Offering of Holy Masses nationwide is a sure-fire way to end aboirtion, says a new Eucharistic crusade for life. Ten Catholic churches in Ontario have agreed to offer a monthy Holy Mass wit the specific intention “to end abortion.” Fr. Stephen Somerville, pastor of Blessed Edith Stein Church, who will start it in his parish in December said that it will indeed [...]
Few historical figures have been more proud, dictatorial and self-assertive than the Emperor Napoleon Boneparte. After his defeat in the Battle of Waterloo (1815 A.D.), he was exiles by the British on the Island of St. Helena, off the West Coast of Africa. Here this most ambitious of men who had almost conquered the whole known world, found himself on a mall [...]
Modern feminism is regarded by many as angry, radical, anti-male and anti-family. The response to radical feminism has created what has been called a “backlash,” which extols the so-called traditional woman, who achievements and satisfaction are grossly overrated. Both views offer little to a well-rounded, nurturing, and intelligent, pro-family woman. While all the evils of the world cannot be attributed to patriarchy, [...]
There is something about the Christmas season that brings out the deepest emotions. At Christmas, lovers become more loving, happy people shine with joy, the lonely become lonelier and the sad become sadder. Why? Even psychiatrists and sociologists are unable to completely unlock the secret of Christmas pleasure and Christmas pain. Those of us who are Christians know that love, peace and [...]
Parliament is due to return September 18. In the past six years of praying, fasting and witnessing on Parliament Hill some of the victories I have noticed are these: The defeat of Bill C-43, the essentially flawed abortion bill passed by the Mulroney government at the end of May 1990, by a 43-43 tie vote in the Senate at the end of [...]
Henry Morgentaler delivered the opening address at the annual convention of the Humanist Association of Canada at the University of Guelph on June 23. He used the opportunity to blame the Catholic Church for Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s murder of millions of Jews. “Had the Church not persecuted Jews for centuries,” said Morgentaler, “Hitler could never have mastered the public support to [...]
Fr. Pavone calls on priests to “preach vigorously and act decisively” Priests for Life is the only organization exclusively dedicated to motivating the clergy to bring about an end to abortion and is committed to providing information and materials of an educational nature to enable the clergy to better support and promote the Church’s teachings on life issues. The name Priests for [...]
I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and [...]
The main question about Pope John Paul II’s newest encyclical, The Gospel of Life, is what are we going to do about it? Do not be mistaken. This is not just another papal document on some religious aspect or other such as Laborem exercens (1981), on the dignity of work, or Familiaris consortio (1981), on the family, or any of the other [...]
Thanks to a concerted U.S. boycott, a movie which depicts five Catholic priests in a scandalous light appears to be heading for a box office and public relations disaster. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and the American Life League have co-sponsored a boycott of the Walt Disney Company, which owns Miramax, the studio which released Priest. Catholic groups were [...]
“It is not within the competence of the United Nations to re-define this institution, which is hallowed in Christianity and Islam.” Those who oppose the mandate of the United Nations Cairo Conference on Population and Development have gained a powerful ally. Until recently, the Vatican and several South American and Africana countries have stood alone in expressing any criticism of the anti-family [...]
It took only 10 hours for jurors to find suicide doctor Jack Kevorkian not guilty of violating Michigan’s ban on assisted suicide. Kevorkian, 65, had been charged with helping Thomas Hyde of Novi, Michigan to commit suicide last August. Kevorkian said he was “elated” by the May 2 decision. The verdict was seen as a watershed for euthanasia supporters while an anti-euthanasia [...]
Pro-lifers have always wondered where the movement would be if the churches were solidly behind them. Standing out on the picket line, or organizing for another election, they often ask what it would be like if, with one voice, churches of all denominations in this country put their values into action and came down solidly in opposition to the rampant anti-life ethic [...]
Terry Anderson (New York, Crown Publishers, pp320, $29.95) How long could you stay sane locked in leg irons, blindfolded, housed on little more than a mattress, fearing torture and death at the whim of your captors, uncertain whether the person you love the most will be waiting for you should you survive? One year? Two? Three at the most? On March 16, [...]
Life sentences Two recent U.S. rulings have gained close scrutiny from both sides of the abortion battle. In September ’93, Month in Review reported on a case of a man who shot a pregnant woman during a hold-up, and caused her to miscarry. The 4th District Court of Appeals in San Diego has since sentenced Robert A. Davis to life in prison [...]