In 2007 American Susan Wilson stood by and watched another human person commit suicide and then removed the evidence of the assisted suicide. Last year she was charged by New Zealand police for assisting suicide. As a caring nation and…
Tag: culture
Playboy’s Great Marketing Coup
Last week driving home, I passed a dairy with a sign saying "Playboy Energy Drink sold here". I did a double-take. They manufacture energy drink now? Over the last few years more and more Playboy items have been filling the shelves…
30 Years of Familiaris Consortio
Thirty years ago, Blessed John Paul II wrote a letter exhorting the Christian family. That apostolic exhortation was "Familiaris Consortio" or "The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World". Three decades have passed since its writing, and the…
Contradicting the Value of Preborn Children
Last week tragedy struck a family who were pregnant with 32 week old twins. One twin was found to have a congenital heart defect which for the parents was enough to warrant a death sentence. The "procedure" was duly carried out and one…
Pro-Life Politics
The elections are over. The people have spoken and New Zealand will be goverened by a National-led government. We are yet to see exactly how that government will look, and what deals John Key will do with the minor parties. We can…
Changing the Culture of Child Abuse
Yet another innocent's life has been brutally ended at the hands of those who are supposed to love and care for them. Yet again, New Zealanders are asking the question "How do we stop this endemic violence in our country?"…
Elections This Coming Saturday!
Voting is necessary in particular, and dangerous in general. Necessary in particular because in exercising that right we have made our position clear – even if it ends up being a wasted vote. It is dangerous in general as can…
Euthanasia: What It Is and What It Is Not
Given the recent resurgence of the euthanasia debate in New Zealand, it seems timely to revisit what euthanasia actually is and what it is not. In 2003, Family Life International published a resource And now... Euthanasia. The following information is directly…
Euthanasia: Killing the Suffering
Once again the issue of euthanasia has been thrust into the public arena for debate. This week Sean Davison pleaded guilty to a charge of inciting and procuring his mother's attempted suicide. The Crown then withdrew the charge of attempted murder…
Pro-Life Month – Day Thirty-One
There are some who don’t want you to know we are in a battle, even while they themselves never cease to attack. Friends, when we do get attacked and clobbered, then let us know that Christ has gone before us.…