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Jesus’ tomb story denies the Resurrection
By Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B. (Toronto Sun, May 3, 2007) During the initial weeks of Lent 2007 in early March I avoided commenting on the sensational story of the alleged discovery of the tomb of Jesus in a Jerusalem neighbourhood. While it is true that tombs were...
The question of Catholic school funding
As Ontario prepares for an election in October, several groups are trying to raise the question of continued funding for the provinces Catholic elementary and secondary schools. Some claim that all publicly-funded schools would be operated more efficiently if there...
League supports March for Life
OTTAWA, April 19, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League today announced that it is once again co-sponsoring the annual March for Life, to take place in Ottawa May 9 to 11. The 10th annual event will include a Mass, candlelight vigil and the Rose Dinner as well as...
Pope Pius XII’s good fight
By Michael Coren, (National Post, Wednesday, April 18, 2007) - Vatican officials threatened last week to boycott a Holocaust Remembrance Service at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem because of what they claim to be a profoundly misleading account of Pope Pius XII's response to...
National Pro-Life Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Supports Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
Life Issues Institute, April 18, 2007 - Today, the US Supreme Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (5-4) that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush in 2003. This federal law will prohibit partial-birth abortion in all US states...
Teachers in Britain won’t be able to present Catholic dogma
LONDON - (by Joanna Bogle, National Catholic Register, April 8 14) -- Britain has a new law banning Catholic schools from teaching Catholic morals -- and it was steered through Parliament by a Catholic. Under the new Sexual-Orientation Regulations, it will be...
MTV Canada chastised for explicit broadcast
TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter, April 10, 2007) - Canada's TV censor said Monday that MTV Canada breached industry codes by airing a sexually explicit TV show during daytime hours. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (a voluntary body made up of industry members)...
Coalition calls for all-faith funding
(by Maria Kubacki, The Ottawa Citizen, April 7, 2007)- It has been a Holy Week for many. Christians are celebrating Easter, Jews are in the midst of Passover, and Muslims have been observing the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. For the faithful of all three major...
Religious freedom restricted in court decision, says League
TORONTO, April 3, 2007 – The Catholic Civil Rights League (www.ccrl.ca) regrets that the Federal Court has taken a narrow view of freedom of conscience and religion, and freedom of association, in its decision not to revisit the Canadian Human Rights Commission's...
N.Y. gallery cancels naked chocolate Jesus exhibit
NEW YORK (Reuters, March 30, 2007)) - A Manhattan art gallery canceled on Friday its Easter-season exhibit of a life-size chocolate sculpture depicting a naked Jesus, after an outcry by Roman Catholics, including the League and US Catholic League for Religious...
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