To explain where Grace is now we need to know where Grace has been. In her words she, “Came out of the Arctic, pregnant with her fifth child in 1966.” Think what you will, but those who know her can easily conjure up an image of Grace, large of belly, propelled by a blast of cold air and snow, flying across the [...]
The Interim Support for abortion “rights,” radical feminism, homosexuality, environmentalism, earth-based religion, New Age philosophies, sexual liberation, gays in the pulpit… Although liberal Christianity, as characterized by these aspects and others, has been making rapid inroads in the last few decades (particularly since the 1960’s), the roots of the crisis within Christianity can be traced back centuries. Some might put the start [...]
Chastity Challenge tour underway MONTREAL – The Chastity Challenge team, a group of two dozen young people who present chastity as a positive, life-affirming alternative to premarital sex, began its cross Canada tour in Montreal 5-9. Over the next six weeks, the team is scheduled to present the chastity message to students from British Columbia to Newfoundland. The team will perform in [...]
Pro-life groups question the recommendations of a survey, which found an increasing number of Ontario hospitals no longer offer abortion. The survey, released in April by the Institute of Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, reported that more than half the hospitals in the province no longer commit abortions. The main reason given for the trend is personal choice by physicians, followed by concerns [...]
Lord, forgive and heal the deep emotional, physical and spiritual wounds of women who have had abortions. Pour the healing power of Your love into their hearts so that they may seek and accept Your forgiveness. God of mercy, be especially merciful to them, for so often they did not know the wrong they were doing. Lead them to those who will [...]
How, by allowing early abortions, does compromise provide ammunition for euthanasia? J.S. Mississauga Charles E. Rice, Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School points to this danger in No Exceptions: A Pro-Life Imperative. The danger is a “functional definition of personhood,” according to which, “You will be treated as a person only to the extent that you can function satisfactorily to [...]
QUESTION: My wife is a full-time homemaker, and we have three children under 6 years of age. She often gets depressed, especially when she can’t keep up with everything expected of her. But I have my hands full too, and am required to put in a lot of overtime. What can I do o help my wife cope with these busy years? [...]
Children! Attention, please! How do the federal Liberals know when to call an election? Morgy?” “Whenever they feel like it, sir” “Wrong, Morgy! Sit down! The Liberals call an election when they think they can win. Everybody should know that.” “But usually, children, it’s when the polls are favorable to Liberals – when the Tories don’t have enough members in Parliament to [...]
VANCOUVER – A report in Western Report magazine suggests Catholic bishops are stepping up their efforts against abortion. Despite official pronouncements against the practice, some churches have offered a tepid response to abortion. In Vancouver, a Catholic Organization for Life and Family pledges to make abortion an election issue. Other Catholic leaders in North America are in the midst of similar pro-life [...]
My eldest daughter turns16 this spring. In a rather neat reversal of the fashion dictates which have ruled Canadian society from its very inception, the young males are allowed to promenade in color and elegant plumage while the girls shuffle along in a remarkably innocuous looking, lumpen-proletariat herd. Or maybe they’re taking their cues from the ducks, which populate the river in [...]
The pro-life movement has seen in the Reform party a hope for achieving the legal protection of life from conception to natural death. In fact, some pro-lifers have sought nomination to run for Reform in the election. I was one such aspirant and my experiences expose a flaw in Reform’s appeal to pro-lifers. Attending the meetings of the riding associates, I found [...]
For the last couple of weeks, The Interim has received a number of telephone calls and letters criticizing our decision to allow sitting MPs to write articles describing how their particular party might best represent pro-life, pro-family Canadians. Mississauga MP Albina Guarnieri, whose article appeared in the March issue, has been especially singled out for attack by some readers (see first two [...]
One of the central thrusts of Campaign Life Coalition’s election effort is to evaluate each candidate’s position on right to life issues. It’s a major task, involving the work of staff and volunteers from across the country. The evaluation is based on candidate’s responses to a seven-item Campaign Life Coalition questionnaire. It forces our would-be leaders to declare their views on such [...]
Washington (AP) – U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a bill April 30 banning use of federal money to support physician-assisted suicide – a practice that he said is wrong. “While I have deep sympathy for those who suffer greatly from incurable illness, I believe that to endorse assisted suicide would set us on a disturbing and perhaps dangerous path,” Clinton said in [...]
Interim Special I was personally offended when Planned Parenthood recently announced plans to give its Margaret Sanger Award to the BBC documentary “The Dying Rooms.” Don’t get me wrong: The documentary is a wonderful and courageous piece of work. An undercover camera crew managed to gain entry to China’s state-run orphanages and videotape the mistreatment and murder of the girls there. I [...]