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CCRL comments on UN committee report on childrens rights and Vatican
TORONTO, ON February 6, 2014 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the report of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which accused the Vatican of systematically covering up child sexual abuse and called for changes to Church attitudes toward...
Archbishop Tomasi reacts to UN report
(Vatican Radio- February 5, 2014) The United Nations has issued concluding observations on the reviewed reports of the Holy See and five States , Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It follows a hearing at the UN in Geneva attended by a group from...
League to intervene in Loyola SCC appeal
TORONTO, ON January 17, 2014 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its application to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) appeal of Montreal’s Loyola High School has been accepted. The hearing is scheduled for March 24. The...
January 2014 Newsletter
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CCRL congratulates Cardinal-designate Lacroix
QUEBEC CITY, QC, January 13, 2014 — The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix of Quebec City on his elevation by Pope Francis to the College of Cardinals and wishes him many years of continued service. Archbishop...
CCRL calls for new legislation following SCC ruling in prostitution case
OTTAWA, ON December 20, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the prostitution case Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, in which the League was an intervener. The unanimous decision, issued...
Pro-lifers debate value of gestational limits campaign
By Sean Murphy The "We Need A Law" campaign has revealed a dispute in the pro-life community about whether or not it is acceptable to try to limit abortion with laws that impose gestational limits. The dispute is divisive and it can take an ugly turn. Accusations of...
December 2013 Newsletter
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Legal protection for unborn should be studied, says MP
OTTAWA, ON, December 6, 2013 – MP Maurice Vellacott has put forward notice of two motions that he intends to bring in Parliament in late January, when his name is on Order of Precedence. The first proposes that shared parenting be the presumptive norm in custody...
CBC documentary questioned
TORONTO, December 4, 2013 - We have written to the CBC ombudsman and to the the host of CBC television’s ongoing news documentary series The Last Right, which explores euthanasia and assisted suicide, to express concerns about the strong...
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