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TORONTO, ON Oct. 9. 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) has called on the executive of You Tube to remove a series of videos that claim to depict the planned and deliberate desecration of the Holy Eucharist. The League also hopes that as many people...

TORONTO, ON, Oct. 6, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League is pleased to announce that it will hold its annual general meeting Saturday, Oct. 25 at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, Toronto. The event will begin with a Mass at 11 a.m. in memory of League Director...

TORONTO, ON, Sept. 18, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the policy "Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code," approved today by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario after consultation with the public. “We’re pleased...

OTTAWA, Sept. 15, 2008 (CCRL) – Canadians will go to the polls Oct. 14. The League does not endorse any political party, but we certainly work hard on issues that have  political overtones. We encourage our supporters to vote for the best candidate in their...

VANCOUVER, B.C., September 5, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the decision of the BC Court of Appeal to reject the appeal of Donald Spratt and Gordon Watson in the so-called “bubble zone” case regarding protest in the vicinity of abortion...

TORONTO, Sept. 2, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League has serious concerns about some provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s (OHRC) response to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s draft guidelines on compliance with provisions of the...

OTTAWA, Aug. 29, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today commented on the Conservative proposal to replace Private Member's Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act with a government bill that would strengthen sentencing provisions by recognizing pregnancy as...

TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2008 – The Catholic Civil Rights League recently called on the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to ensure freedom of religion and freedom of conscience for physicians in the application of changes to the application of Ontario’s Human...

TORONTO, ON Aug. 14, 2008 - Forty-two Canadian organizations, including the Catholic Civil Rights League, representing an estimated one million-plus members, collectively filed a letter of complaint with the Canadian Judicial Council on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 to...

* Catholic Insight Magazine is facing an appeal of the recent dismissal of human rights’charges against it. * Father Tom Lynch’s address to our Spring dinner is now available through our website. (See also Interim article.) * Quebec mayor refuses to drop prayer...