By Donald DeMarco The InterimKyrie and Brielle Jackson were born on Oct. 17, 1995, a full 12 weeks ahead of their due date. The standard practice, that time, at the Medical Centre of Central Massachusetts in Worcester, where the twins came into the world, was to place them in separate incubators in order to reduce the risk of infection. Kyrie's birth weight [...]
By Ann Wilson The Interim"The amazing thing is, we had awards money left over at the end of the school year!" reported Bryana Straker, admissions counsellor at Pacific Redeemer College in Langley, B.C. For a cash-strapped student checking out colleges, this should sound like good news. Furthermore, not only can students apply for awards from Redeemer, but also from the parent college, [...]
Interim StaffMorten Rostrup, president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), has said the Vatican was responsible for spreading AIDS "by not supporting the use of condoms and not advocating the use of condoms as one of the preventative measures." He added, "I would say that the Catholic church is helping the spread of a deadly disease." On Nov. 30, the Vatican [...]
By Tristan Emmanuel The Interim On Sept. 17, 2003 a group of Christian clergy gathered with me to denounce the passage of Bill C-250. We wanted to urge the Senate to give sober second thought to the bill. In addressing the Senate, and the national press, we gave the following as our opening statement: "We preface our statement by saying that as [...]
But only pro-abortion groups granted intervenor status By John-Henry Westen The InterimThe European Court of Human Rights heard a case Dec. 10 that sought to establish that unborn children have the right to life. A ruling on the case is expected in several weeks. LifeSite has learned that the only two NGOs to which the European Court granted intervenor status were the [...]
Editor's Note: Rev. Dawn McDonald is a priest at Holy Cross Japanese Canadian Anglican Church in Vancouver. She delivered a moving testimony to during the so-called dialogue process when the New Westminster Anglican diocese was moving to blessing same-sex unions. A version of this testimonial appeared in the December 2003 issue of PRINT.By Rev. Dawn McDonald Special to The Interim In many [...]
Interim StaffA National Post-commissioned COMPASS poll has found that fewer than one in three Canadians wants to redefine marriage to include homosexual partners. COMPASS found that 63 per cent of Canadians are supportive of maintaining the current definition of marriage as the union between one man and one woman, while 31 per cent want to redefine marriage to include homosexual couples. The [...]
By Gillian Long The InterimPro-lifers were very concerned after the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute's third annual Connie Heng Lecture in Bioethics on Nov. 14, with keynote speaker Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P., who presented the topic, "The Nutrition-Hydration Debate: Various Options." Following his address, a panel of experts discussed the paper. O'Rourke is a well-known advocate for the removal of food and fluids [...]
By Sue Careless The InterimA motion to bless same-sex unions has been deferred for a year by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, although Archbishop Terry Finlay has announced from the pulpit that he favours same-sex blessings. Finlay made his remarks during an opening night charge to delegates at the 150th annual diocesan synod, which met Nov. 20-22 in Toronto. From the pulpit [...]
By Eli Schuster The InterimThe Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools (OACS) and other non-Catholic religious groups suffered a setback in early December, when a provincial court ruled against a suit filed against the new Ontario Liberal government for cancelling the Equity in Education Tax Credit (EETC). The association's lawyer, David Brown, argued that scrapping the tax credit increased parents' overall tax burden, [...]
By Sam Singson The InterimIn an unprecedented move, the General Assembly on Dec. 9 struck down a legal committee decision that would have delayed negotiations on a convention against human cloning for two years. Without having to resort to a vote, the assembly agreed to put the issue of cloning back on the agenda for the next session, which begins in September. [...]
By Tony Gosgnach The InterimAs we take a look at the latest goings on among corporations and organizations that put themselves forth to be "charitable" in nature, let us keep in mind the saying with which we began The Interim's Corporate Watch feature: "Money doesn't talk. It screams." American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is learning that lesson, as it saw sales at [...]
By Tony Gosgnach The Interim The last few months haven't been kind to abortionists' public images (not to say they had good ones to begin with). But things may have hit a nadir for them with the conviction of one of their most celebrated heroes on numerous charges of sexual abuse. Gun-toting, foul-mouthed, in-your-face Brian Finkel of Phoenix, Az. - who ran [...]
Pro-lifers suspend judgement By Paul Tuns The Interim Pro-life reaction to Paul Martin's cabinet has been muted, with leaders taking a wait-and-see approach to the coming months. As LifeSite Daily News noted in an analysis, "For the first time in many years, there are some pro-life MPs in the Liberal government cabinet." Four socially conservative Toronto-area MPs made the cabinet or sub-cabinet: [...]
By Tony Gosgnach The InterimDavid Morrison is living proof that an individual can move to being "beyond gay." The former homosexual activist, who has written a book on his experiences, also with the title Beyond Gay, was in Toronto recently to give a public talk hosted by the Mississauga, Ont.-based apostolate, Precious Blood and Life. According to the apostolate's president, Brian Moccia, [...]