Sometimes I just have to weep for our young people – not just because of the decisions they make themselves, but for the way they are constantly betrayed by the adults who should be protecting them. Case in point ( h/t CMR): [DailyMail] Extra small condoms for boys as young as 12 could soon be on our shelves. The Hotshot … Read More
NFP? Yeah, There’s an App for That, Too
This is brilliant! From the UK Daily Mail (h/t Mary Meets Dolly): Britain’s first iPhone baby is born after couple tried four years to conceive A woman who was considering IVF treatment has given birth to a baby girl after using an iPhone application to become pregnant. After four years of struggling to conceive, Lena Bryce and partner Dudley had … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Sex and Natural Law
JP II comments on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae and the nature of the marital act: “The Church…teaches that each and every marriage act must remain through itself open to the transmission of life. That teaching, often set forth by the magisterium, is founded upon the inseparable connection, willed by god and unable to be broken by man on … Read More
Abortion, Contraception and Breast Cancer
Charnette Messé speaks out about what she believes is the cause of her breast cancer (h/t Semper Vita): Surely you’ve noticed the recent explosion of pink everywhere. It’s on everything from candy to frozen foods. Even football players are getting in on the action wearing pink gloves, sweatbands, towells and cleats during their games. Granted the pink craze has been … Read More
Planned Parenthood Protests Ave Maria’s Condom Free Publix
For the town of Ave Maria Florida the nearest Publix (or any grocery store?) has been about 25 miles away…but not anymore. This week the grocery chain opened its first – very small – store in the growing town. But a few items will be missing at this particular Publix. Namely, condoms…and pet furniture. Says Publix spokeswoman Shannon Patten: “It … Read More
The Pill Alternative
Whether it’s acne or unusually painful period cramps, the birth control pill is often prescribed for non-contraceptive medical reasons without doctors actually taking the time to discover and effectively treat the underlying problems that cause such things to occur. In this video Dr. Paul Carpentier, certified by the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals, discusses this problem and what can be … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Monkeys and Contraception
Advocates of non-marital sexual relations often like to cite the “naturalness” of sexual intercourse. You hear it all the time: “sex and sexual attraction is “natural,” you can’t expect people to abstain or confine themselves to just one partner forever. That’s just so, well, UNnatural!” Oddly enough, however, these people who condemn the “unnatural” practices of abstinence and marital fidelity … Read More
Pray for Pelosi
I am deeply concerned about this woman’s soul – especially as a fellow Catholic. St. (thanks, Paul!) Origen said: God opens the lips of those who utter divine words, and I fear that it is the devil who opens the other people’s. (In Ex hom., 3,2) Do we have to wonder who keeps opening Nancy Pelosi’s? The latest from Pelosi … Read More
Margaret Sanger, One of the “Women of Our Time”
American Life League reports on Margaret Sanger, who is being honored in the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery’s Women of our Time exhibit:
Pastor Encourages Married Couples to Have More Sex!
This is great! In an effort to reclaim sex for married people, Pastor Ed Young issued the married members of his church a seven day sex challenge – seven straight days of sex. Here, CNN talks to the pastor and his wife talk about their experience (they missed one day) and reads some reaction from other participants: Embedded video from … Read More