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Written on 8 Oct, 2018 at 11:00 in
Announcements, Features, Marriage and Family, Religion | Author:
Paul Tuns Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
In late August, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former nuncio to the United States (essentially the Vatican’s ambassador to America), issued an open letter alleging widespread cover-up of the sexual crimes of former Washington D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a cover-up that includes the Pope himself.
The letter was shocking but unsurprising. It has massive implications for the Catholic Church. Less obvious, it illustrates issues ... (Continue reading)
In March 1983, this paper was launched to inform readers of the “day-to-day battle to protect unborn babies.” That first paper announced that “the philosophy of this monthly will always be one of no compromise on abortion,” because “a human life, from the moment of conception represents an individual, precious gift from God.” We have stayed true to that mandate, and since then our mandate has expanded from covering ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Sep, 2018 at 10:22 in
Book Review, Politics | Author:
Review Dan Di Rocco 19th century Dutch legislator Groen van Prinsterer
For Life: Defending the Unbornby the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity
A Nation Founded on Rock or Sand: Groen Van Prinsterer for Todayby Hendrik Smitskamp (translated by Harmen Boersma)
Democracy 101by William Baptiste
Three recent publications tell a moral and sobering story of what happens when Christian principles and beliefs are abandoned in favour of “progressive” ideals and secular ideologies. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Sep, 2018 at 10:02 in
And then there was this..., Features, Issues | Author:
Canada
Convicted child-killer Robert Latimer is seeking clemency for the 1993 murder of his daughter, Tracy. Latimer has asked Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould for a pardon of his second-degree conviction. Tracy was living with cerebral palsy when he poisoned her by attaching a hose from the exhaust of his truck to the cab, where she died in the family garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. Latimer argues that now that euthanasia is legal, any record of his crime should be ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Sep, 2018 at 8:16 in
Announcements, Features, Joe Campbell, Society & Culture | Author:
Light is Right Joe Campbell George Jefferson from TV show All in the Family.
Until I did some research, it hadn’t occurred to me that there might be a cache of racial slurs that target whites. Well, apparently there are plenty of the allegedly offensive epithets.
I say “apparently” and “allegedly” because I’ve never heard of most of the entries, and the ones I know about don’t offend ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Sep, 2018 at 7:32 in
Announcements, Features, Human rights, Politics | Author:
Andrew Lawton Andrew Lawton
This summer marks one year since the implementation of Bill C-16, the legislation that catapulted Professor Jordan Peterson to fame and galvanized a much-needed discussion about freedom of expression in Canada.
Though we have yet to see the first public prosecution under the bill, its free speech implications are still very much alive.
The bill updated the Criminal Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act to add “gender identity ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Sep, 2018 at 7:27 in
Announcements, Features, Movie Review, Rick McGinnis | Author:
Amusements Rick McGinnis There’s a visual shorthand you see in movies and on TV shows that’s meant to let you know you’re in the presence of Roman Catholics, and probably Irish ones. It’s a picture of John F. Kennedy hanging on the wall of someone’s bedroom, dining room or living room, or in some bar, barber shop or police chief’s office. It might be accompanied by a portrait of whatever Pope is ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Sep, 2018 at 7:15 in
Abortion, Announcements, Features | Author:
Paul Tuns During its July 6-8 Global Assembly in Warsaw, Amnesty International delegates voted in favour of advocating for abortion-on-demand. Since 2007, the international human rights group has supported abortion in limited cases such as calling for decriminalization of abortion in cases of rape or when the mother’s life or health were at stake. Previous to that, its abortion activism was limited to criticism of the U.S. Mexico City Policy prohibiting ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Sep, 2018 at 6:55 in
Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship, Issues, Web Exclusives | Author:
Dan Di Rocco, circulation manager for The Interim and administrator of the annual Fr. Ted Colleton Scholarship, has announced the topic for the 17th iteration of the essay contest presented by Interim Publishing and Niagara Region Right to Life.
Niagara Region Right to Life is once again pleased to offer The Father Ted Colleton Scholarship essay contest as part of its mandate to reach out to society in an educational ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Sep, 2018 at 15:05 in
Activism, Announcements, Features, Politics | Author:
Paul Tuns Grassroots pro-life and pro-family delegates scored a number of victories at the Conservative policy convention in Halifax, August 23-25.
Campaign Life Coalition vice president Jeff Gunnarson, said, “overall, the pro-life-and-family movement had a hugely successful convention,” despite missing out on what he called “the top prize” of deleting Article 65. That article, added to the policy handbook in 2016, commits a Conservative government to not introducing any legislation on abortion,
CLC ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Sep, 2018 at 15:01 in
Announcements, Features, Sex Education, Society & Culture | Author:
Paul Tuns A scourge for individuals and society
In February, the New York Times Magazine ran a long cover story, “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn.” Based on interviews with boys selected to take part in the porn literacy class in a peer-leadership program for Boston teenagers, the article relates in depressing detail the habits of teenage users of pornography and how what they view affects their expectations in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Sep, 2018 at 9:12 in
Announcements, Features, Politics, Sex Education | Author:
Analysis Paul Tuns Ontario Premier Doug Ford
In July, the Doug Ford government confirmed it would repeal the 2015 Kathleen Wynne’s sex-ed program, fulfilling a leadership and campaign promise to rescind the controversial curriculum while the government carried out a new, inclusive consultation process. The rollout was botched, with no details of what the consultations would look like and Education Minister Lisa Thompson initially telling reporters that the full curriculum ... (Continue reading)
Written on 7 Aug, 2018 at 7:53 in
Announcements, Features, Josie Luetke, Politics | Author:
Josie Luetke Talk Turkey Josie Luetke
Not-so-breaking news: The Progressive Conservatives won the Ontario election and nine pro-life PC candidates whom CLC green-lighted now have seats in the legislature. I’m sure their activities will be closely monitored and reported on over the next four years, so at least for this column I want to direct my attention to those pro-life candidates who didn’t win, especially those who ran as ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Jul, 2018 at 19:10 in
Announcements, Features, Rick McGinnis, Society & Culture | Author:
Amusements Rick McGinnis
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, a film widely regarded as one of the best and most important in the history of cinema. I’m not here to dispute this judgment – I’m a big fan of the film, and have been since my brother-in-law took me to see a road show screening during its 10th anniversary. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Jul, 2018 at 18:59 in
Pro-Life, Profiles, Society & Culture | Author:
Interim Staff Eric McLuhan was one of The Interim's first columnists
Eric McLuhan, son of the famous Marshall McLuhan, was a renowned scholar of media in his own right, and used his expertise to help the pro-life cause. Eric McLuhan, a former columnist for The Interimand popular pro-life speaker, passed away May 18 in Bogota, Colombia, where he had just delivered the inaugural speech ... (Continue reading)
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