Religion
Written on 2 Jan, 1985 at 7:24 in
Politics, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
The Christian Action Council of Metropolitan Toronto has designated the first Sunday in May (May 5, 1985) as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (SOHLS).
On May 14, 1969, the Canadian Parliament gave third reading to Bill C-150 a reform of the Criminal Code of Canada, which liberalized the abortion law in Canada.
Mr. Howard McPhee, president of the Toronto Christian Action Council commented on the timing of the observance! “Historically, the protestant churches have upheld special seasons of the Christian year ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Dec, 1984 at 10:14 in
Religion | Author:
Sabina McLuhan Each Christmas we get caught up in the whirl of preparation and parties, and often tend to forget what the occasion is.
Christmas, above all else, is a birthday; and while we all know it is a special birthday, we easily forget that this particular pregnancy could not have been joyful always for the mother and the foster father.
Consider some facts. A young woman is visited by a spirit who tells her she is with child. While she had faith and ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Dec, 1984 at 10:04 in
Abortion, Religion | Author:
Fr. Alphonse de Valk, c.s.b.
On November 8, 1984, Henry Morgentaler and two fellow abortionists, Robert Scott and Leslie Smoling, were acquitted on charges of conspiring to procure a miscarriage. The acquittal
Did not imply that these men has not been doing abortions. They have done many; Henry Morgentaler alone has executed 20,000.What the acquittal does mean is that Morgentaler and medical doctors like him cannot be convicted of a crime when doing abortions in their own abortuaries rather than in hospitals with so-called therapeutic ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Dec, 1984 at 9:42 in
Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
June Callwood, well-know writer and leading pro-abortionist and anti-family feminist, was invited by the Ontario Family Life Educators' Association to address a fall mini-conference on the subject of the "Media as teachers of Family and Sexual Values." Organizers of the Conference are Sister Mary Baier of Toronto and Liela Boniferro of the Sault Ste Marie Separate School Board's Family Life office. The conference was planned for November 16.
Callwood is a nationally-known newspaper columnist and activist on behalf of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Dec, 1984 at 9:23 in
Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Anthony Hawking
Pope John Paul's 12-day visit to Canada, Sept. 9-20, was his pontificate's longest trip to any one country. Human rights, including the right to life, were the dominant message in the Pope's many addresses.
A Canadian Press (CP) writer, commenting on one of the Pope's addresses, noted that the Pontiff used "human rights as a central theme in speeches in which he also decried abortion and euthanasia" (Ottawa Citizen, Sept. 11). This referred to John Paul's visit to the handicapped ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Nov, 1984 at 8:55 in
Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Father Ted
I think that everyone who "puts pen to paper" or "mouth to mike" has written or said something about the Pope in the past few weeks. Most have been laudatory while some have been pejorative. If there had been no criticisms of some of the Pope's statements, I would have been concerned, for it would have meant one of two things - either he had said nothing worthwhile or people had not been listening! After all, the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Nov, 1984 at 8:12 in
Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
The 36th Biennial General conference of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada was held recently in Saint John. According to the Halifax Mail Star report of Sept. 22, the general conference voted strongly in favour of a resolution calling on the federal Minister of Justice to introduce amendments to the Criminal Code that would clearly define and restrict the meaning of the word "health" in section 251 to guarantee the right to life of innocent unborn ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Oct, 1984 at 14:52 in
Abortion, Religion | Author:
By Dr. Paul Marx
On a lecture tour last winter in Toledo I heard many stalwart Catholics complain about the indifference of priests in the face of the greatest war of all time, abortion. Incidentally, in that diocese there is brewing a potentially horrible sex-education program whose bibliography does not even mention Humanae Vitae or Familiaris Consortio but does include dissident theologians like Bernard Häring, Richard McCormick, and Charles E. Curran.
An Evangelical woman, Marjorie Reed, wondering out loud ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 1984 at 12:01 in
Abortion, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Barbara Challies
Dr. Francis Schaeffer died on May 15 at his home in Rochester, Minnesota. He had been fighting caner for several years.
Through decades of achievement in two major areas, Dr. Schaeffer had become recognized internationally as a leading Evangelical thinker.
Francis Schaeffer was the author of twenty-three books and - with his son Frank - produced several film series in which he presented his Christian perspective systematically and lucidly. His constant concern was to present his readers with a critique ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Sep, 1984 at 10:25 in
Abortion, Pro-Life, Religion | Author:
Christian Action Council of Toronto
Tyranny
"Clearly the sanctity of human life ethic is under attack. History confirms what the Word of God teaches - the only thing that stands between the individual and the tyrant is society's commitment to the sanctity of human life. This is a central teaching of the Bible and an historic confession of the Christian Church." (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Aug, 1984 at 8:59 in
Politics, Religion, Society & Culture | Author:
Fr. Alphonse de Valk, c.s.b.
The idea of the pluralist society goes back roughly to the eighteenth century, to the days when separation of Church and State was launched with the Constitution of the United States.
This American separation was unlike the separation of Church and State brought about a few years later, during the French Revolution (which began in 1789). The latter was essentially one of hostility of the State towards the Church, even to the point of creating a new religion, ... (Continue reading)
Written on 29 Aug, 1984 at 7:55 in
Abortion, Religion | Author:
EDMONTON- On June 12, 1984, Planned Parenthood was denied a $12,868 grant request and their application for membership in the United Way of Edmonton was turned down.
This was not the first time a Planned Parenthood application to the United Way had been rejected. They applied twice before but in previous years their application never made it past the investigation committee to a vote by the board. This time it did. It was defeated.
As a result ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 May, 1984 at 14:25 in
Abortion, Religion | Author:
For over a year, David Little had been in communication with Mother Teresa. She accepted his invitation to attend a pro-life rally at the Coliseum in Moncton on July 3, 1983.
But Mother Teresa became ill and the Pope ordered her into the hospital to recover. Recover she did, and the correspondence and communication with David Little continued.
Mother Teresa is the head of the Missionaries of Charity, based in Calcutta. She is a woman many believe to be a ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 May, 1984 at 14:20 in
Abortion, Religion | Author:
Barbara Challies
At this particular time in my life I am tired, very tired. My family has had minor illnesses all through the winter. My children present me with physical and emotional demands ranging from toddler needs, to those of a self-aware pre-adolescent needing to discuss his varying emotions and desires. I have spent many hours, days, weeks of my past speaking about, organizing to counter, and praying about abortion.
Right now, as responsibilities seem to be increasing ... (Continue reading)
Written on 25 May, 1984 at 13:51 in
Bioethics, Religion | Author:
Larry Heather
The new medical procedure of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) pioneered by English Drs. Steptoe 7 Edwards was actualized by the birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978. Since then there has been a great rush around the world to duplicate and expand upon this method.
How are Christians who take the Scripture seriously, and believe that they can "fully equip" us to deal with this issue righteously (II Tim. 3:16) going to cope with this procedure ... (Continue reading)
