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TORONTO, July 10, 2009 - The Catholic Civil Rights League commented today on the filing of a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission against the Bishop of Peterborough for discontinuing the service of two homosexual men as altar servers at a parish church...

TORONTO, ON July 9, 2009 (CCRL) – The Catholic Civil Rights League, and co-applicants Christian Legal Fellowship and REAL Women of Canada, have been denied intervenor status in the constitutional challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws. The challenge, originally...

OTTAWA, June 12, 2009 - The Catholic Civil Rights League has characterized as inadequate the recommendations contained in the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) report “Freedom of Expression and Freedom from Hate” released June 11. It is mainly focused on Section...

TORONTO, ON May 29, 2009 - The Catholic Civil Rights League is happy to announce that Frank Chauvin of Windsor, Ontario is this year’s winner of the League’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life. He will receive the award at the League’s...

CALGARY, AB, May 28, 2009 - A coalition of five family organizations, including the League, has come out in support of the Alberta government's proposal to enshrine parental rights in Alberta's Human Rights Act.   These organizations have long argued that the...

OTTAWA, May 14, 2009 – As thousands of Canadians march on Parliament Hill today to give witness to respect for life, the Catholic Civil Rights League noted that the road that led to complete legalization of abortion now threatens to extend to care at the end of life....

OTTAWA, May 13, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League supports the right of parents to direct the education of their children, and in particular to choose the religious education of their children. Both rights are the subject of a court hearing in Quebec Superior...

TORONTO, May 6, 2009 – The movie Angels and Demons, based on the Dan Brown novel of the same name, is scheduled to open in North America on May 15. The Catholic Civil Rights League has these comments about the storyline:   Prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels and...

TORONTO, ON April 30, 2009 - The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed disappointment that changes to the Alberta Human Rights Code have not addressed the problem of the commission hearing free speech cases. The League has long argued that such provisions...

TORONTO, ON, April 29, 2009 – The Catholic Civil Rights League welcomes today’s meeting between Pope Benedict and a delegation of Canadian Church and aboriginal leaders, including Archbishop V. James Weisgerber of Winnipeg, president of the Canadian Conference of...