oct 17, 2011 | News
TORONTO, ON October 18, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League elected a new regional director to its boardat its Annual General Meeting October 13, and announced one resignation. Christian D. Elia, former director of the Office for Catholic Youth in the Archdiocese...
by CCRL | Oct 17, 2011 | Media Watch
Commentary by Joanne McGarry about a recent episode of “Rookie Blue,” and the value of letting networks know why you switched them off. Catholic Register, October 4, 2011
