When a Catholic priest is fired as editor of a church-sponsored magazine, the first reaction is that it is a matter of interest only to Catholics and not a case of censorship. Perhaps that is why the situation of Father Albert Lalonde in Saskatchewan has not received major publicity and why the editorialists of our national newspapers have not [...]
Toronto: Gay activist and admitted homosexual John Campey won the NDP nomination in the new provincial riding of St. George-St. David in Toronto. The riding has a sizeable homosexual community. Campey, 29, took the vote 59-25 over his only opponent, lawyer Harry Kopyto. The NDP, the party most firmly committed to abortion on demand, both in Ontario and nation-wide, also [...]
Pressure from human rights organizations and homosexual rights activists appears to be responsible for the firing of the editor of a Roman Catholic family magazine based in Saskatchewan. Controversy erupted when editor Father Albert Lalonde published “A Psychoanalytic Look at Homosexuality and AIDS” by a respected American psychiatrist who has written hundreds of articles on the subject, [...]
Toronto: After 14 years of publication, “Canada’s magazine for gay liberation Body Politic, announced it will end publication with its February 1987 issue. By almost any standards of normal behaviour, Body Politic’s articles, photos, and illustrations were obscene. Yet, it managed to beat the charge of distributing indecent material through the mail in a five-year court battle related to the article [...]
Regular readers will notice a new name on our masthead this month. We are very happy to welcome Jean Pakenham, who has joined us as advertising manager after a distinguished career at The Catholic Register and the Toronto Telegram. Jean’s influence can already be seen in the increases number of advertisements in the February issue. This means an increase [...]
We have a new look this month; with six columns per page instead of four. This new look is the best for advertising purposes and, equally importantly, it increases the number of words that can be fitted on a page. With six columns, we can fit more information and news into the same space. Father Alphonse de Valk is [...]
Public health nurses working in high schools in Montreal have been helping students to have abortions during school hours, without informing their parents. Reporters from La Presse recently discovered that the practice has been going on for some time and that the nurses claim that a section of the Public Health Safety Act gives minors of 14 or [...]
Being a pro-life activist isn’t easy. No matter what occupation you’re involved in, there are always those days when you feel like you can’t get out of bed in the morning. Yet, in a particular way, this can be even more true for those of us who work fulltime for the pro-life cause. Some days you want to give [...]
A few months ago, when visiting Edmonton, I was interviewed by a young lady from the Western Catholic Reporter. She plied me with the usual questions about my background and my involvement with the pro-life movement. Then she shot this question at me, “How do you feel about being considered a radical?” Like a seasoned rugby player, I [...]
Pro-abortion politicians can’t escape pro-life protests Pro-life people in record numbers were out picketing pro-abortion politicians last year. Ontario’s Premier David Peterson and his Attorney General Ian Scott were the objects of special attention for their willingness to pervert the justice system in Ontario in order to allow the continued operation of the illegal abortuaries in the province. At times, [...]
The motion of Gus Mitges (Grey-Simcoe) which seeks the agreement of the House of Commons to consider amending the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to explicitly protect the unborn child received the first of five hours of debate on Friday, November 21. The debate in the House of Commons was attended by ten Members of Parliament, the Acting Speaker [...]
Court-ordered contraceptive sterilization of the mentally-handicapped should become unknown in Canada following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling in late October. Judge Gerard La Forest wrote that such cases should be approached with “the utmost caution,” adding later in the judgement that “it is difficult to imagine a case in which non-therapeutic sterilization could possibly be of benefit to [...]
Assault-rape pregnancy – the worst of the hard cases. Except for the cases where a pregnancy threatens the life of the mother, more people would allow induced abortion for this reason than for any other; approximately 75 per cent of the public is permissive for this reason. Also, a significant number of legislators also would carve out an exception for [...]
Pro-life political parties formed Three new political parties, each with a staunchly pro-life platform, were launched in 1986 and have begun to organize across the country. The Christian Heritage Party of Canada based in British Columbia, is a party with policies based on fundamental Biblical principles. One of these principles is the recognition that the right to life is given [...]
There is nothing more contrary to the pursuit of the truth and true religious thought and discipline than the spirit of contestation. In religion contestation is born when ancient standards in favour of orthodoxy are abandoned in favour of vague directions and notions. Today, this spirit is widespread among section of the academic theological community. Tom Harpur, [...]