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Recommended Reading on Protecting the Unborn
by Robert Bugbee Dear members and friends of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC), You may have read that, in recent years, our Synod has been conducting theological dialogues with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada. The “national” talks have taken place in southern Ontario under…
ABC District President addresses March for Life participants
CANADA – May 11, 2017 marked Canada’s twentieth annual national March for Life. Ever year, thousands of Canadians march through the streets of downtown Ottawa to draw attention to life issues including abortion and physician assisted suicide. The March for Life is the largest annual…
#endthekilling: New urgency for 2016 March for Life with impending legalization of physician assisted suicide
OTTAWA – Pro-life Canadians are preparing for this year’s National March for Life in Ottawa, with Lutherans planning to be among them. This year’s theme is #endthekilling and refers to the twin concerns of abortion and euthanasia. “Canadian governments have permitted the killing of preborn…
Life Sunday 2016: In Prayer and in Action
CANADA – Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is preparing to observe Sanctity of Life Sunday on January 17. A particular prayer focus this year will be the issues of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia, as the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalized these acts in February 2014. The…
Canadian physicians face challenges to Freedom of Conscience
CANADA – Medical doctors across the country continue to face challenges to their freedom of conscience as a number of the provincial colleges which regulate medicine in Canada consider new regulations that would restrict physicians’ freedom on moral issues like abortion and euthanasia. The policies…
Canadian Lutherans march for life
by James Morgan OTTAWA – Lutherans for Life Canada (LFL-C) was among the pro-life organizations represented at the 2014 March for Life in Ottawa, held on May 8. LFL-C President Cliff Pyle says 35 Lutherans were part of the group—a small part of the estimated…
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