We Are Not an Echo Chamber
The fallout from the Dobbs decision in the United States continues. It would be tempting to say the dust has settled, but there will be many more dust clouds on the horizon before this issue is resolved. Everyone heard the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the 50 year old Roe vs Wade decision that had legalized abortion across the entire United States in 1973. All kinds of pundits from both sides of the pro-abortion and pro-life landscape have been pronouncing judgements ever since. As fascinating as this can be to watch from afar, what difference does it make to us Canadians?
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STATEMENT FROM PRIESTS FOR LIFE CANADA RE: ROE VERSUS WADE DECISION A VICTORY FOR SANITY, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE
The United States Supreme Court has struck down the almost 50-year-old ruling legalizing abortion in overturning the infamous Roe versus Wade decision today. In a highly complex judgement hinging on states’ rights and the legal incoherence of the original judgement, the Supreme Court Justices have again opened up one of the most explosive issues in the United States
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Mental Illness is Not a Death Sentence
In 1982, in the Kelowna General Hospital, I had my first clinical pastoral education training. This was a specialization is psychology and psychiatry. The first day I was thrown into a circle of “suicide survivors”. It was quite a trial by fire. The good thing was that one was only supposed to listen and not talk. The stories were varied and all quite difficult to hear. Since then, I have lost count years ago of how many people I have known who have attempted suicide, whose families have been shattered by suicide or are now contemplating suicide as a seemingly rational end to their life.
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