Interim staff Speakers as diverse as a Catholic theology professor and a rabbinical scholar found common ground in discussing marriage and the family as basic elements in the maintenance of stable societies. And despite overwhelming evidence of the benefits society derives from the family as basic elements in the maintenance of stable societies. And despite overwhelming evidence of the benefits society derives [...]
Interim staff Individual families can play a major role in counteracting increasingly disruptive influences in society, say participants of the Second Pan-American Conference on Family and Education. The conference, held May 26-30 in Toronto, attracted nearly 1,200 delegates from Canada, the United States, Mexico and several other countries throughout the world. The theme of the conference- Building a Civilization of Love- was [...]
John-Henry Westen The Interim With the sexual orientation legislation having passed in the Senate, it is now law. Of great concern during the debates in the House of Senate on the issue, was the absolute denial of any attempt to safeguard the rights of religious communities to defend their moral teaching on homosexuality. In the words of Senator Anne Cools, “Any critical [...]
Conference a major boost for family Fr. Ted Collection Along with about a thousand other people I attended the Second Pan-American Conference on Family Education. It was held at the Regal Constellation Hotel, Toronto. The title for this Conference was: “Building the Civilization of Love.” I thought that the entire conference was an outstanding success and great credit is due to Paul [...]
Election watch in Nova Scotia HALIFAX- Pro-life groups are monitoring a possible fall provincial election. The Liberal government of John (Doc) Savage remains relatively popular with the electorate. There is some speculation however, that Savage may be replaced as party leader by candidate more favorable to the pro-life position. The opposition Conservatives are struggling to offer a viable alternative to Nova Scotia [...]
Question: My husband is somewhat insensitive to my needs, but I believe he is willing to do better if I can teach him how I am different from him. Can you help me communicate my needs to him effectively? Dr Dobson: First, let me tell you how not to handle this arrangement. Do not resort to what I would call “bludgeoning technique,” [...]
Interim special The First Annual Guelph Conference on Family and Morality was the response of local pro-life family groups who believe the chastity message for young people has been lost in the rush to embrace secular values and contraception. Held July 17-18, the event competed head-on with the 18th annual Guelph Conference and Training Institute on Sexuality. The latter event embraces “sex [...]
Opinion Tom Koys As a veteran of many years of church-related battles over the matter of birth control I have come to the conclusion that even the arguments of the “rightness” or “wrongness” of the church’s teaching on artificial contraception is not of interest to most people. I say this, not because such moral correctness is not possible to point out, or [...]
Louis Di Rocco The Interim “This is a conference about ideology.” That’s how a delegate summed up the Habitat II conference in Istanbul. As a transportation expert, he thought he would find practical help for improving conditions in his country. Instead he, and probably many others in the same situation, architects, urban planners, housing experts, etc., found their first UN conference bewildering. [...]
Slowly it seems, word of the connection between induced abortion and an increased risk of breast cancer is percolating to the general consciousness. Thanks to the effort6s of cancer researcher Dr. Joel Brind and others like him, the scientific-medical community and the mainstream media have little choice but to sit up and take notice. It hasn’t, been an easy struggle. Studies as [...]
Nearly 300 prolifers from across the country assembled at King’s University College in Edmonton for this year’s National Pro-Life Conference. Operating under the theme “Learn from Yesterday, Prepare for Tomorrow”, delegates heard a variety of presentations outlining strategies and issues of immediate concern to the community. The growing climate of acceptance for euthanasia or assisted suicide was a central issue for the [...]
An Australian court June 22 rejected a request by the country’s medical and church groups to prevent the world’s first law allowing assisted suicide from coming into force July1. Australia’s largest medical association headed the court challenge. The Medical Association filed a challenge in the Northern Territories Supreme Court June17. The association claims that the law, which would allow terminally ill patients [...]
In what is believed to be a Canadian first, a Toronto physician has been charged with helping a person to commit suicide. It is alleged that Dr. Maurice Genereux, an AIDS specialist, prescribed the drug seconal to one of his HIV positive patients to hasten the man’s death. The patient, Aaron McGinn, was originally believed to have died of Aids-related causes. Rumors [...]
Pro-life and pro-family supporters are surprised with the Catholic bishops’ conference contribution of $2,000 to the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC)to assist a National Women’s March for the Eradication of Poverty. In a May, 1996 letter to outgoing NAC president Sunera Thobani, Catholic bishops conference general secretary Father Douglas Crosby, said the bishops’ conference supports NAC’s aim of [...]
Pro-life and pro-family supporters are surprised with the Catholic bishops’ conference contribution of $2,000 to the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC)to assist a National Women’s March for the Eradication of Poverty. In a May, 1996 letter to outgoing NAC president Sunera Thobani, Catholic bishops conference general secretary Father Douglas Crosby, said the bishops’ conference supports NAC’s aim of [...]