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League annual dinner to take place May 30
TORONTO, ON April 19, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its annual dinner will take place May 30 at Spirale Banquet and Conference Centre in Toronto. The evening will include a keynote address by Stephen Woodworth, MP...
League supports March for Life
OTTAWA, ON April 12, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights is proud to announce its continued support for the national March for Life, to take place in Ottawa May 9 with representation from across the country. As in previous years, the League is encouraging its members to...
CBC uses Tim Bits and coffee in Communion satire
TORONTO, ON February 25, 2013 - The CBC program “This Hour has 22 Minutes” featured a short skit February 19 satirizing the possibilities of a Canadian becoming pope. During a spoof of parishioners receiving Holy Communion, Tim Bits and Tim Hortons Coffee were...
CCRL regrets Motion 403 deemed unvotable
OTTAWA, ON March 22, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League regrets that Motion 408 has been deemed unvotable and therefore will not be brought forward in the House of Commons. On September 27, 2012, Member of Parliament Mark Warawa (PC - Langley) introduced Motion...
League responds to news coverage of Pope
TORONTO, February 21, 2013 - Media coverage of Pope Benedict’s resignation (or as it is formally known, renunciation of the papacy), has included a real mixture of good articles along with some needlessly negative, sometimes downright anti-Catholic vitriol,...
Gender identity bill passes in House of Commons
OTTAWA, ON March 21, 2013 – Bill C-279, which would add “gender identity” to the Canadian Human Rights Act as a prohibited ground for discrimination, passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons March 20 by a vote of 149-137. The League opposed this...
League President to attend papal inauguration ceremonies
TORONTO, ON March 18, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that its President Philip Horgan is part of the Canadian delegation to visit the Holy See for the inauguration of Pope Francis. Led by Governor General David Johnston, the...
CCRL welcomes Pope Francis 1
TORONTO ON March 14, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League congratulates Pope Francis I on his election to the papacy, and pledges its prayerful support. “Pope Francis’ strong commitment to the poor, to simple living and to evangelization recall both the charisms of...
Supreme Court’s Whatcott decision disappoints religious freedom advocates
OTTAWA, February 27, 2013 - A Supreme Court of Canada decision in the case of William Whatcott has disappointed religious freedom and free-speech advocates. On Feb. 27 the Court upheld some significant parts of a Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal ruling against...
CCRL comments on Whatcott decision
OTTAWA, February 27, 2013 – The Catholic Civil Rights League provides comments on today's Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision in the free speech case between William Whatcott and the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. The court allowed the Commission's appeal in...
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