by CCRL | Sep 25, 2020 | Events, Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON September 26, 2020 – On September 2, the League’s executive director Christian Elia was quoted in the LifeSiteNews article, “Statue of Virgin Mary decapitated in Toronto, police seek suspect caught on camera” regarding the act of vandalism at Our Lady of...
by CCRL | Jun 26, 2020 | Events, News, Prayer
Toronto, ON June 26, 2020 – On May 21, 2020, the League asked its supporters and friends to fulfil the wishes of Dr. Robert Walley, 2017 recipient of the CCRL’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life, for prayers following his terminal...
by CCRL | Jun 25, 2020 | Articles, Issues, Media Watch, News
Toronto, ON June 25, 2020 – On May 21, 2020 the executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) Christian Elia cosigned a letter which was sent to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, calling for funding for...
by CCRL | May 22, 2020 | Issues, News
Toronto, ON May 22, 2020 – The executive director of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) Christian Elia cosigned a letter sent yesterday to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, calling for funding for Covid-19 vaccine...
by CCRL | May 21, 2020 | News, Prayer
Toronto, ON May 21, 2020 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) asks our supporters and friends to fulfill the request of Dr. Robert Walley for prayers for a good and peaceful death following the release from MaterCare International regarding his diagnosis of...
by CCRL | Apr 17, 2020 | Events, News
Toronto, ON April 17, 2020 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) mourns the loss of Fr. Alphonse de Valk, CSB who passed away yesterday in his 89th year. Fr. de Valk was the 2013 recipient of the CCRL’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public...
by CCRL | Apr 10, 2020 | Events, Issues, News
Toronto, ON April 10, 2020 – In response to our Holy Week message and call to action, supporters and friends of the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) are placing crucifixes in their windows and on their front porches to demonstrate a public witness to our faith...
by CCRL | Apr 7, 2020 | Events, Issues, News
Toronto, ON April 7, 2020 – I was recently reminded of the words of Saint Pope John Paul II, “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song.” But, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis now adds, “best to keep it to yourselves”. We are being challenged on whether we...
by CCRL | Mar 24, 2020 | Events, Issues, Prayer
Dear Supporters and Friends of the CCRL, We invite all of you to join us in prayer with the Holy Father tomorrow, Wednesday March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, at noon Rome time, which is 7 am EDT. Pope Francis has asked that every Christian pray...
by CCRL | Mar 16, 2020 | Articles, Issues, News
Toronto, ON March 16, 2020 – On February 24, Canada’s Attorney General, David Lametti, introduced Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), effectively seeking the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). The new legislation...
