Practical tools to help the pro-life Christian to “be as wise as a serpent and as harmless as a dove” were taught at a Toronto seminar “to assist faith-oriented Canadians to participate responsibly in Canadian politics.” The two-day gathering, which was not focused on a specific issue or party, was offered May 11-12 by the Manning Centre for Building Democracy, along with [...]
Just under 7,000 Canadians from coast to coast descended on Ottawa May 9-11 to send a loud and clear message that the “A” word is still very much an issue in this country. The theme of the 10th annual March for Life, held to mark the infamous May 14, 1969 federal Omnibus bill that legalized abortion, was officially “Justice for the Unborn.” [...]
I have no problem with science as such. But I do, sometimes, have trouble with the scientists. Science has done wonderful things for us and for the world in general. Cars, radios, telephones, computers and airplanes are just a few of the tremendous benefits of science and the scientists who invented and developed them. I have no problems with most of the [...]
The Ontario election is locked in – unless the Libs lose all the ballot boxes the night before the polls open, it’s still going to happen, guys. At least the provincial Libs can’t change the date because they don’t think they can win. They’re stuck with it. All parties are poll worshippers and if the party bosses don’t get their weekly fix [...]
Readers of this article may be startled by the title. At first glance, it appears that Jesus was a victim of the killer who wantonly shot some 32 people and then himself. Of course, that is not the case. Jesus was missing, however, from the memorial service held on April 17 on the campus of the ill-fated school. At that service, four [...]
In a landmark, five-to-four ruling in Gonzalez v. Carhart on April 18, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act which the Congress enacted and President George W. Bush signed into law in 2003. In reasons for the majority in Carhart, Mr. Justice Anthony Kennedy described partial-birth abortion (also known as intact dilation and evacuation) as a procedure in which an [...]
On May 15, Jerry Falwell, the well-known U.S. televangelist, died at the age of 73. An obituary will appear in the next issue of this paper, in which his life and legacy will be remembered, but it is important to note not only his influence on American politics, but the lessons he provided to us all. A fundamentalist preacher who founded Thomas [...]
Rev. Pierre Allard, pastor and president of the International Prison Chaplain’s Association, relates a telling detail that speaks to the state of fatherhood today: “Come Mother’s Day, … chaplains are flooded with requests for Mother’s Day cards. In 21 years of ministry in prison, I am yet to be asked for a Father’s Day card.” This anecdotal evidence illustrates at a glance [...]
Planned Parenthood continues U.S. slaughter WASHINGTON – Planned Parenthood has released its “service numbers,” reporting that it killed 264,943 unborn babies in 2005. As American Life League vice-president Jim Sedlak notes, that is 5,095 babies each week – a number representing more victims than either the attacks on Pearl Harbour (2,403) or 9/11 (2,985). Sedlak said that since PP began killing humans [...]
Canada Maclean’s reports that this year’s Fashion Cares AIDS fundraiser in Toronto featured a striptease in a faux glass of champagne by Dita von Teese. “Sitting close enough to get sprayed” were former Ontario NDP premier and Rosedale Liberal candidate Bob Rae with his wife, Arlene Perly Rae. Also in attendance were Liberal MP and former city councillorMario Silva and his “partner” of 12 years, Martin Forget, [...]
McGuinty ignores own Catholicism TORONTO – Toronto Sun columnist Christina Blizzard asked Ontario Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty about Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments in Latin America. They upheld Catholic teaching with regard to the responsibility of Catholic legislators to protect the sanctity of human life and uphold the traditional family. When they don’t, it is correct to ex-communicate them, said the Pope. McGuinty [...]