Highlights First the letter recalls some recent history. 1. In 1975 the CDF (Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) noted the distinction between the homosexual condition and homosexual activity, declaring the latter to be “intrinsically disordered.” 2. This led some Catholics to promote the view that while homosexual acts may perhaps be sinful, there is nothing wrong with being a [...]
In the last four issues The Interim has been documenting cases of provincial intrusion into religiously run hospitals. Catholic hospitals throughout the country are under increasing pressure from governments to relinquish health-care management to the province. The provincial governments of Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and now Newfoundland contend that these takeovers will save money. The hospitals feel that their medical ethics will be [...]
The following are pronouncements issued by American Catholic bishops against politicians who speak on the abortion issue from both sides of their mouths. They are of interest to Canadians who face the same kind of politicians. “Values Void” St. Paul, Minn. In a July 9, 1992, column of the diocesan newspaper The Catholic Bulletin, Archbishop John Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis admonished two [...]
Marjorie Reed, 50, is a Toledo housewife. She has a husband, Robert, who sells cars and a son, Jamie, 16, who is in high school. In a quieter, saner time she would grow old gracefully, caring for her home, her family attending to her needs. But in 1992, in America, the times are not quiet or sane. For her commitment to saving [...]
The Houston convention of the Republican Party in August gave notice to the American people, however imperfectly, that family values should be treasured and that the pro-abortion pro-homosexuality anti-family syndrome is to be countered. Credit for this achievement must go to Republican presidential contender Pat Buchanan and U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle. They outflanked the opposition of anti-lifers within the Republican ranks. They [...]
Way to go, Peterborough! Peterborough – Civic Hospital’s Board of Governors is having a hard time getting pro-lifers off their backs. Since the news that Toronto abortionist Nikki Colodny was being “united” to Peterborough to help kill preborn Peterborough babies, the pro-lie contingent has been galvanized into action. Very successful action! Following peaceful and prayerful visits to the houses of the three [...]
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” asked the very attractive brochure announcing the pro-life conference, with the catchy title of “Save the Planet’s People,” which was to be held in Toronto at the end of June. The special guest referred to was John Cardinal O’Connor of New York. The Cardinal did come, he did speak at the closing dinner as he was supposed [...]
KIDNAPPING Washington. By a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court in Washington in May 1992 declared it legal to kidnap foreigners in their own countries for trial by American courts. Chief Justice Rehnquist applied a longstanding doctrine that courts may try defendants without regard to how they were brought before them. But dissenting justices called the decision “monstrous,” American diplomats were embarrassed by [...]
The Pro-life Convention, under the title “Save the Planet’s People” was held at the Holiday Inn, Toronto from June 25, to June 27, 1992. to say that it was a success would be an understatement. Thanks to the organizing committee under the direction of Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition, and Clare Dodds as Co-ordinator, the Convention was probably the best [...]
In a recent article entitled “Goodbye to Catholic Ireland” (Tablet, June 27) a well-known British pro-life writer, Mary Kenny, writes: “the law is shifting to reflect a preference for ‘private choice’ over the more archaic notion of the State as the guardian of public morality.” Please spot the error, one which is common to those who mistake secularism for neutrality, or tolerance, [...]
Ottawa: – Liberal party policies have been announced by Chaviva Hosek, a director of Jean Chrétien’s National Liberal Committee, in a June 5, 1992 response to a questionnaire from NAC, the National Action Committee of Canada’s feminists. Hosek, a former Ontario MPP and Housing Minister, is totally committed to the feminist agenda. She herself is a former president of NAC and her [...]
Abuse of Canada Council Ottawa, Ont. – MP Don Boudria (Lib. Glengarry), who helped quash a bill to legalize mercy killing last winter, expressed outrage that Vancouver’s John Hofsess is using Canada Council money to promote his Right to Die Society. In a newsletter obtained by the Ottawa Sun, Hofsess said that he wanted to buy television time to show people “the [...]
Part 1: L’informateur catholique The Bishop’s criticism…introduces elements of ambiguity and even contradiction. On May 3, 1992, Ottawa’s Archbishop Marcel Gervais addressed the Human Life International (HLI) Conference during a closing liturgy. American-based HLI is the world’s largest Catholic pro-life group. Through his homily the Archbishop, who is also the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), hoped to reach [...]
The Toronto-based Catholic Register (February 29, 1992) pointed out that “the clock is ticking” for Ontario’s Catholic Schools. “Unless a few lines, inserted into the Ontario Education Act of 1986, are repealed,” stated the editorial, “the separate school system will begin to lose most of its Catholic identity in September 1995.” “From then on our school boards will no longer be allowed [...]
In the Toronto Star of Wednesday, May 27th, 1992, an article appeared under the title, “A Question of Control.” The writer is Shelagh Lynne Supeene. She is the author of a book As For the Sky, Falling: a Critical Look at Psychiatry and Suffering. The article is an attempt to find some middle ground between what the writer calls the “Pro-choice” and [...]