“Let’s have the baby”: Toronto dad changes mind after driving past Life Chain

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“Let’s have the baby”: Toronto dad changes mind after driving past Life Chain A Canadian Catholic priest has shared the good news that a baby was saved from abortion after the baby’s father encountered a Life Chain demonstration. Fr. Brenton Cordeiro, pastor of St. Timothy’s in Toronto, said in a recent Facebook video that the parents were expecting a child and had planned to have an abortion. After hearing the baby’s heartbeat on ultrasound, the mother decided she could not go through with it. The father, however, continued to pressure her to proceed. “For days and maybe even over a week, they were fighting,” the priest related. “They were at odds with regard to this child and his future.” This year’s Life Chain took place on Sunday, October 4. The annual event sees thousands of pro-life advocates from across Canada gather in over 350 locations for an hour of prayer and peaceful public witness for the preborn whose lives have been erased by abortion. Participants stand at designated intersections, pray quietly, and hold signs with messages such as “Abortion Kills Children,” “Abortion Hurts Women,” and “Jesus Forgives and Heals.” Organized nationally by Campaign Life Coalition and locally by parishes and pro-life groups, the witness is meant to confront the reality of abortion—nearly five million preborn children lost in Canada since legalization in 1969—while inviting passersby to reconsider. Parishioners from St. Timothy’s held their own Life Chain that day at the nearby intersection of Don Mills and Sheppard. While they were there, the father of the preborn baby drove past, saw the signs, and watched some 160 participants praying to end abortion. Something the father saw must have moved his heart. He realized what he needed to do. “So he goes home and tells his wife, ‘Let’s have the baby,’” Fr. Cordeiro related. The priest, who is a member of the Companions of the Cross, called the story a “beautiful testimony” that shows “the power of prayer, the power of peaceful resistance to this awful evil of abortion.” Photos: St. Timothy’s 2026 Life Chain participants.

Fr. Brenton Cordeiro