It’s as plain as pie that, were the Catholic Church doing its job, we would not have abortion. Nor would the family be as it is, under attack. At least, attacks there may indeed be, and a terrible toll of casualties that increases as you move away from the Church, but very few among those inside the Church. [...]
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in Your Philosophy.” Hamlet. A month or so ago I received a phone call from a 92-year-old lady. She said, “Father, why can’t you get people to pray more that abortions will stop?” I made what Agatha Christie would term “appropriate noises” on the [...]
Calcutta: Replying to those who advocate the killing of the unborn and the handicapped because the world is overpopulated, Mother Teresa asked, “Are those who think so willing to be the first to go?”
May the God of love and peace set your hearts at rest. The preacher of God’s truth has told us that all who want to live righteously in Christ will suffer persecution. If he spoke the truth and did not lie, the only exception to this general statement is, I think, the person who either neglects, or does [...]
Perth, Australia: Pope John Paul II, at the close of his November 1986 Australian visit, once more condemned abortion as an “unspeakable crime.” He also reiterated the Catholic Church’s opposition to contraception and sterilization. He sounded a similar note in his talk to government leaders, telling them that one basis for civilization is ‘reverence for human life from the [...]
The November issue of Vie Ouvrière, a monthly Quebec periodical published by the Quebec province of an international Catholic religious order, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, carries an editorial approving of abortion. The editorial is part of a “dossier” on abortion, with a “pro” and “con” set of articles. The dossier is entitled “Abortion: beyond good and bad.” The [...]
The Law Reform Commission of Canada has issued a recently-completed paper on “Options for Abortion Policy Reform.” This study is the first step in a programme which will also include issues such as embryo experimentation, infanticide, genetic screening and in-vitro fertilization. It is expected that, by the winter of 1987, the Commission will issue “a report containing specific law [...]
An incredible sex education and pro-contraception propaganda crusade is sweeping North America and Great Britain as the result of the AIDS epidemic. In the United States, the Congress-chartered National Research Council has called for free condoms wherever “teenage boys congregate.” It claims there’s “little evidence” for the “view” that contraceptives promote “early sexual activity.” The panel of “experts” believe “that the strategy [...]
The media blitz surrounding the Ontario legislative debate on Bill 7 (an amendment to the Ontario Human Rights Code naming “sexual orientation” as a prohibited ground of discrimination) last November and December downplayed the genuine concern of those opposed to the legislation that it would jeopardize such organizations as Big Brothers, and the rights of schools to refuse employment to [...]
All I wanted for Christmas was a licence plate. My own personalized licence plate. One that said “PRO-LYF.” I figured since the car was used for pro-life business 90 per cent of the time anyway it might as well say so. I also figured out that since Ontario will only let you use six letters in your licence plate that [...]
Health and Welfare cautions that “There is continuing complacency among Canadians about AIDS.” The warning came with the release of the 1985 statistics foe Sexually Transmitted diseases (STDs) showing an encouraging overall decrease in rates for such diseases as gonorrhea and syphilis. However, complications from these infections, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, can lead to tubal scarring, ectopic [...]
Much ink is being spilled in the provincial and national press about fewer abortions in Alberta. Headline seekers such as Henry Morgentaler have come to town (Calgary), officiously offering “help” to resolve the problem. Actually, there is no problem. Alberta Health Minister Mary Moore is merely enforcing the prohibition against extra-billing, refusing to allow exceptions for abortionists. He is [...]
Coalition for Life- Quebec has announced that a petition containing 120,676 signatures was presented to the National Assembly, on December 19th, 1986, by Mr. Robert Middlemiss, member of the Quebec assembly for Pontiac. The 120,676 petitioners request that the law concerning abortion be respected according to article 251 of the Criminal Code. They also ask that illegal abortion clinics [...]
Socreds for life, a newly formed pro-life lobby group within the Social Credit Party in British Columbia, was well received by delegates at last year’s leadership convention at whistler. The group, consisting of 15 Party supporters and delegates and organized by Campaign Life B.C., handed out flyers and buttons, and spoke to delegates. The flyer, entitled “A Reasonable Proposal,” highlighted [...]
The three national pro-life groups, Alliance for Life, Coalition for Life and campaign Life, met in Ottawa last December to discuss further initiatives aimed at unifying the pro-life groups across Canada. The meeting came at the end of a year during which all three groups had worked closely together. The two political groups, Campaign Life and Coalition for Life, [...]