The Pill May Cause Lupus in Some Women

From the edmontonjournal.com: Certain women may be prone to develop lupus when they start taking combined oral contraceptives, according to investigators at McGill University in Montreal.

Lupus, or more precisely systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system mistakenly attacks normal tissue. The condition can vary widely in severity, manifesting as a skin rash and arthritis or leading to damage to the kidneys, heart, lungs and brain to varying degrees ... read on ...

Truly Disturbing

Billionaire club in bid to curb overpopulation

What'll they think of next?

It's Time to Step Up to the Plate

How many mixed metaphors can you find in this blog post?

Jennifer Hartline writing for Catholic Online hits the nail on the head:

It’s pathetic that so many who say they belong to Christ are so easily beguiled and deceived.The sacrifice of the Cross must not mean very much to many of us because we’re willing to sell it real cheap in exchange for the good opinion of those who would silence Christ. Precious Blood was spilled for our sins. Today our leaders and our culture want to wash away Its saving stain, and the majority of Catholics are quietly watching them mop… even handing them a bucket.

It’s not enough to be culturally Catholic, a holiday Catholic, or Catholic by ancestry. It is certainly not good enough to profess a Catholic faith in church, and then deny it by our life’s choices.

Read the article in its entirety and then get off the fence.

"Abstinence Only" Ed May Result in Fewer Abortions

Here's a fascinating find from Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex.

The Father of Lies Has Been Working Overtime

The Catholic News Agency reports that the Editor-in-chief Gian Maria Vian of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano says that Barack Obama “is not a pro-abortion president.”

The Family Research Council has put together compelling information to the contrary both in print and video.

Also the FRC is asking everyone to ACT NOW and contact the National Institutes of Health to express opposition to the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research BEFORE May 26th.

But back to L'Osservatore Romano. George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center explains in an article on National Review Online that the Vatican newspaper does not speak for the pope. In addition he states, "to assume that the pope and his most senior advisers have drunk the Obama Kool-Aid and wish the American bishops would chill out is, however, another story altogether, and not a very credible one ...."

Pledge of Re-commitment to the Pro-life Cause

I thank God today for the gift of my life,
and for the lives of my brothers and sisters.

I know I am responsible for the unborn who cannot speak for themselves.

I know that the most serious tragedy of our day is the tragedy of abortion.

Today I commit myself,
never to be silent,
never to be passive,
never to be forgetful of the unborn.

I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement
and never to stop defending life
until all my brothers and sisters are protected,
and our nation once again becomes
a nation with liberty and justice,
not just for some, but for all. Amen!

- Priests for Life