Editorials
Written on 10 Dec, 2009 at 17:29 in
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On a dark night at the dawn of the first century, to a few shepherds in the foothills of Bethlehem, an angel announced “glad tidings”: “Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, good will towards men;” “today in the city of David, a Savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord” (Lk 2:14, 11). This Child, as Isaiah prophesied, was to be called the “Prince of Peace” (Is 9:5). But, at the close of a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Dec, 2009 at 8:35 in
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The health care debate in the United States has become a debate about abortion. Some advocates of health care reform are blaming pro-lifers in general and the Catholic bishops in particular for delaying and perhaps even eventually scuttling the reform bill. It is true abortion politics might end up preventing the bill from passing but that is because abortion advocates in Congress are insistent that federally subsidized insurance programs cover abortion; the Senate version even mandates increased abortion subsidies.
Rep. Bart ... (Continue reading)
Written on 11 Nov, 2009 at 6:04 in
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It has taken a while but The Interim has redesigned and updated its website (theinterim.com ). It will be updated weekly with material from the latest issue of the newspaper with news stories being rolled out at the beginning of the month, followed by editorials, features, reviews and columns. Some articles will be pre-released on the website if the news is time sensitive and we are also going to have web-exclusive features including commentary and reviews. Down the road, we ... (Continue reading)
Written on 8 Nov, 2009 at 7:07 in
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November is the month of fallen heroes. We honour the memory of the soldiers who fought for freedom during the violent struggles of the last century – those who died in the trenches in Europe and those who gave their lives resisting a madman’s frightening dream. But, as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Canadian pro-life movement this year, we cannot fail to honour the memory of the heroes of our own movement, who have laboured in the trenches ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Oct, 2009 at 10:16 in
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In this month of October, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving, and we have much for which to be thankful. We live in a country that affords us many blessings. It is all too easy to focus on the negative and miss the many things for which we should be thankful.
Our cover feature this month lists 40 things for which the pro-life movement can be thankful. The fact is it is a tremendous privilege doing pro-life work. The movement is one of joy ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Oct, 2009 at 10:14 in
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Over a two-week span in August, a pair of Kennedy siblings passed away. On Aug. 25, Senator Edward (Teddy) Kennedy died at the age of 87. Since the 1960s, he had been lionized by an adoring media in part because he was a Kennedy, but also because he advanced an unabashedly liberal agenda. Upon his death, he was given a full public funeral Mass despite his pro-abortion advocacy, scandalizing faithful Catholics and other pro-lifers. On Aug. 11, his older sister, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 2009 at 5:15 in
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Childlessness is becoming more popular and the proof is apparent not only in sub-replacement fertility levels and 100,000 abortions every year in Canada, it is being mainstreamed in the popular culture. Maclean’s ran a cover story on August 3, entitled, “The Case Against Having Kids.” A new book by French author Corinne Maier, No Kids, 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children, is getting plenty of media attention, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 11:31 in
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Last month, we reported that several Conservative MPs expressed their disapproval of the federal government’s funding of the Toronto Pride Parade, although none of them would go on the record. After we went to press, Tory MP Brad Trost (Saskatoon-Humboldt) told LifeSiteNews.com that most of the Conservative caucus was displeased with the government’s $400,000 grant to Toronto’s annual celebration of homosexuality through the new Marquee Tourism Events Program.
Trost also suggested that Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism Diane ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 9:29 in
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On June 23, the Nixon Presidential Library released tape recordings from January and February 1973 that included then-president Richard Nixon’s thoughts on abortion the day the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions were handed down. While concerned about abortion on demand and its effects on the family, Nixon told an aide that “there are times when abortions are necessary,” such as “when you have a black and a white” parent. A mere 36 years later, such racial views ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 13:12 in
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In June 2009, as the Catholic church began its celebration of the “Year of the Priest,” Monsignor Vincent Foy celebrated a truly remarkable milestone: his 70th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. We offer our sincere congratulations and express our profound gratitude to him on this happy occasion, for no priest has worked as hard, as long or as well to defend the culture of life in Canada from the rampant intellectual errors of the 20th century.
For 25 years, until ... (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 13:10 in
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The murder of the notorious abortionist, George Tiller, has been justly condemned in all quarters and we at The Interim add our voice to that chorus. Although every violent death is a tragedy, the murder of an abortionist is especially painful to us, because there is no greater setback for our movement than violence that falsely claims to advance the pro-life cause. Such violence not only takes us further from our ultimate goal of living in a peaceful society in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jun, 2009 at 11:42 in
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All too often, fathers of unborn children have no say in deciding whether their own child lives or dies. But how often is this terrible situation reversed? That is, how often is it that the unwilling father who, through active encouragement or deliberate neglect, forces a “liberated” woman to abort the very child he has sired? Feminists offer no help to mothers, pregnant with the unwanted children of casual sexual encounters. Betrayed by the rhetoric of freedom, these women are ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jun, 2009 at 11:39 in
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The women’s movement of the last century helped eliminate legal inequality between the two sexes. This significant accomplishment is largely forgotten, precisely because a new generation of feminists downplays its importance. Indeed, the remarkable achievement of legal equality has made the modern-day women’s movement a crusade without a cause. Lacking the legal hurdles which their mothers overcame, feminists now tilt at windmills; no longer breaking glass ceilings, today’s feminists are merely throwing stones.
Like all movements that should have disbanded after ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 May, 2009 at 18:10 in
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The Genocide Awareness Project, which draws parallels between abortion, slavery and the Holocaust, is what the pundits call "divisive." Using images of aborted children, lynched slaves and murdered Jews, the powerful visual displays of the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) attempt to show the similarity between abortion and these other dark chapters of human history. However, critics of GAP - of which there are many - observe that abortion does not fit any accepted definition of genocide and claim that their ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Apr, 2009 at 17:15 in
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A look at Obama’s backhandedness in pretending to take politics out of science policy. (Continue reading)
