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On the head of religion alone I am condemned, and for that I would willingly and joyfully pour forth even a hundred lives. Snatch away that one which I have from me, and make...

Write to Your MP’s on Bill C-7!

Yes, I know it may be pro forma, but we should do our own due diligence, by writing to our Members of Parliament - or all of them - to protest the expansion of...

A married woman must, when called upon, quit her devotions to God at the altar to find him in her household affairs (Saint Frances of Rome, +1440)

Lord, Your thorns are my roses and YourĀ suffering my paradise. (Saint John of God,+1550)

The Elizabethan World Picture

A reader wrote in recently: As a companion to the biography of Robert Southwell, another little book nicely rounds out the philosophical underpinnings of that period, calledĀ The Elizabethan World Picture, by EMW Tillyard. In it,...

If the physician presumes to take into consideration in his work whether a life has value or not, the consequences are boundless and the physician becomes the most dangerous man in the state. (Dr....

Emily at 24 and Euthanasia

This video is not easy to watch,Ā so be forewarned. However, it does signify in a visceral, personal way why we should not kill people - not least, the mentally ill; that people don't really...

Compassionate Killing: Lessons Learned From Nurses in the Nazi Era

We posted this documentary in the article on the barbarism of Bill C-7, but thought it important enough to stand on its own. Fascinating, if sombre and evocative, how subtly those dedicated to healing...

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