League comments on CRTC’s annual report

by | Aug 1, 2007 | News

OTTAWA, August 1, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) annual Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report found, among other trends, that  television and radio...

The CRTC releases its annual report on Canadian broadcasting

by | Jul 31, 2007 | News

OTTAWA-GATINEAU, July 31, 2007 — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released, for an eighth consecutive year, its Broadcasting Policy Monitoring Report. The report reveals that this industry is continuing to expand and that...

New Vatican document affirms centrality of Catholic Church

by | Jul 13, 2007 | News

Vatican, Jul. 10 (CWNews.com) – The Vatican has issued a new doctrinal statement confirming the essential role of the Catholic Church in God’s plan for salvation. The short document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), presented in...

No charges laid in Nova Scotia assisted suicide

by | Jul 6, 2007 | News

By Deborah Gyapong (OTTAWA, July 4, 2007) – The RCMP investigation into a complaint laid by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition concerning the death of a Nova Scotia woman who sought assisted suicide in Switzerland will not lead to any charges being laid....

Wish list results merit more coverage, says League

by | Jul 4, 2007 | News

TORONTO, July 4, 2007 – When the Great Canadian Wish list closed at 12 a.m. Sunday morning, the wish “Abolish Abortion in Canada” had received 9,543 votes, while “I wish that Canada would remain pro-choice” had garnered 8,008. (See complete list of all the wishes in...

How futile has been our faith in exorcising religion

by | Jul 3, 2007 | News

 By John Gray  After a period in which it seemed to be a declining force religion is once again a deciding factor in world affairs. The revival of the Rushdie affair, the Bush administration’s opposition to stem cell research and the militant clericalism of...

Archbishop plans to fight for Catholic schools, family life

by | Jun 28, 2007 | News

By Jennifer Green (Ottawa Citizen, June 27) -As funding for religious schools looms as an issue in the upcoming provincial election, Ottawa’s new archbishop, Terrence Prendergast, made it clear yesterday that fighting for Catholic education will be high on his...