The Church must find a way to enliven and support all who are generously waging the arduous battle in favour of the human person. In particular: Those spouses who in their families are generously open to the values of fertility and receptivity; All women who, against the many inducements to the contrary and in spite of the grave economic and [...]
From April 4 to 7, 1991, some 112 Cardinals met in Rome in a special meeting (Consistory) to discuss two topics: threats to human life and threats to the proclamation of Jesus Christ, the only Savior, by sects and false theologies promoting a world religion. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger opened the meeting with a penetrating theological survey while the Cardinals’ final communiqué [...]
In a follow-up to Toronto Archbishop Aloysius Ambrozic’s categorical ‘No’ to condom promotion and information, The Interim contacted several Roman Catholic School Boards in Ontario outside the Toronto area. Peterborough Don Folz, the Assistant Director of Education for the Peterborough Northumberland Victoria & Newcastle RC School Board (23 elementary and three secondary with over 8,000 students), stated that his school [...]
New York. Contrary to the wishes of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizers, New York major David Dinkins allowed a contingent of militant homosexuals to march in the March 17 parade. His honor was showered with epithets, jeers, and boos. Dinkins is pro-abortion and pro-homosexual; he had the ‘Gay Men’s Chorus’ sing at his own inauguration ceremonies as New York’s first [...]
Cecilia Forsyth, president of Saskatoon Pro-life, is retiring after 18 years of active pro-life work in Saskatoon. “It is with mixed feelings that I say good-bye to the organization of Saskatoon Pro-Life and to its faithful members and supporters,” Mrs. Forsyth writes in the May 1991 issue of Saskatoon Pro-Life News. “Just like many of you, I have a passionate [...]
The media are full of euthanasia propaganda. Do you have the list of the effects of dehydration quoted by the judge in the Paul Brophy case? C.N., Toronto. Mr. Justice Kopelman noted these probable effects before Brophy died of starvation and dehydration: - His mouth would dry out and become caked or coated with thick material. - His lips would [...]
The effect of the report from B.C.’s Task Force on Child Care will be to erode the autonomy of families by urging the adoption of a non-parental child care system, says task force member Kathleen Higgins. Minority report Mrs. Higgins, a founding member of Westcoast Women for Family Life, refused to sign the report and instead drafted a minority report, [...]
Mark Crutcher of Dallas, Texas, captivated 200 pro-life leaders, activists and students attending a March 1991 Seminar of the Pro-Life Society of British Columbia. Marketing skills He shed light on the kind of marketing skills used by the largest corporations in North America to show how Planned Parenthood and the pro-abortion movement have been able to sell the Canadian public, [...]
United Church In 1990 the United Church refused to reverse its 1988 decision to accept active homosexuals as ministers. This led a number of people – sometimes whole congregations – to leave the denomination. Among those who have departed is Rev. Gordon Ross, executive director of Community of Concern (COC), an organization that, together with the broader United Church Renewal [...]
Appointing lesbians or homosexuals to political office precisely as representatives of their lifestyle is a perversion of politics. (See front-page story) The initial perversion is the homosexual ‘lifestyle,’ as it is euphemistically called. An additional perversion is to lift this socially regressive, personal sexual activity to the status of an ‘ethnic minority’ group deserving special protection over and above the rights [...]
Brantford, Ontario. “Hundreds of people lined King George Road and Terrace Hill Street on Saturday, April 13, to tell passing motorists that abortion is wrong,” reported Brantford’s The Expositor. As lawyer Paul Vandervet, president of the Brant Right to Life, explained, 2,000 people had been the target but they were pleased with the 1,000 who turned up for the Life Chain, [...]
Dauphin, Manitoba. In December 1990, the newly elected feminist Mayor, Virginia Jamieson, refused to declare a Respect for Life Week. This deliberate gesture of contempt led Dauphin pro-lifers to take another look at their town. Resolution On February 27, 1991, the Board of Dauphin’s General Hospital voted to prohibit abortions unless a committee of three doctors determined the woman’s [...]
On March 6, Sister Elizabeth Davis, Executive Director of St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital in St. John’s, Newfoundland, issued a statement concerning a controversial decision that the hospital had made to eliminate its obstetric and gynecology department. Budget cuts Anticipating budget cuts, she said, the provincial Ministry of Health had asked the three St. John’s acute care hospitals to consider the [...]
“Dr. Holmes, a man of sterling character, total commitment to principle, unselfishness and loyalty. There is only one Ray Holmes. The world could do with more.” When Dr. Ray Holmes’ youngest daughter Genevieve was a little girl, he’d cover the polka dots on her doll’s carriage with Smarties. Then he’d exclaim, “Look what popped out of your carriage.” She’d chuckle with [...]
In early April, Ontario’s NDP government appointed two new members to the Metro Toronto Police Services Board, Catholic priest Massey Lombardi and social worker Laura Rowe. Rowe is a known lesbian, a mother of three, two of whom were born by means of artificial insemination (A1). On May 1, Ontario Cabinet Minister Elaine Ziemba appointed lesbian Carmen Paquette of Vanier, a [...]