James Kennedy Evangelist D. James Kennedy has passed away at the age of 76. Kennedy founded one of the first mega-churches, the 10,000 member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., and was a founder of the Moral Majority. He was an opponent of abortion and pornography and a supporter of prayer in school. Mark Tooley, of the Institute [...]
Father Ted Colleton photos Campaign Life Coalition national president and Interim editorial advisory board member Jim Hughes interviewed pro-life personality and long-time columnist Fr. Ted Colleton on April 3 at La Salle Manor in Toronto. Fr. Ted has “retired” from pro-life work and will return to Ireland later this year, but not before looking back at the pro-life movement and his contributions [...]
On May 27th Fr. Ted Colleton presented Jim Hughes with the Libermann Medallion in recognition of his prolife work. The Libermann Medallion is given by the Spiritan order of priests to peole in recognition of their commitment to their religious congregation, their principles and the Catholic church.
Jerry Falwell passed away on May 16, by which time he had become a caricature of himself, all too often fullfilling the need for Larry King or some other journalist to have some bloviating Christian fundamentalist on their show. Whether it was accusing a children’s television character of promoting homosexuality or blaming the feminists, homosexuals and abortionists for the September 11 terrorist [...]
He was arguably the greatest English-language poet of the 20th century and a figure who changed world literature. He was also a dedicated Christian who embraced Anglo-Catholicism and would almost certainly be a member of the Roman Catholic Church if he were alive today. Thomas Stearns Eliot, was born in the United States in St. Louis in 1888, but became a British [...]
The quotable Leon Kass Editor’s note: Leon R. Kass delivered this commencement address at St. John’s College, Annapolis, Md. on May 13. It is reprinted with permission. Dr. Kass is chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, a Hertog Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of numerous books, including Reproduction and Responsibility (2004) and Life, Liberty and the Defence [...]
A controversial, feminist Supreme Court judge credited with being a pioneer in “interpreting” the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, “forever” changing our society and framing abortion solely in terms of a woman’s “constitutional right to choose” has died at the age of 83. Bertha Wilson was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and came to the bench just [...]
The recent passing of Dr. John J. Billings on April 1 at 89 years of age will elicit, throughout the world, two kinds of responses. The first will concern his illustrious career as a medical doctor, researcher, founder and teacher of the Billings Ovulation Method. His work in developing and promulgating the Billings Method of Natural Family Planning was recognized [...]
It was perhaps appropriate that those paragons of the leftist media establishment in Canada, the Toronto Star newspaper and the CBC, would christen as a “secular saint” a woman who stood solidly for such “sacraments” of the left as abortion and homosexuality. Regardless, although she was praised for a number of truly good things she did, Canadians of conscience might be forgiven for [...]
On April 1, Dr. John Billings passed away at the age of 89. The Billings Ovulation Method (BOM), pioneered by the late Dr. John Billings, has had a revolutionary international impact as an effective, safe, simple, cost-free and scientifically validated method of achieving or avoiding pregnancy. A neurologist by specialty, Dr. John Billings began his first clinical studies of fertility in 1953, [...]
Tim Bloedow is an Ottawa-area writer who has worked as a researcher, speechwriter and media co-ordinator for two members of Parliament. He has also worked as a researcher and lobbyist for Campaign Life Coalition and run for office as a member of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada. He has a bachelor of theology degree from Tyndale Bible College, is married to [...]
He is well known as one of the great media theorists of all time. Far less known, however, is the fact that he was also a devout Catholic and pro-life. One of his most famous sayings was, “The medium is the message.” But almost unknown is the fact that he also said, “In Jesus Christ, there is no distance or separation between [...]
Meeting the parents has become a ritual trial of postmodern romance. Still, one of the key questions my father means to pose to my girlfriend when he meets her is rather unusual: if she and I marry, will she help care for my youngest brother when my parents die? Zachary, you see, has Down syndrome. The current abilities of medicine make it [...]
Pro-life activists from around Nova Scotia are familiar with the friendly smile of Ellen Chesal. Having spent the past 10 years as Campaign Life Coalition Nova Scotia’s secretary, Chesal regularly corresponds with pro-lifers from across the province. “It’s a volunteer position that seems like a full-time job,” Chesal told The Interim. “CLC Nova Scotia is a very frugal operation. When I became secretary, [...]