by CCRL | Nov 5, 2007 | News
By Hilary White CHARD, Somerset UK (LifeSiteNews.com, Nov. 2, 2007)- Vincent and Pauline Matherick are the Christian couple in Somerset who chose to retire from fostering needy children rather than bow to the Somerset county council’s demand that they promote...
by CCRL | Oct 31, 2007 | News
By Lorna Dueck Church, mosque, synagogue and temple were inspiring places to be on the weekend for the millions of Canadians who attended, but you’d never know it by what’s being told in the media lately. A spin cycle is under way on faith that, if...
by CCRL | Oct 30, 2007 | News
Vatican, Oct. 29 (CWNews.com) – Catholic pharmacists should not be involved in the distribution of drugs designed to cause abortion or euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI said on October 29. In a short talk to members of the International Federation of Catholic...
by CCRL | Oct 26, 2007 | News
By Michael Coren In an ongoing series, National Post writers are being asked a simple question: If you had the power to change a single thing about Canada, what would it be? In today’s instalment, Michael Coren argues that Canada’s lack of an abortion law...
by CCRL | Oct 25, 2007 | News
Re: Your editorial: Reverse School Board Decision, Oct. 19. I am surprised you would express the hope that the province will force the local Catholic school board to allow this vaccine to be distributed on its premises. This would be an unjustified intrusion on the...
by CCRL | Oct 19, 2007 | News
Seventy-two percent of Canadians polled in an Environics poll commissioned by LifeCanada/VieCanada say they would support legislation making it a separate crime to injure or kill a fetus during an attack on the mother. Among women, 75% supported the legislation. The...
by CCRL | Oct 18, 2007 | News
TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its support for federal legislation to recognize unborn children as second victims in cases where their mothers are murdered while pregnant. The “Unborn Victims of Violence” (C-291) act...
by CCRL | Oct 16, 2007 | News
TORONTO, October 16, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce its annual general meeting will take place Thursday, November 8 at 7 pm at St. Michael’s Choir School, Toronto. Members and guests are welcome to attend Guest speaker Alex Schadenberg,...
by CCRL | Oct 5, 2007 | News
By Karon Liu National Post The recent murder of a pregnant Toronto woman resulting in the death of her unborn child has rekindled debate on whether a fetus should be recognized as a person. Turan Cocelli, 29, was charged on Tuesday with killing his 25-year-old wife,...
by CCRL | Oct 4, 2007 | News
TORONTO, Ont., October 4, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its support for the US Catholic League’s boycott of Miller beer. The US organization called for the boycott because of the brewer’s sponsorship of “The Folsom Street Fair,” a San...