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When technology supports a Sacrament
TORONTO, February 9, 2011 (CCRL) – This week’s news of a new application for Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch has attracted a good deal of attention in the media, most of it accurate if a bit flippant in the headlines. (“Bless me iPhone, for I have sinned,”...
Super Bowl ad contest entry cancelled
February 4, 2011 - Thanks to the many League members, especially those belonging to our Facebook group, who urged Pepsico and the Super Bowl organization to cancel one of the submissions to the annual Super Bowl advertising contest. The submission satirized Holy...
The Rite focuses on exorcism story
TORONTO, February 4, 2011 - The Rite, a suspense film featuring Anthony Hopkins, is based on a book by journalist Matt Baglio about the accounts of an American priest who has served as an exorcist. The movie, which opened in most centres Friday, January 28, is...
SK decision harmful to religious freedom, says League
TORONTO, January 10, 2011 - The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed concern that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has rejected two proposals to provide religious and conscientious freedom to the province's civil marriage commissioners in the matter of...
CBC message board policy challenged
TORONTO, January 7, 2011 – Over the past year, the League has been following closely some correspondence between one of our members and the moderator of CBC.ca’s message boards. The corporation’s response suggested that passages from the Catholic Catechism discussing...
Saskatchewan hate speech provisions challenged in Supreme Court
OTTAWA, January 7, 2011 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that the Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to William Whatcott to challenge the constitutionality of Section 14 (1) (b) of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. The case raises...
Quebec ban on religious content in daycares criticized
MONTREAL, Dec. 21, 2010 - The Association of the Catholic parents of Quebec (APCQ) today criticized the government’s decision to cut funding for Catholic and other religious day nurseries that provide religious education within their program, through songs, prayers,...
McVety censure underscores problem with CBSC
The recently-announced decision of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) to censure some comments made by Rev. Charles McVety on his program Word TV (carried as a paid program on CTS) raises some challenging questions about the role of the voluntary body in...
Failure of Bill C-510 unfortunate, says League
OTTAWA, December 15, 2010 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed disappointment that Bill C-510 failed to garner sufficient votes at second reading to proceed. The private member’s bill would have made it a criminal offence to coerce a woman into having an...
League welcomes efforts to keep Christmas faith-focused
December 14, 2010 - The League was pleased to hear about the public school board in Chilliwack, BC voting to re-name the two-week December holiday “Christmas vacation” rather than “winter break.” As one of the trustees, Martha Weins, put it, "We are having a holiday...
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