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Archive for January, 2007

Mess at Mass

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Tag:children, Mass, problemFor the last four weeks now, my younger son who is four, has at every Mass suddenly had the urge to answer Nature’s call. He has been weaned off from wearing disposal diapers throughout the day and only puts on a pair of Huggies Overnights when he goes to bed. At the first […]

Eradicate Malaria with $10!

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Tag:africa, eradicate, malariaIn most parts of the world malaria has been eradicated. Much progress has been made in eradicating diseases and this is evident from the disappearance of many infectious diseases from all the continents, save Africa.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, of the Earth Institute in Columbia University, writes in the Time magazine issue of 1/15/2007, […]

Top Ten Movies of 2006 - The Roman Catholic Selection

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Tag:bishops, catholic, moviesThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have released their top movie picks for 2006. Here goes:
Top Ten

Akeelah & the Bee
Babel
Flags of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima
Joyeux Noel
Little Miss Sunshine
Miss Potter
The Pursuit of Happyness
Sophie Scholl
The Painted Veil
United 93

Honourable Mention (not in ranking order):

Blood Diamond
Bobby
Children of Men
Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Fateless
Little Children
Pan’s Labyrinth
Prairie Home Companion
Rocky […]

Chastity Debate Videos from Lolita

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Tag:lolita, sex, videoDawn Eden who authored the “The Thrill of the Chaste - Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On!”, has posted several segments of the video recording of her debate on chastity at the Lolita Bar.
Dawn explains, in her 6th installment of the video, that she liked sex as it allowed her to pretend […]

“Embryos are Humans” Says U.S. Government Report on Stem Cell Research

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Tag:cell, embryos, human, stemBy John Jalsevac
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report by the United States governments’ Domestic Policy Council admits that embryos are human beings; the only differences between embryos and other human beings, says the report, are accidental differences in levels of development.
“Embryos are humans in their earliest developmental stage,” […]

Church Collaboration with Evil Governments

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Tag:church, collaboration, communismThe latest news, post Polish-church scandal, indicates that it has been common during the reign of Communism in Europe, for the Church (including Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox) to be in cahoots with the Government.
The reason given in the report is that the Church hierarchy in the respective countries, colluded with Government so […]

Christian Marriage

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Tag:christian, marriageOn the last Saturday of 2006, my wife and I attended the wedding of a friend in a Methodist church. The ceremony was fairly simple compared to the Catholic marriage rites.
However, I was very impressed by the sermon preached by the pastor after the reading from Genesis on the creation of Adam and […]

Onilne Prayers

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Tag:cancer, internet, prayerNew research indicates that women who are involved in an internet support group for breast cancer have higher positive feelings and are able to cope with their illness better. Read more of this research from Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison.
My first wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and underwent seemingly successful chemo and […]

Stem cells in amniotic fluid

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Tag:cells, research, stemResearchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University have discovered stem cells derived from embryos in human mothers. The extracted cells have been grown into brain, liver and bone cell types.
The Harvard researcher, Dr. George Daley is hopeful that one day mothers may be able to freeze these amniotic stem cells to be […]

Catholic View: Examining The Influence of Feminism

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Tag:catholic, church, feminismBy Eugenia Brown Platinum Quality Author
Feminist movement often portrays the Catholic Church along with other conservative churches as being discriminating against women. Their reasoning is based in most part that in the Catholic Church women are limited to how they can participate in church life in terms of ministry ad hierarchy. But what […]