Interim Staff: Nova Scotia’s last Catholic hospital, St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish changes its name to the Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital Oct. 1, and with the hospital’s Catholic Mission Assurance Agreement expiring Sept. 30 it will no longer be restricted from committing abortion and euthanasia. The Sisters of St. Martha announced in the spring that it would withdraw its name and [...]
A dad fights for his unborn children Fathers are an important part of a woman’s pregnancy. They are the fathers of the unborn children, but they so often retreat from voicing their opinion and providing support to the pregnant mother. Society insists that it is a woman’s “choice” about whether or not to abort the child. Often the father is given no [...]
Rory Leishman: It is remarkable how progressive leaders of the fast-dwindling Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and United churches of Canada are so determined to wipe out what few sparks of vibrant, theologically orthodox life still remain within their respective denominations. Thus, in June, leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada released a set of Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts [...]
Paul Tuns: On July 29, Military Personnel Command issued a new directive expanding restrictions on faith-specific language and practices at official military ceremonies. The new rules require all members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and all employees and contractors of the Department of National Defence (DND) who speak at public events to eschew any talk of God when they offer spiritual [...]
Interim Staff: On July 28, Superior Court Justice Alain Trudel ruled against former Quebec tourism minister Caroline Proulx, declaring that in pressuring the Quebec City Convention Centre to cancel its contract with Harvest Ministries International to host the Faith, Fire, Freedom Rally in 2023, she had exercised her ministerial authority in “an arbitrary and abusive manner.” Proulx said that Harvest Ministries, [...]
Catholic Register, Special to The Interim: Jim Hughes confessed to us that his life as the godfather of Canada’s pro-life movement began in a state of disbelief. Hughes died May 18 after more than 50 years of fighting the good fight against abortion and its dark shadow twin, medical assistance in dying. But as he told The Catholic Register in a 2024 interview [...]
Donald DeMarco: Tulsi Gabbard stated, in her May 22 letter of resignation, that she has quit her post as the Director of National Intelligence. Her husband, Abraham, had been recently diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. “At this time,” she wrote, “I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this [...]
Victor Penney: All things work for the good of those who love God, for those who are called according to His purpose – even baseball and blasphemous drag performers who mock Catholic nuns. What am I getting at? Well, in this case, it has to do with an undercover exposé by the O’Keefe Media Group, an organization founded by James O’Keefe, the [...]
Mary Zwicker, Europe Correspondent: A small European country is temporarily pausing efforts to decriminalize abortion amidst ongoing discussions with the Vatican. The Principality of Andorra, a small, majority Catholic country located in the mountain range between France and Spain, is stalling the implementation of their fully drafted bill on the decriminalization of abortion. “I hope this debate moves forward,” said French President Emmanuel [...]
This July marks the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Although it would take the 13 colonies that many years to win the Revolutionary War and then establish themselves as states within a constitutional framework, that foundation—and all else that has flowed from it in the ensuing quarter millennium—springs from this document. While the vast majority of the Declaration, [...]
From the editor’s desk: By the way, between his three marriages and various mistresses, Boris Johnson has at least ten, probably 12, and perhaps even more children. ** Typically, the cover of each June edition of this paper features the National March for Life. Not this month. Jim Hughes, long-time pro-life leader, passed away days after the March. Were it not for [...]
Josie Luetke: When I entered the pro-life movement as a teenager, it seemed to be dominated by neoconservatives, influenced no doubt by former US President George Bush. The feel-good pro-life news stories I hungrily consumed would not uncommonly be complemented by tone-deaf glorification of aggressive American military action. That hawkishness seemed to wane with Donald Trump’s first presidency, but recent wars have [...]
Victor Penney: Nothing sacred can be left undefiled in the land of the Quiet Revolution. It’s one of the diabolic features of the cultural upheaval that began 66 years ago in la belle province. The latest manifestation of this Satanic chaos involves the Stanley Cup playoffs and a church named after the Disciple whom Jesus loved. It’s a story of sacrilege, one [...]
Paul Tuns: Toronto Cardinal Frank Leo wrote an open letter dated April 20 to Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser, encouraging the government to block the expansion of euthanasia to people suffering solely from mental illness. Noting that both he and Carney are Catholics, the Cardinal wrote “our Catholic faith opposes the taking of any human life” and [...]
Review: Making Sense of Suffering, by Peter Kreeft (Ignatius Press, $17.95 USD, 215 pages) Ignatius Press has re-released Peter Kreeft’s 1986 book Making Sense of Suffering and although the causes of our suffering might have changed, mankind’s reaction to suffering has not. It was, and remains, one of the main arguments against God: how could an all-powerful, all-good being allow innocent people to [...]