Johanna Rubin, M.D., writing in the August/September 1990 editionof the American Life League (ALL), All about issues, reports that a landmark medical achievement could revolutionize prenatal medicine. Pre-born baby Doctors at the University of California in San Francisco repaired a hole in the diaphragm of a 24-week old male pre-born baby, which allowed parts of a stomach, spleen and intestines to crowd [...]
The following letter, dated November 28, was addressed to Mr. John Carroll of Thunder Bay, Ontario who is the Chairman of families and Friends of the Handicapped. Mr. Carroll is pro-life. In 1990 he appeared before the House of Commons Committee on Bill C-43 objecting to the proposed legislation. Recently he wrote the editor of Scarboro Missions, a monthly magazine ostensibly devoted [...]
How do you counsel a woman in crisis pregnancy? The North York Crisis Pregnancy Centre (NYCPC), in Toronto, has had six years of experience. “We are not here to save babies. We are here to glorify God and speak the truth about abortion. If babies are saved, we rejoice,” says Mary Turner, the current director of NYCPC. “We are here to help [...]
Vancouver. In October of 1990, the B.C. Social Credit Party faced a contentious issue at its annual convention: should it remove from its constitution a clause committing it to foster Christian principles? On the one hand, pro-life Social Credit member Kathleen Toth contended that, if the clause was removed, “I can see a lot of people who joined this party because of [...]
Recession saving marriages? Statistics Canada reports that there has been a dramatic increase in the divorce level: for every two weddings, one marriage breaks up. Twenty years ago, the U.S. rate was more than twice as high as ours, ten years ago it was 50 per cent higher, now they are about even. “I don’t think we can be sanguine about the [...]
Evil is an effective agent, a living spiritual being, perverted and perverting. A terrible reality. One of the greatest needs is defence from the evil which is called the Devil. The question of the Devil and the influence he can exert on individual persons as well as on communities, whole societies, or events, is very important. It should be studied again. Pope [...]
The following are some of the most commonly asked questions about the government’s abortion law, Bill C-43. At the time of writing, the Bill has yet to be passed by the Senate. Doesn’t the fact that some doctors say they will stop doing abortions prove that the new law is better than no law? Kim Campbell, the Minister of Justice, who is [...]
Queen’s Park, Toronto Ontario Premier Bob Rae’s office claimed they had never seen the letter from the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops (OCCB), urging the NDP government to reconsider its new policy of providing easier access to killing of the unborn. The letter from the president of the OCCB, Bishop John O’Mara, was dated November 19, 1990. It was reported in a [...]
In a most memorable tribute to one who has dedicated his life to the service of God and His children, more than 800 people paid tribute to Father Ted Colleton on the occasion of his 50th Anniversary as a priest. Following a Mass, attended by 500 people. Business for Life organized a banquet which saw more than 800 of those whose lives [...]
Well known pro-life activist Bishop Austin Vaughan, Auxiliary Bishop of New York, used his November 7 and 8 visit to Toronto to emphasize the critical value of public witness and proclaim the worth of every human life. At the start of his visit, sponsored by Campaign Life Coalition, the bishop, who had addressed 400 participants in the Ontario CYPLO conference a week [...]
CATHOLICS The International Synod of Bishops meeting in Rome on the subject of ‘The Formation of Priests’ concluded at the end of October. The Synod, said Pope John Paul, had faced the identity crisis which priests suffered since Vatican II, had reaffirmed the true nature of their vocation, and would bring new hope. An earlier Synod report had indicated that the overall [...]
Almost a hundred years ago in an Encyclical letter to the American bishops, in 1895, Pope Leo XIII wrote a glowing tribute to the American people. In it he praised “the great Washington.” He recalled that President’s statement that religion and morality are indispensable for democracy’s survival. Added Pole Leo: “And not without cause, for without morality the State cannot endure…But the [...]
On December 10, 1990, over 100 Toronto CLC activists honored well-known pro-life writer and researcher. The Interim editor, Father Alphonse de Valk, first at a Mass and then a luncheon, celebrating his 25 years as a priest. Acknowledging tributes paid by National President Jim Hughes and Father Ted Colleton, Father de Valk, who has spent time in jail for picketing outside of [...]
JOHN PAUL II AND LIFE No one defends the dignity of human life more persistently than Pope John Paul II. Wherever he goes- and he has now been to almost one hundred different countries – he repeats the basic teachings of the Gospel about human life. This constant repetition in ever different words is a great consolation to the pro-life movement. Why [...]
Report on the President, Canadian Conference of Catholic bishops Plenary Assembly, August 23, 1990 Section on Abortion (Parts were translated from the French) Translation “…Bill C-43 on abortion has been the cause of much work and concern on our part and, it must be said, a difficult test of our patience. “On November 9, 1989, on behalf of the conference, I made [...]