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By Rachel Boomer (Halifax Daily News, May 17, 2007) - Catholic politicians can't, and shouldn't, check their faith at the door of the House of Commons when they vote on issues like abortion and gay marriage, says the newly appointed archbishop of Ottawa. "They should...

By Janice Tibbetts (National Post, May 16, 2007) OTTAWA - A Catholic organization is accusing the CBC of blasphemy over a pilot program that portrays altar boys as drug users and the Catholic communion host as "munchable snack food, possible poker chips and a...

TORONTO, May 15, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today expressed its disappointment and concern with CBC Television for some of the content in the pilot program “The Altar Boy Gang,” which aired Friday evening, May 11 at 9 pm (eastern).   The show is...

ROCKFORD, IL, May 14, 2007 - At its closing session, the 3,000-plus delegates to World Congress of Families IV (Warsaw, May 11-13) endorsed the Warsaw Declaration – a pro-family credo for the 21st century. With the family under attack in Europe, the United States and...

By Melissa Leong (National Post, Wednesday, May 10, 2007) An abortion rights group has launched a challenge of the Canadian policy governing the way physicians respond to abortion requests, adding their voice to an ongoing and divisive debate in the Canadian Medical...

OTTAWA, May 9, 2007 – On the eve of the annual March for Life, the Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) hopes the public witness of thousands of Canadians on Parliament Hill tomorrow will awaken in all people the need to build respect for all life, from...

TORONTO, May 7, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League invites members and their guests to its Spring dinner, to take place the evening of Wednesday, June 6 at St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto. Guest speaker will be Rev. Alphonse de Valk, CSB, editor of...

By Anne Marie Owens (National Post, Saturday, May 05, 2007) When several thousand anti-abortion demonstrators gather on Parliament Hill next week, as they do every year at this time, their protest is likely to be largely ignored, as it is every year, by most...

NEW YORK, NY, May 7, 2007 - On May 9 and 16, PBS will air a four-part docudrama called “The Secret Files of the Inquisition.” U.S. Catholic League president Bill Donohue raised some concerns in a press release issued today: “PBS will not air a movie that its officials...

(Interview With Father Thomas Rosica) TORONTO, MAY 6, 2007 (Zenit.org).- One can know if a society is still Christian by the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens, according to the director of Salt and Light Catholic television network. In this interview with...