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CALGARY, AB Nov. 3, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to learn that the Alberta Crown Prosecutors’ Office has decided to stay the trespassing charges against several University of Calgary Campus Pro-Life members. The university had pressed the charges...

TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2009 - Our Fall development appeal is underway. We need a healthy response from all our supporters, including, we hope, some new supporters, in order to continue functioning at a viable level. The economic downturn of the past year has caused a...

VICTORIA, B.C., Oct. 22, 2009 - In letters to the Minister of Higher Education, the President and Chancellor of the University of Victoria, and the UVic Student Society (UVSS), the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has protested the  discriminatory...

If you live in the Toronto area or are planning to visit later this month, please join us for our annual general meeting Oct. 28. We will begin by attending the 5:30 Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral, which is being offered in memory of the late League director...

By Michael Coren It was as predictable as an Orangeman putting on his sash or a latte coffee-drinker buying but not actually reading the latest risible volume from one of the new, inflated atheists. A former Roman Catholic bishop in Nova Scotia was charged with the...

TORONTO, October 14, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on reports that as many as 75 per cent of Quebec’s medical specialists would be favourable to the legalization of euthanasia in certain circumstances. The survey, which did not address...

TORONTO, ON. Oct. 8, 2009 - The Catholic Civil Rights League today called on university administrations and student unions to support free speech on their campuses by encouraging the fair presentation of both sides of controversial moral and religious questions....

by Father Raymond J. De Souza Regarding the distressing news about the child pornography charges brought against Bishop Raymond Lahey, former bishop of Antigonish, one cannot improve upon the letter Archbishop Anthony Mancini sent to the faithful of Nova Scotia and...

TORONTO, Ont. Oct. 7, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League, Christian Legal Fellowship and REAL Women of Canada have filed their factum in the court challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws. Their arguments emphasize the shared morality of Canadians, and point out...

OTTAWA, Oct. 6, 2009 (CCRL) – Bill C-384, the private member’s bill that would legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia in certain cases, received its first hour of parliamentary debate on Friday, Oct. 2. The debate included eight speeches on C-384 with two in favour:...