Activism
Written on 29 Jun, 2003 at 13:27 in
Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
By Doreen Beagan The Interim
It is becoming a truism that youth are the future of the pro-life movement. At this year's March for Life in Ottawa, speaker after speaker noted the impressive presence of the youth and their importance to the movement. Of the estimated 3,500 attendees, more than half were high school- and university-aged young people.
"I was ecstatic to see the turnout of youth," said Gillian ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Jun, 2003 at 13:27 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
By Paul Tuns The Interim
While there are certain to be skirmishes yet, the war in Iraq has come to an end with a minimum of casualties. Some may argue that one is too many, while others point to how few casualties there were compared to the carnage of past conflicts. Many readers have wondered why The Interim has not addressed the war head-on.
We have addressed the issue two times. Once was in a review of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 May, 2003 at 12:11 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
By Tony Gosgnach
This year is turning out to be one of anniversaries. Our very own Interim newspaper is marking 20 years of publication. Pope John Paul II celebrates 25 years in the papacy this October. And this month, Canada's dynamic political pro-life organization will have been in existence for a quarter-century.
It was on May 25, 1978 that representatives from pro-life ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Apr, 2003 at 7:30 in
Activism | Author:
Interim Staff
Campaign Life Coalition Youth is launching a new project this month. "We're very excited about it," reports Gillian Long, executive director of CLCY. "As far as we know, this particular thing has never been done in the pro-life movement."
The Red Triangle Campaign seeks to draw parallels between the defenders of the Jews during the Nazi Holocaust and the defenders of the unborn today. "The parallels have ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Apr, 2003 at 7:30 in
Activism | Author:
By Tony Gosgnach
When David MacDonald performs on the main stage at the annual March for Life in Ottawa, it is almost more a result of personal experiences than from any theoretical opposition to abortion. The Ottawa-based musician's story is a testimony to the fact that abortion leaves scars not only on the mother, but the father of an aborted baby as well.
MacDonald was a high-flying ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Apr, 2003 at 7:30 in
Youth Activism | Author:
By Mike Mastromatteo
Organizers of this year's annual March for Life in Ottawa are optimistic that the 2003 event will remain an important symbolic gesture in defence of the sanctity of human life. At the same time, organizers hope for an increase in numbers over last year's effort.
Scheduled for May 13-14 in downtown Ottawa, the National March for Life marks the 34th anniversary of the passage of the federal government's omnibus bill that legalized ... (Continue reading)
Written on 28 Apr, 2003 at 7:30 in
Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
By Tony Gosgnach
A unique and groundbreaking fundraising effort by the American Life League is corralling the support of a host of current and former Major League Baseball players and officials in the cause of building a pro-life educational facility in Virginia.
Battin' 1000, as the initiative is known, has the backing of about 90 players and officials, including such baseball luminaries as former commissioner Bowie Kuhn, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Mar, 2003 at 11:41 in
Activism, Paul Tuns | Author:
By Paul Tuns
Organizers say at least 200,000 pro-life citizens, including many from Canada, braved the freezing cold weather to take part in the March for Life in Washington D.C., marking the 30th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision, on Jan. 22.
Despite media guesses of the number of pro-lifers attending the march being anywhere from "a few thousand" to "tens of thousands," Nellie Gray, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Mar, 2003 at 11:41 in
Activism | Author:
By Gillian Long
We made sure to say a prayer before we crossed the border. This is always a good idea when you have a car full of pro-life signs and pamphlets. Between divine intervention and judicious flashing of four years worth of orthodontics, we slipped uneventfully into Buffalo. We were three young pro-lifers on our way to our first March for Life in Washington.
This year is the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 13:48 in
Activism, Pro-Life, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
John Paul Meenan
In 1991, in his Apostolic Constitution on the Catholic University, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Pope John Paul II declared that it is his "deep conviction that a Catholic University is without any doubt one of the best instruments that the Church offers to our age, which is searching for certainty and wisdom." These are hardly surprising ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 13:46 in
Abortion Law, Activism, Pro-Life | Author:
LifeSite News
Cuban pro-life leader Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet has been released, after the completion of a three-year sentence.
Biscet raised the ire of the Communist regime in 1998 by writing to the United Nations condemning the multitude of abortions performed in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 13:43 in
Activism, Profiles, Society & Culture | Author:
Tony Gosgnach A Toronto-area woman is putting into effect a different kind of pro-life work - assisting poor children in Pakistan through the foundation of a home and school.
Josephine Lal-Din started Fatima House in Sialkot, north Pakistan in 1983. Initially serving 45 children, the facility has grown to the point where it now assists 562 children, and plans are in place to establish the first Roman Catholic College in Pakistan - a country that is overwhelmingly Muslim.
"It's open to all denominations, as ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 12:46 in
Activism, Crisis pregnancy centres | Author:
Frank Kennedy
UNICEF, which supports pro-abortion and other anti-life projects, has once again tried to shoehorn its way into the Toronto Catholic District school board, Canada's largest Catholic school board.
In UNICEF'S corner is Catholics for a Free Choice, a minuscule but well-financed organization funded by the Packard Foundation and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 12:22 in
Activism, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Paul Tuns
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One week after the Republican mid-term victories, Peter White, a former principal secretary to Brian Mulroney, wrote in the Globe and Mail that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 12:04 in
Activism, Announcements, Politics, Pro-Life | Author:
Garry Breitkreuz Editor's note: At the Creating a Culture of Life: An International Forum banquet, MP Garry Breitkreuz (CA, Yorkton-Melville) was honoured by Campaign Life Coalition with its prestigious Joseph P. Borowski award. Given annually to a politician who has made a strong stand for life, the award is named after the late Manitoba NDP cabinet minister who took his battle against abortion all the ... (Continue reading)
