Junk that pill: Contraceptives may prevent women from choosing Mr Right

If you are having relationship problems, you might be able to blame it on the contraceptive pill.

New research from the University of Liverpool in Britain shows taking the pill can lead women to choose the wrong partner - and lead to all sorts of problems when they stop.

From the ABC here

"Oral contraceptives totally disrupt the normal hormonal cascade. When the hormonal system is disrupted, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and other serious illnesses will increase. My clinical experience has clearly shown that it is impossible to adequately treat these illnesses if there is an imbalanced hormonal system."

From the lifesite

In addition to altering women's natural attraction to suitable partners, the pill also permanently damages sex drive over long-term use, according to one study (Read http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/may/05052603.html).

Related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:

Birth Control Pill May Cause Prostate Cancer and Bladder Disease in Mothers' Children
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/may/05050411.html

The Pill is Deadly to Babies and Women
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/jan/99011203.html

Online Video: Noted Endocrinologist Explains How the Birth Control Pill Causes Abortion
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/aug/07080303.html

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Olympics opening had fake fireworks footage for TV - amongst other stuff!

What is Truth in a communist country anyway?

Apparently some of the fireworks at the opening ceremony in China were faked.

According to The Beijing Times what people inside the stadium and watching on television saw were computer graphics inserted into coverage.

What other untruths are being told in China?

From Charles Happell on Crickey;

"Today, we find out the sweet little girl dressed in red who sang the national anthem on Friday did not sing it at all but was doing a Manilli Vanilli impersonation and lip-synching the whole thing. What we heard, in fact, was a recording of another child, seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was dropped from the opening ceremony at the last minute because she was deemed to be not "flawless in image"... in their desperate quest for perfection, the Beijing authorities have instead left themselves open to ridicule...

"So the message is clear: once politburos and politicians get involved in Olympic Games, look out. Things are never going to turn out well.

"To add to those glitches, there is the issue of those empty seats at the swimming which have supposedly been reserved for corporates. But the corporates are up in the dining room gnawing on their Peking duck and showing scant interest in all that flailing going on down in the pool. As a result, the parents of international swimmers are locked outside and reduced to watching the action on television, or begging for tickets.

"Tight security is one thing; complete overkill is another. And, on that theme, did we really need to see members of the People’s Liberation Army goose-stepping their way through a section of the opening ceremony."

So can a Catholic support a “pro-choice” candidate?

"The answer is: I can’t and I won’t." Archbishop Chaput who recently spoke to Theology on Tap in Sydney at WYD, recently wrote on the important issue of Catholics and Politics, here is a link to the full article;

10 points for Catholic citizens to remember

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Faith on Tap

Faith on Tap launches August 11 in Brisbane. Pineapple Hotel @ 706 Main Street Kangaroo Point.
Every 2nd Monday of the month @ 6:30.

***** 11 August: WYD FoT Launch Party with Jessica Aravena,

After the impact of WYD08 celebrate with Jessica Aravena, Brisbane local, just back from 4 years in Europe. She worked in London and the past year as a Catholic volunteer in Poland working with Catholic Youth and getting them active. Come and hear her amazing story (Jess was also one of the crowd at WYD Sydney!). We will be celebrating some of the highlights of WYD08 in Sydney!

Check out www.faithontap.org.au

Pell to Youth: Get Committed

"Don't spend your life sitting on the fence, keeping your options open, because only commitments bring fulfilment. Happiness comes from meeting our obligations, doing our duty, especially in small matters and regularly, so we can rise to meet the harder challenges. Many have found their life's calling at World Youth Days."

From Cardinal Pell's Homily at the opening Mass for WYD08 Sydney

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Not all Nations are Free

The flag that is arguably most visible at the closing Mass of WYD isn't even an official flag of a nation, but one that is said to be banned in its home country.

The yellow flag with three horizontal red lines is the former South Vietnamese flag known as the Vietnamese Heritage or Freedom Flag.

With this flag we are reminded of those around the world who are oppressed and have their human rites violated and of governments who oppress the free practice of religion and speech in their nations.

About the flag;
“At the present time. there are absolutely no freedom and no democracy of any kinds in Vietnam. Human rights are seriously abused by the Vietnamese communist regime.

During the course of fighting for freedom, democracy, and human rights of the people in Vietnam, we must have our whole-hearted support to maintain and wave high this National Flag of Free Vietnam until the freedom, democracy, and human rights are finally realized in Vietnam.That is why, each time seeing the Free Vietnam National Flag, the  majority of freedom-democracy-loving Vietnamese, in Vietnam as well as around the world, feel as if they saw the nation's savior.”

From http://www5.brinkster.com/vla/pkt1.asp

In the United States, at least 11 states and 113 cities have adopted resolutions recognizing the former South Vietnamese flag as the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag.

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Life and Death Protest

Pre-World Youth Day, and during World Youth Day in Sydney the media filled the tubes with talk of protest and draconian laws to stop protesters. The only protest that we came across during the entire WYD week was a silent one. (Ok maybe not totally silent as they had a brass band).

The "protest" in question was by Falun Gong members in China Town as the WYD pilgrimage from Mary Mckillop's passed on way to the Randwick Racecourse Vigil. The issue was the forecable organ harvesting of Falung Gong Practitioners in China. This protest realy puts the media coverage into perspective and makes as ask what is realy important in this world if it isn't ones very life.

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Chinese Olympics: journalists face harassment.

Journalists are having trouble going about their work in advance of the Beijing Olympics. Several reporters, photographers and TV camera operators have suffered harassment, from both police and citizens. C M Yeung, of Hong Kong-based Now TV, says he was attacked by bystanders while filming a dispute among people queuing to buy tickets for Olympic events. Police, who refused to intervene, instead demanded that footage of the incident be deleted and that Yeung and his colleague, Melanie Chau, should sign a form agreeing that the matter was now closed. They refused to do so. The day before Yeung was pulled backwards off a ladder by police while filming ticket queues. -- Roy Greenslade, The Guardian.

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Live Blogging from WYD Sydney 08

Recently I posted that we will be live blogging from wyd08 in Sydney. Well we now have the address!;
www.ebenedict.org/wydblog

There is a story here on WYD Live Blogging.

Also fot our WYD flickr photos you can go here
www.flickr.com/photos/ebenedict

or to a larger group here

www.flickr.com/groups/wyd2008

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