Important message about our Fall development appeal

TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2009 – Our Fall development appeal is underway. We need a healthy response from all our supporters, including, we hope, some new supporters, in order to continue functioning at a viable level. The economic downturn of the past year has caused a...

League AGM to take place Oct. 28

If you live in the Toronto area or are planning to visit later this month, please join us for our annual general meeting Oct. 28. We will begin by attending the 5:30 Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral, which is being offered in memory of the late League director...

Oppose any liberalization of euthanasia laws, says League

TORONTO, October 14, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on reports that as many as 75 per cent of Quebec’s medical specialists would be favourable to the legalization of euthanasia in certain circumstances. The survey, which did not address...

The last acceptable prejudice

By Michael Coren It was as predictable as an Orangeman putting on his sash or a latte coffee-drinker buying but not actually reading the latest risible volume from one of the new, inflated atheists. A former Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia was charged with the...

Lahey outrage shows Church is learning as well as sinning

by Father Raymond J. De Souza Regarding the distressing news about the child pornography charges brought against Bishop Raymond Lahey, former bishop of Antigonish, one cannot improve upon the letter Archbishop Anthony Mancini sent to the faithful of Nova Scotia and...

Universities called on to encourage free speech on abortion

TORONTO, ON. Oct. 8, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today called on university administrations and student unions to support free speech on their campuses by encouraging the fair presentation of both sides of controversial moral and religious questions....

Factum filed in prostitution case

TORONTO, Ont. Oct. 7, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League, Christian Legal Fellowship and REAL Women of Canada have filed their factum in the court challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws. Their arguments emphasize the shared morality of Canadians, and point out...

Bill C-384 debated in Parliament

OTTAWA, Oct. 6, 2009 (CCRL) – Bill C-384, the private member’s bill that would legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in certain cases, received its first hour of parliamentary debate on Friday, Oct. 2. The debate included eight speeches on C-384 with two in favour:...

League to participate in case involving prostitution laws

TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its joint application to intervene in the national challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws has been accepted by the Ontario Court of Appeal. The intervention, filed in...